Saturday May 16, 2009

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

Saturday Apr 26, 2008

The Java WebServices Developer Track includes in-classroom, instructor-led training courses as well as web-based training courses.

At the time of writing this note, the courses include these GlassFish and Metro based courses:

Screenshot of Java WS Developer Track

Developing Applications for the Java EE Platform -
  [Classroom: FJ-310-EE5; Web-based: WJB-310-EE5]
Creating Web Services Using Java Technology -
  [Classroom: DWS-3111-EE5; Web-based: WJB-3111-EE5]
Designing Java Web Services -
  [Classroom: DWS-4112-EE5; Web-based: WJ-4112-EE5]
Developing Secure Java Web Services -
  [Classroom: DWS-4120-EE5]

Check the Track Description for the conplete list.

Tuesday Apr 22, 2008

New Web-Based Training Course Bundle on Web Services Technology from GlassFish AppServer.

Name: Introduction to Web Services Interoperability Technologies (WSIT) Bundle
Type: Web-Based
Course Number: WMTB-SAS-1500
Note: Bundle includes 5 courses:

WMT-SAS-1543: Adding Quality of Service and .NET Interoperability to Web Services
WMT-SAS-2544: Creating Reliable and Secure Interoperable Web Services
WMT-SAS-2545: Creating Transactional Web Services
WMT-SAS-2546: Working With the Web Services Policy
WMT-SAS-2547: Brokered Trust

Note: WMT-SAS-1543, 2544, 2546 and 2547 are, at the time of writing this note, not available separately.

Note: Courses bought in the US must be used in the US; for other geographies check the WorldWide Training Site.

Saturday Apr 05, 2008

New Web-Based Training Course Bundle on GlassFish AppServer.

Name: GlassFish Application Server Administration Bundle
Type: Web-Based
Course Number: WMTB-SAS-1600
Note: Bundle includes 4 courses:

WMT-SAS-1536: GlassFish Application Server: Introduction
WMT-SAS-2537: GlassFish Application Server: Installation and Basic Configuration
WMT-SAS-2538: GlassFish Application Server: Administration
WMT-SAS-3539: Making Applications Highly Available Using GlassFish Application Server

Note: WMT-SAS-2537, 2538 and 3539 are, at the time of writing this note, not available separately.

Note: Courses bought in the US must be used in the US; for other geographies check the WorldWide Training Site.

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