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SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 11 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. This release is also patch 5 of GlassFish 2.1. It was released on September 25th, 2009.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 11 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.
GlassFish 2.1 - Patch 5 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-13]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-13]
• Linux RPM - [128642-13]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-13]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-13]
• Linux - [128645-13]
• Windows - [128646-13]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-13]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-13]
• Linux - [128649-13]
• Windows - [128650-13]
• AIX - [137916-11]

Update Date
September 25th, 2009

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is patch 11 for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it is also patch 5 for GlassFish v2.1. It containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 27 unique defects.

Status
CURRENT

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6556184] - java system application server 8.1 silent install should have $HOME feature
• [6849341] - Details on setting extra passwords for Crypto devices is not clear or missing for Automatic startup
• [6857893] - INSTANCE-SYNC-JVM-OPTIONS cannot take multiple JVM values
• [6572153] - High session persistence traffic/workload (or maxIdleBackupSeconds need to be configurable)
• [6860471] - Suppress log message seen during deployment (unless log level is set to FINE)
• [6604707] - Generic JMS RA loses messages when application fails to initialize fully
• [6863463] - Upgrading to the new NSS bits
• [6840541] - GlassFish: SJSXP: XML streaming parser spins indefinitely if input stream is broken prematurely
• [6578651] - Deployment of MDB with annotations creates wrong destinations
• [6818058] - OutOfMemory Error with IIOP-based deserialization
• [6851477] - High CPU usage in AS9.1_02
• [6853992] - Upgrade the version of MQ4.3/4.1 for v2.1
• [6856917] - GlassFish identifies itself in the HTTP Server: header
• [6861032] - RequestDispatcher directory traversal vulnerabiltiy
• [6861682] - GLASSFISH/redirect_n function is making unwanted matches
• [6864239] - com.sun.enterprise.http.sessionTracker attribute exposed in HttpServletRequest.
• [6867144] - Intgrate Metro 1.1.9 build
• [6868598] - Version Changes for Glassfish P05
• [6868619] - Fix XMLDSig vulnerability
• [6868701] - distributed txn issue
• [6870354] - Backport issue 8685 to GF v2.1
• [6870754] - Integrate new jdk 1.5.0_20 in V2.1
• [6873321] - Integrate new ASLB-aslb9.1.1-b12
• [6873526] - Stage and integrate new NSS3.12.3-20090813 bits
• [6876444] - Transaction doesnt recover when xa.end call throws exception (9210)
• [6875491] - gfv2.1p5--unable to start the cluster and cluster instances
• [6875898] - Gfv2.1P05 patch README file has typo error

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

Useful Links (note: they belong in side-bars):

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 10 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. This release is also patch 4 of GlassFish 2.1. It was released on August 17th, 2009.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 10 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.
GlassFish 2.1 - Patch 4 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-12]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-12]
• Linux RPM - [128642-12]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-12]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-12]
• Linux - [128645-12]
• Windows - [128646-12]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-12]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-12]
• Linux - [128649-12]
• Windows - [128650-12]
• AIX - [137916-10]

Update Date
August 17th, 2009

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is patch 10 for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it is also patch 4 for GlassFish v2.1. It containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 14 unique defects.

Status
CURRENT

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6728866] - Bundling jdk 1.5.0_16
• [6732912] - Prefer validating idle connections over recreating for ValidatingMCFs
• [6629557] - there should be a option for users to take backup on their own for inplace upgrade
• [6197760] - LoadBalancer plugin in Apache is logging at wrong logging level.
• [6735654] - in-place upgrade does not take its own backup into account when checks for disk space (AS8.1_02 EE)
• [6847314] - Redirect loop with SGES 2.1 LB plugin for Apache
• [6845407] - Update GF 2.1 with the new woodstock jars
• [6849028] - FileCache does not keep-alive properly http 1.0 request
• [6850045] - Thread locks up when accessing a web service running on SGES 2.1 using a .net client
• [6850153] - Glassfish password file should support password-alias for securetoken passwords for startup commands
• [6853451] - Unnecessary message(system.out) in Patch03.
• [6856065] - Integrate new LB Plugin for V2.1 patch 04
• [6856096] - Overly Verbose Logging from Apache LB Plugin
• [6852660] - asadmin not working after running install in ES

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

Useful Links (note: they belong in side-bars):

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 9 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. This release is also patch 3 of GlassFish 2.1. It was released on June 26th, 2009.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 9 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.
GlassFish 2.1 - Patch 3 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-11]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-11]
• Linux RPM - [128642-11]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-11]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-11]
• Linux - [128645-11]
• Windows - [128646-11]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-11]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-11]
• Linux - [128649-11]
• Windows - [128650-11]
• AIX - [137916-09]

Update Date
June 26th, 2009

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is patch 9 for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it is also patch 3 for GlassFish v2.1. It containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 18 unique defects.

Status
OBSOLETE - Replaced by SJS AS 9.1 UR2 Patch 10 / GF v2.1 Patch 4

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6488376] - Table based validation the default for any Oracle DataSource Connection Pool
• [6487014] - lbplugin leaks memory when idempotent request is configured.
• [6612341] - LBPlugin healthcheck cannot be disabled as described from docs
• [6745454] - wget on a request to a resource results in 302 redirection affecting performance
• [6839537] - Unsafe initialisation of Web XML and Context Digesters in org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig
• [6454493] - Monitoring does not capture statistics for SLSB create/remove calls
• [6629551] - while doing inplace upgrade the password inputs not required
• [6798556] - Unable to start domain when bound to an interface that does not correspond to "localhost"
• [6801460] - newly created instance did not synchronize application bits with DAS during start up
• [6805219] - Instances unable to synchronize with DAS afer installing SSL certificate
• [6809234] - PoolCounters should have their own locks not sharing with ResourcePool (AS9.1_02)
• [6830858] - Multihomed server will not start with address set to a specific IP
• [6831429] - Gfv2.1 Patch2 index.html page is not upadted with correct version
• [6831879] - Keepalive timeout is ignored if acceptor thread configured greater than 1.
• [6834364] - WS7 generates core dump when shutdown if SUN loadbalancer lbplugin is installed
• [6835878] - Fix #5027 in V2.1
• [6453495] - create-password-alias does not update the domain.xml as specified in the doc
• [6846739] - In v2.1 patch3 upgrade "Exisitng Installation Detected windows" shows incorrect pacth ID

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

Useful Links (note: they belong in side-bars):

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 8 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. This release is also patch 2 of GlassFish 2.1. It was released on May 14th, 2009.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 8 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.
GlassFish 2.1 - Patch 2 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-10]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-10]
• Linux RPM - [128642-10]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-10]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-10]
• Linux - [128645-10]
• Windows - [128646-10]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-10]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-10]
• Linux - [128649-10]
• Windows - [128650-10]
• AIX - [137916-08]

Update Date
May 14th, 2009

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is patch 8 for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it is also patch 2 for GlassFish v2.1. It containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 40 unique defects.

Status
OBSOLETE - Replaced by SJS AS 9.1 UR2 Patch 9 / GF v2.1 Patch 3

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6556284] - Sticky load balancing not working in one host (ws6.1 sp5)
• [6557531] - DaemonConfig::getSuggestedId() is big/little endian dependent and returns duplicate values on x86
• [6720587] - Regarding AS 9.1U2/V2.1 support on RH 5 and with Apache 2.2
• [6828248] - Glassfish is trimming values passed to findByPrimaryKey
• [6829975] - Fix for https://grizzly.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=502
• [6474736] - NullPointerException when setting MONITORING to off for Connector monitoring with GJMSRA
• [6658570] - [IT:4065] Connector configuration lookup not multithread safe
• [6700473] - Dynamic reconfiguration (sync) does not work anymore if 8-bit/UTF characters used.
• [6642016] - Unable to create a password alias for the JMS Service
• [6810361] - AS 9.1_02 (build b06-p02) WEB0144: Invalid redirect URL
• [6659538] - Need all JVM Memory statistics from the MBean
• [6790295] - comet/java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue$Node problem
• [6809065] - GF Admin GUI fails to work when HTTP TRACE sent
• [6810349] - JavaCAPS Web Service prj deployed on SJSAS EE8.2patch 7 returns garbaged chars when tested in soapUI
• [6818593] - Intgreate new JAXRPC module from JCAPS
• [6820994] - JS may be executed by URL from authorized user
• [6820041] - Webservice endpoint (ejb) can't be accessed via HTTPS
• [6732995] - '0' is invalid value for log-rotation-limit-in-bytes attribute (AS9.1_02-p01)
• [6801684] - Properties not showed for generic resource adapter on GF v2.1
• [6803427] - Node agent behaves in a graceless and unhelpful way of instance does not start within timeout period
• [6806221] - Incorrect behaviour with HTTPServletResponse OutputStream#flushBuffer()
• [6806718] - Port https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7152 to v2.1 patch 2
• [6806844] - Java error in Admin UI after upgrade to GFv2.1 from AS9.1 U2 p05
• [6809176] - trigger notifyWaitingThreads()for connectionLeakReclaim to bail out hung waiters (AS9.1_02)
• [6811027] - Apache LBPlugin on SGES2.1 missing libsasl.so library on Linux [GF#5182]
• [6811037] - SUN Lbplugin for SGES2.1 does not work on Linux with SELinux enabled
• [6811488] - SGES 2.1 core dumps when server.log-service.use-system-logging=true
• [6811680] - request GF issue 7227 to be fixed at the earliest
• [6814718] - Make Application Server Node Agent to be able to communicate thro firewall
• [6819482] - Patch 128642-08 contains invalid rpm causing AS upgrade to fail
• [6820681] - GlassFish in-memory replication is unstable with two-node cluster
• [6822401] - CVS merge for glassfish patch2
• [6822578] - GlassFish list-jmsdest functionality does not work with aliased passwords
• [6824072] - SUN Convergence/IM8 comet does not work on SGES21 (or AS91UR2p06/07)
• [6825588] - Dont connect to MQ if MQ is configured as remote
• [6826014] - Update LB Build ID and integrate the new LB
• [6826657] - 6813545 needs to be ported to glassfish
• [6826695] - 6806844 needs changes in prototype_com
• [6826726] - Glassfish Server log still display Sun java system application server
• [6827132] - Gf2.1 non HADB inplace upgrade is required

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

Useful Links (note: they belong in side-bars):

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 7 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. This release is logically also the first patch for GlassFish 2.1. It was released on April 2nd, 2009.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 7 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.
GlassFish 2.1 - Patch 1 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-09]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-09]
• Linux RPM - [128642-09]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-09]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-09]
• Linux - [128645-09]
• Windows - [128646-09]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-09]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-09]
• Linux - [128649-09]
• Windows - [128650-09]
• AIX - [137916-07]

Update Date
Apr 2nd, 2009

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is the 7 patch for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it is also the first patch for GlassFish 2.1. It containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 31 unique defects.

Status
OBSOLETE - Replaced by SJS AS 9.1 UR2 Patch 8 / GF v2.1 Patch 2

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6785430] checkServerTrusted() should return true if CA of server cert exists inside the truststore (AS9.1_02)
• [6796708] Need Fix for appserver bugs Customer needs fixes for the following bugs: 1062 and 671
• [6804030] Integrate LB in v2.1-patch-01
• [6805120] new jvm option provided for starting appserver when remote mq broker is down
• [6805811] Upgrade issue from GFv2.1 to GFv2.1 patch1
• [6698604] Stand-alone instances sometimes obtain files from other instances on syncing to DAS at startup
• [6693246] [IT:4883] Application specific classloder (applibs / --libraries) not used by JSP compilation
• [6748830] Creating a domain with a user with limited space in home dir corrupts the .asadmintruststore
• [6728197] IssueTracker 3888 - Can't create new InitialContext with different host
• [6653050] [IT:4021]Resouce Injection does not work in HandlerChain due to EJB initialization order
• [6608592] CORBA NO_PERMISSION 9998 error when accessing remote server MEJBs
• [6740797] unable to start appserver if mq broker is not up
• [6728317] startup messages from ./asadmin start-cluster to noisy when some uncritical parts fail
• [6611992] appserver to appserver authentication defect when using "iiop client authentication required"
• [6672733] Cannot access server scope system-property after config scope system-property is deleted
• [6707706] Appserver Load Balancer plugin making websrever to crash
• [6715941] Monitoring Instances Configured Under Cluster doesn't Work
• [6717148] Minor XSS vulnerability
• [6720688] LB Plugin Build ID not updated in patch
• [6747814] AS is only QA/Certified with a narrow set of MQ versions, this restriction is undocumented
• [6767418] AS9.1 LBPlugin on Microsoft Windows IIS does not return 302 requests quickly, waits timeout period.
• [6774854] AS9.1 very, very slow to sychronize an 80Mb application via node agent, with `cluster' profile
• [6778703] IT:6835 Load Balancer xml file is not updated when EJB based web service is deployed
• [6796099] JVM threads being blocked during startup of instance for unknown reasons.
• [6798495] redirect_n does not work with query parameters and cookieless feature
• [6801916] [snmp] support snmp property settings in GUI
• [6803970] Misleading Messages when you run start/stop cluster
• [6804794] "_Support for Cookies and URL rewriting in V2.1"
• [6804825] jvmRoute not reset in JSESSIONID Cookie during fail-over
• [6811803] IT:7122 needs to be fixed in Glassfish patch
• [6814768] start-domain gives SEVERE message Upgrading a MQ resource adapter failed in server.log

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

Useful Links (note: they belong in side-bars):

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

This is an unusual release in that it is available as both a No-Cost release and a commercial (Restricted) patch. The informal named used as a No-Cost release is GlassFish v2.1; the formal name used as part of the commercial (Restricted) patch is SJS AS 9.1 U2 (aka GF v2 U2) patch 6. The two releases have identical content - the two names reflect the different roles as appropriate to the intended audiences.

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 6 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. It was released on January 26th, 2009.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 6 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-08]
• Solaris i586 - [128641-08]
• Linux RPM - [128642-08]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-08]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-08]
• Linux - [128645-08]
• Windows - [128646-08]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-08]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-08]
• Linux - [128649-08]
• Windows - [128650-08]
• AIX - [137916-07]

Update Date
Jan 26th, 2009

Comment
This is an unusual release in that it is available as both a No-Cost release and a commercial (Restricted) patch. The informal named used as a No-Cost release is GlassFish v2.1; the formal name used as part of the commercial (Restricted) patch is SJS AS 9.1 U2 (aka GF v2 U2) patch 6. The two releases have identical content - the two names reflect the different roles as appropriate to the intended audiences.

Status
CURRENT (for No-Cost)
OBSOLETE (for Commercial/Restricted) - Replaced by SJS AS 9.1 UR2 Patch 7 / GF 2.1 Patch 1

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

Many! TBD to fill-in the list; in the meantime please refer to the description for each patch.

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

Useful Links (note: they belong in side-bars):

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 5 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. It was released on December 5th, 2008.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 5 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-07]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-07]
• Linux RPM - [128642-07]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-07]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-07]
• Linux - [128645-07]
• Windows - [128646-07]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-07]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-07]
• Linux - [128649-07]
• Windows - [128650-07]
• AIX - [137916-06]

Update Date
Dec 5th, 2008

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is the fifth patch for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 13 unique defects.

Status
OBSOLETE - Replaced by GF 2.1.

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6754103] appserver txn recovery on a different node under Sun Cluster fails (AS8.1EE)
• [6745972] JMS dst added in cluster-config through admin console is added to DAS hosted bkr and not the cluster
• [6745983] list JMS physical dst in cluster1-config throws an exception (AS9.1_02)
• [6750245] Resouce Injection does not work in HandlerChain due to EJB initialization order-needs to refix.
• [6747176] Need backport of fix for GlassFish issue #5574 in AS 9.1
• [6747179] Need backport of fix for GlassFish issue #5541 in AS9.1EE
• [6755294] Integrate fix for JSF issue 583 into appserver.
• [6720235] CTS webservice test WSEjbOverriefHCWithDDsTest does not deploy due to change as a result of change
• [6754045] LB gives Gateway error with some backend HTTP response
• [6701435] Launch URL for an app client with JWS enabled is incorrect if the app is not on targeted on the DAS
• [6736292] AS 9.1U2 Exception raised when clicking on 'Configure Monitoring' of an appl in cluster's instance
• [6728317] startup messages from ./asadmin start-cluster to noisy when some uncritical parts fail
• [6749284] Changes in Java Web Start in Java SE 6 update 7 have broken Java Web Start suppo

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

Useful Links (note: they belong in side-bars):

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

The following White Paper is now available:

Title
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server High Availability Reference Configurations for a Virtualized Environment

Publication Date
October, 2008

Summary
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2 includes advanced high availability features that enable enterprises to deploy GlassFish in business-critical environments. This white paper provides valuable insights into possible reference topologies that meet a variety of deployment needs from a high availability perspective in a virtualized environment.

Additonal Notes
Leverages GlassFish, Solaris 10 Containers and Sun Fire T2000 servers.

Download
Download is free but requires registration; follow the Download Link. 13 Pages; PDF file is 241KB.

Last year Yael did a screencast that I reported in Installing a GlassFish Patch, an early entry in this blog. I recently noticed that the links provided in there no longer works; I suspect a change in mediacast but I didn't see the problem in a quick pass. Until when I can go make the old entry work, you can go directly to the entries as follows:

• Introduction
• How to Buy a Subscription Online
• How to Contact Sun Oline
• How to get Access to Patches
• How to Request Service Online

Caveat: These instructions represent the status of last year. I'll talk with Yael and the support team about how to get newer screencasts / slides for these tasks.

Caveat: I'm testing this entry on two different browsers, both on MacOS X. On Safari the links above work all the time. On FireFox 3, I need to reload the link. Sorry, don't have time to chase it up; specially since the presentation needs a content refresh.

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 4 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. It was released on October 30th, 2008.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 4 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-06]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-06]
• Linux RPM - [128642-06]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-06]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-06]
• Linux - [128645-06]
• Windows - [128646-06]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-06]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-06]
• Linux - [128649-06]
• Windows - [128650-06]
• AIX - [137916-05]

Update Date
Oct 30th, 2008

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is the fourth patch for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 11 unique defects. It also updates the load balancer and JMQ (OpenMQ-based).

Status
OBSOLETE - Replaced by SJS AS 9.1 U2 - Patch 5.

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6713209] admingui monitor -> runtime not functional in developer profile
• [6670488] System properties which have not been overridden do not show up in the cluster
• [6726167] JSP compilation does not take into consideration delegate=false.
• [6705325] Unable to synchronize applications acrosss instance due to /var/tmp/APPSERV_REMOVED permission
• [6595613] Admin gui node agent/instance pages hang when network to remote node agent machine is down
• [6693246] [IT:4883] Application specific classloder (applibs / --libraries) not used by JSP compilation
• [6717180] Load Balancer Plugin not failing over on apache/linux
• [6718917] Cannot pass a java.util.Vector containing Externalizable objects between EJBs
• [6740797] unable to start appserver in mq broker is not up
• [6744684] version changes for 9.1p4
• [6744686] mq patch3 integration in 9.1 p4
• [6745219] LB integration in 9.1ur2 p4
• [6656439] NullPointerException in AMXDebug during App Server start-up

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

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SJS AS 9.0 U1 (GF v1 U1) patch 5 is a commercial (Restricted) patch available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. It was released in September 15th, 2008. See Overview of GFv1.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.0 U1 (GFv1 U1) - File-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, RHEL and Windows

Patch Ids
• Solaris x86 - [124610-06]
• Solaris SPARC - [124609-06]
• RHEL - [124611-06]
• Windows - [124612-06]

Update Date
September, 15th, 2008

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This patch for SJS AS 9.0 U1 expands on SJS AS 9.0U1 Patch 4 and includes 2 new key bug fixes.

Status
CURRENT.

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6598706] lookup of jdbc resources not possible from other containers to glassfish container
• [6734120] Unable to use the # delimiter in a JDBC url

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SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 3 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. It was released on September 11th, 2008.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 3 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-05]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-05]
• Linux RPM - [128642-05]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-05]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-05]
• Linux - [128645-05]
• Windows - [128646-05]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-05]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-05]
• Linux - [128649-05]
• Windows - [128650-05]
• AIX - [137916-04]

Update Date
Sept 11th, 2008

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is the third patch for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 14 unique defects.

Status
OBSOLETE. Replaced by SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) Patch 4.

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6713169] leak reclaim and leak timeout in 9.1 update1
• [6697509] Appserver starts up extremely slow due when log file size large
• [6728220] Run tests ant core and bat for non root user for pkg based
• [6716503] AS9.1 Session deserialization does not handle primitive class types
• [6726723] deployment issues causing all CTS webservices12 tests to fail
• [6678769] Issues with log rotation and Logging when log directory is changed
• [6712778] Virtual Server's "hosts" parameter cannot be dynamically changed
• [6678688] JBI infra-structure side-by-side updating functionality to be added
• [6705157] Server logs throws Error: Logger name is null
• [6728866] Bundling jdk 1.5.0_16
• [6715021] changing Virtual Server after deployment requires cluster restart
• [6715871] WebApp Fails when Web-Monitoring is Turned ON With HADB Session Persistence
• [6716964] EJB web service fails to depoly on cluster
• [6717458] CTS regressions (webservices/deploy/multiDeploy) on glassfish b38

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

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SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 2 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. It was released on August 1st, 2008.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 2 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.

Patch Ids
This release comes in 3 different variants:

Package-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128640-04-01]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-04-1]
• Linux RPM - [128642-04-1]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-04-1]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-04-1]
• Linux - [128645-04-1]
• Windows - [128646-04-1]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-04-1]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-04-1]
• Linux - [128649-04-1]
• Windows - [128650-04-13]
• AIX - [137916-03]

Update Date
August 1st, 2008

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is the second patch for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 17 unique defects.

Status
OBSOLETE. Replaced by SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) Patch 3.

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6597868] When add/removing "additional properties" for a JDBC pool, I have to restart glassfish
• [6611251] Restore Virtual Server's Root Context Behavior from GlassFish v1
• [6618420] Make Application server DAS able to communicate to remote node-agents and instance thru firewall
• [6647594] HTTP Status error messages should not be Localized
• [6655568] Generated granted.policy file gets truncated when you redeploy the application
• [6660443] Web Container not honoring the application to virtual server mappings for ServletContextListener
• [6670460] Upgrading a MQ resource adapter failed : zipFile (/usr/share/lib/imq/imqjmsra.rar) doesn't exist
• [6672732] DAS GUI can get confused, and report an error that a property does not exist
• [6689309] Admin GUI monitoring display refresh button no use
• [6698604] Stand-alone instances sometimes obtain files from other instances on syncing to DAS at startup
• [6702146] App server hangs when trying to stop domain due to JMX related issues
• [6704722] HttpServletResponse.encodeURL() unconditionally appends jsessionid newly created session
• [6706296] exception during deploy if class-suffix > 1024
• [6707850] WEB0113 error targeting web modules on virtual servers in a cluster not seen on standalone instance
• [6709765] bad response times with HTTPS when acceptor-threads >1 with multi-cpu system
• [6714827] Integrating Metro 1.1.3 in 9.1UR2Patch02
• [6714898] Integrate new JBI with the final ML resource bundle translations
• [6717137] Multiple deploys can corrupt domain.xml

Additional Notes:
An upgrade to the corresponding OpenMQ patch is recommended; see the patch description for further details.

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The Enterprise-quality offerings from Sun for the Open Source GlassFish Server and MySQL Server are now available also in an Unlimited pricing model where the cost to the company is independent of the number of installed servers, used CPUs (or sockets), installed applications or customers served. The pricing depends on the quality of support (Standard for 5x12 or Premium for 7x24) and it comes in tiers depending on the size of the company (the bottom tier reaches up to 1K employees).

Details of the offer are available at:

• Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server (Home, Unlimited Pricing)
• MySQL Enterprise Server (Home, Unlimited Pricing)
• Overview of Unlimited Offer Overview and Press reactions.

(Note: The name change was originally announced on May 7th, 2008, during JavaOne 2008)

Sun's commercial distribution of the Open Source GlassFish Server has been renamed (Press Release) The new name Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server reflects more accurately the base of the distribution and will start appearing in future distributions. The old name (Sun Java System Application Server) will remain in some releases for a while.

The community/commercial relationship for the existing and (tentative) future releases is as follows:

• GlassFish v1 Family (Overview at GFB)
  • GlassFish v1 - Sun Java System Aplication Server 9.0
  • GlassFish v1 U1 - Sun Java System Application Server 9.0 U1

• GlassFish v2 Family (Overview at GFB)
  • GlassFish v2 - Sun Java System Application Server 9.1
  • GlassFish v2 U1 - Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 U1
  • GlassFish v2 U1 - Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 U2
  • GlassFish v2.1 - Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 (tentative)

• GlassFish v3 Family (Overview@GFB)

For commercial patches refer to the family overview.