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Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1 is latest public release from the GlassFish v2 family.

Although this is a public release, it is also a patch upgradeable release for existing v2.1/9.1 based customers to maintain the continuity for them (existing v2.1/9.1 based customers) and at the same time upgrade them to new components as needed.

Version Information

Reasoning for the version change:

• This is a public release
• It was branched out so that some new GF features like session replication and Sun GlassFish Communications Server 2.0 could be accommodated.

Why are we merging the 2.1 and 2.1.1 code branches:

• Both are essentially the same product, with minor differences. These differences are bridged by maintaining full backward compatibility
  • All the fixes that went into v2.1 (till v2.1-Patch#5) and 9.1 (till 9.1UR2-Patch#5) are forward ported to v2.1.1 release
• To reduce the confusion for customers of which version to use between 9.1/v2.1/v2.1.1, came out of same codebase
  • Customers can get the benefit of new release (v2.1.1) just by patching the existing versions v2.1/9.1, rather than going into migration process
  • To ensure best support/patch structure for GF/AS customers, by maintaining/sustaining one tail between v2.1.1/v2.1/9.1
  • This would reduce the number of branches that needs to sustained and a huge number of patch releases.
    • This is also helps us in reducing the pressure about huge number forward ports and backward ports required to sustain three(v2.1.1/v2.1/9.1) branches

• v2.1.1 would be a super set of earlier 9.1, v2.1 and v2.1 patches.
• The mapping of the products would be : SGES v2.1.1 (aka) SGES v2.1 patch6 (aka) SJSAS 9.1_02 patch 12
  • $asadmin version --verbose
    Version = Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1 ((v2.1 Patch06)(9.1_02 Patch12)) (build b31f-fcs)
    Command version executed successfully.

• SGES v2.1.1 would be patch upgradable from 9.1 and v2.1 patches.
• The escalations and bugs fixed in v2.1 patches have been carefully reviewed and are forward ported into v2.1.1 codebase. This would ensure customers would have a seamless transition from v2.1 patches to v2.1.1.

• Patch names with HADB refers to Enterprise Edition and it uses NSS for certificate management. With this you get developer, cluster and enterprise profile. 
• non-HADB versions provide only Developer/Cluster profiles. It uses jdk's jks for certificate management. 
• Developer profile uses admin console in non-secured mode, so most of the asadmin commands need to pass --secure=false
• For native patches one has to download dependent components  like NSS, MQ, HADB, please refer the install instructions.
• Patching or upgrading GlassFish downloaded from java.net site is not supported.
• Do not download GlassFish from java.net and try to upgrade the existing supported version of GlassFish.

GlassFish v3 is Sun's third Open Source release of Sun's Application Server, after GF v1 (SJS AS 9.0) and GF v2 (SJS AS 9.1). The Sun branded distribution for GF v3 is Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3.

GlassFish v3 is a modular App Server built on an OSGi core. GlassFish v3 implements the Java EE 6 standards, including the new Web Profile. GFv3 is a small but highly performant app server that has very fast start-up, application deployment and re-deployment, is embeddable and can be updated through an update center. GlassFish v3 has tool support from all the major IDEs and supports non-Java languages.

There have been 2 GlassFish v3 pre-releases: GlassFish v3 Prelude was supported but had a subset of a full Java EE functionality while GlassFish v3 Preview had complete JavaEE 6 functionality but was an advanced beta. We strongly encourage users to go directly to GlassFish v3.

All public releases also have an accompanying commercial, for-fee releases, but there are also sustaining releases only available thorugh our Enterprise Support for GlassFish - also see How to Install a Patch Screencast.

Major releases use the "dot" terminology, starting with "3.0", then going to "3.1", etc. Minor public releases add a "U" for "Update Release".

All patches are cumulative, i.e. fixes are accumulated in subsequent releases and the last digit in the release number often, but not always, matches its name. The "No-Cost" term denotes a free release, while the "Restricted" term denotes a commercial release.

The current releases are:

• GlassFish v3 Prelude (No-Cost - November 6th, 2008)
• GlassFish v3 Preview (No-Cost - June 1st, 2009)
• GlassFish v3 (No-Cost - December 10th, 2009)

In a graphical presentation:

We expect a new public release for GFv3 in the first half of 2010; we will provide more details as they are available. A list of entries related to roadmaps is available at Roadmap@TheAquarium.

Note This is a running entry and will be updated as new releases occur.

SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GF v2 U2) patch 13 is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. This release is also patch 7 of GlassFish 2.1 and patch 1 of GlassFish 2.1.1. It was released on December 18th, 2009.

Release Overview

Description
SJS AS 9.1 U2 (GFv2 U2) - Patch 13 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.
GlassFish 2.1 - Patch 7 - File and Package-Based Patch for Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, Linux, Windows and AIX.
GlassFish 2.1.1 - 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 - [128640-15]
• Solarix i586 - [128641-15]
• Linux RPM - [128642-15]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-15]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-15]
• Linux - [128645-15]
• Windows - [128646-15]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-15]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-15]
• Linux - [128649-15]
• Windows - [128650-15]
• AIX - [137916-14]

Update Date
December 18th, 2009

Comment
Commercial (for-fee) release with regular bug fixes. This is patch 13 for SJS AS 9.1 U2; it is also patch 7 for GlassFish v2.1 and patch 1 for GlassFish v2.1.1. It containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 31 unique defects.

Status
CURRENT

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• [6548329] - log message for Validation time for Physical connection
• [6805807] - s1as self-signed cert is using MD5 signature as the Signing algorithm is unsecure
• [6752727] - Appserver can sometimes lose recoverable transactions with a fix for rfe 6673688
• [6881593] - Log viewing will hang and generate high cpu when the log file is log rotated/truncated.
• [6875041] - Grizzly leaks ConcurrentLinkedQueue when having Comet
• [6454515] - EJB methods statistics not updated [Monitoring]
• [6562475] - [IT:3067]Could not get Attributes for WebModule MBean
• [6809218] - numPotentialConnLeak not available in asadmin monitor type jdbcpool statistics (AS9.1_02)
• [6844972] - iiop requests taking more time
• [6847608] - Sync process can exit before its cleaned up the .com_sun_appserv_trash directory
• [6854721] - Port https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8479 to 2.1
• [6856509] - Unable to bind the AS Local or Embedded Brokers to a specific network interface
• [6857618] - Exception raised when clicking on 'View Log Files' for an instance (log file is moved and renamed).
• [6858162] - SGES 2.1 displays warning msg inspite of correct entry in server.policy (rar deployment)
• [6860997] - Cannot set KeystoreType and TrustStoreType
• [6863992] - asadmin script to create Connector Connection Pool for Batch Adatper
• [6867367] - SGES should not resolve symbolic links (SGES v2.1.1)
• [6872365] - if http-service monitoring is on, then you get InstanceNotFoundException if module is disabled
• [6877519] - Glassfish crashes when using 64 bit jdk and writing to syslog
• [6878245] - EJB operation hangs in POA when a remote instance is crashed and restarted
• [6885338] - ConfigContextImpl lacks exception handling
• [6885872] - SGES2.1 : Memory leak and active transaction count issue with CMP transactions
• [6889460] - Transaction enters into freeze state when XAResource enlistment throws exception
• [6893770] - Toggling SIP listener puts DAS into `restart required' state
• [6894522] - NPE being thrown when swing client calls securized remote EJB method
• [6896126] - message driven bean resource values not being set correctly (SGES v2.1.1)
• [6898199] - BaseSynchronizationDriver.synchronizeInternal() casts ping exception as wrong type.
• [6900105] - Update version for the upgrade tool GUI
• [6900152] - README update for GF v2.1.1 P01
• [6899619] -Upgrade NSS bits to 3.12.5 for SSL3 & TLS Renegotiation Vulnerability.
• [6902814] -v2.1.1P01 Patch README has version mismatch

Additional Notes:
see the patch description for further details.

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

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

This release is available as both a No-Cost release and a commercial (Restricted) patch. The informal named used as a No-Cost release is GlassFish v2.1.1; the formal name used as part of the commercial (Restricted) patch is SJS AS 9.1 U2 (aka GF v2 U2) patch 12 which is also the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1 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 12 (aka GF v2.1 patch 6) is a commercial (Restricted) patch (see Overview of GFv2) available as part of Sun's Enterprise Support for GlassFish. The public version was released on October 28th, 2009, the patches/restricted version was released on November 4-6th, 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 - [128640-14]
• Solaris i586 - [128641-14]
• Linux RPM - [128642-14]

File-based patches with HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128643-14]
• Solaris i586 - [128644-14]
• Linux - [128645-14]
• Windows - [128646-14]

File based patches without HADB
• Solaris SPARC - [128647-14]
• Solaris i586 - [128648-14]
• Linux - [128649-14]
• Windows - [128650-14]
• AIX - [137916-13]

Update Date
The public version was released on October 28th, 2009, the patches/restricted version was released on November 4-6th, 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 v2.1.1; the formal names used as part of the commercial (Restricted) patches are SJS AS 9.1 U2 (aka GF v2 U2) patch 12 and GlassFish v2.1 patch 06. The two releases have identical content - the different names reflect the different roles as appropriate to the intended audiences.
This release containes the fixes from the previous patches plus fixes for 121 unique defects

Status
CURRENT (for No-Cost)
OBSOLETE (for Commercial/Restricted)

Bugs Fixed in this Patch:

• 904 - extra-class-path attribute in should allow pa
• 7105 Incorrect behaviour with HTTPServletResponse OutputStream#fl
• 9008 Client access to WEB-INF/ should return 404 status(REGRESSIO
• 9210 Transaction doesnt recover when xa.end call throws exception
• 6483 - I also meet it,when I test too many Concurrency by loadrunne
• 6849 - FileNotFoundException when starting cluster with EAR with mu
• 7152 - Serious performance regression for simple select-queries on
• 7182 - If "/" is used as context-root for web-module in load-balanc
• 7352 - HTTP request with fails for large attachments
• 8016 - Installer does not run in the default config
• 8404 - Installer does not run in the default config
• 8777 - unable to start instance using GUI
• 8781 - DAS is not seeing PlannedShutdown notifications
• 8991 - Many security realm related test cases failed in V2.1.1
• 9033 - SDK5U8: Unable to install on 32 bit Windows 7: Unsupported i
• 9070 - [BLOCKING]ClassCastException with Grizzly Blocking Mode
• 9091 - WorkManager doesn't call workCompleted/workRejected if excep
• 9095 - Redeploying an app looses "High Availability" state
• 9141 - [BLOCKING]PeerGroupException from jxta when creating cluster
• 9712 - Instance reboot causing http service stats not being returne
• 489 - Create Maven bundles for Glassfish artifacts
• 1537 - Add support for realm configuration at virtual server level
• 2654 - Add support for alternate docroots to webapps
• 2672 - Exception when making multithreaded lookup in InitialContext
• 3822 - Should utilize the "cookieSecure" cookie property in sun-web
• 3873 - Calling secure EJB from Servlet results: Client not authoriz
• 6981 - web container not accessible after updating definitions of a
• 7072 - Web Services MTOM attachment size mismatch
• 7102 - Poor performance of blocking connector compared to Grizzly N
• 7131 - No Proxy-ip genereted by Apache loadbalancer module
• 7189 Occurrences of "Sun-Java-System/Application-Server" in v2.1
• 7200 - HttpSession object not created from replicated data on new p
• 7219 - Typo on Common Tasks in the Amin Console
• 7237 - Exception invoking method listSessionIds - ConcurrentModific
• 7241 - Restore ability to start webapps sequentially (instead of in
• 7247 - CoyoteResponse throws NullPointerException on sendRedirect (
• 7325 - "Default Log location is" while starting as in CLI no i18ned
• 7414 - http session lost when switching from https to http
• 7521 - application server invokes resource adapter's getInvalidConn
• 7524 - The application doesn't deploy with --libraries
• 7556 - Integer.MAX_VALUE-9 (=2147483638) specified as max value
• 8425 - specifying big max pool size leads to server crash (OOM)
• 8712 - Java-level deadlock
• 8924 - HA in-memory sso test failure - TBMA
• 8949 - Cluster created without specifiying the cluster config does
• 8997 - some JMS test cases failed in remote and local mode in V2.1.
• 9134 - Need to update Grizzly to 1.0.29
• 9256 - grizzly 1.0.30 Integration
• 9303 - Incorrect version name on some pages
• 9409 - The FileRealm classname, "XYZ" does not extend "com.sun.ente
• 1520 - sso-enabled property not recognized
• 2575 - unable to create oracle - connection pool in GlassFish
• 2808 - allow virtual servers to override access logging functionali
• 3064 - Duplicate Message IDs are generated when mutiple threads cre
• 3209 - toplink fails when running on WIndows from a network filesys
• 3505 - HttpServletRequest#getPathInfo removes contiguous slashes
• 4116 - [online docs] Duplicate error message IDs
• 4277 - [online docs] Can not start server at 3.5GB heap
• 4405 - glassfish.dev.java.net web pages menu display problem on IE
• 4516 - [online doc]Incorrect and confusing documentation regarding
• 5002 - [online doc]Admin Guide: Changing Admin Password Documentati
• 5130 - [online doc]GlassFish clustering not working under OpenSUSE
• 5221 - Web Services JSR 109 deployment issue
• 5339 - "update-file-user" fails when "-- groups" option is not spec
• 5429 - [online docs] Corrections in section "Configuring the Load B
• 6291 - Easy way to kill GF with syslogd logging enabled
• 6605 - [online docs] Need to grant permission in order to use GRA a
• 6698 - [online docs] Document Security Issue
• 6801 - NPE in AuthenticatorBase.postInvoke if a running web app is
• 6854 - NullPointerException occurs if "optional" elem
• 7004 - message key endpoint.determine.destinationtype logged
• 8449 - Overly Verbose Logging from Apache LB Plugin
• 7968 - Problem with tlds and --libraries
• 8487 - No Such Element Exception seen continously
• 8606 - [BLOCKING] Memory Leak in ReplicationState
• 7076 - No getHeapSize method exception for jvm monitor in cli
• [6646921] - @PreDestroy method not called in jsp tag handler
• [6724853] - Glassfish hardcodes JAXP DocumentBuilderFactory system property in code preventing any overloading
• [6760135] - Session expiring with valueUnbound/HttpBindingEvent cannot lookup J2EE JNDI (java:/comp/env/jdbc)
• [6856071] - [online docs] Documentation for the usage of the non-standard parameters in the passwordfile
• [6825542] - Integrate hadb for bug id:6805835
• [6857890] - Unable to start cluster and clustered instances
• [6608171] - JAX-RPC webservices MessageContext does not contain the HttpServletRequest object
• [6856899] - [online docs] Need documentation for GMS settings
• [6871849] - The charset the granted.policy file is created with can mean it can't be read in correctly later.
• [6863513] - expose http-service.access-log.* properties with AS cluster (SGES v2.1 p03)
• [6607956] - [online docs] [IT:3678]Misleading instructions for virtual server creation in admin guide
• [6652422] - AS9.1u1 ee - i18n - Privacy Policy button at the end of the installation not i18ned
• [6707417] - CAPS GlassFish admin console displays JavaMQ password in clear text
• [6836289] - Test Stopper: GMS Watchdog information is not present in server logs.
• [6840749] - GlassFish v2.1 (AppServer 9.1.1 b60g-fcs) ips package on OpenSolaris 2009.06 config with ant 1.7.1
• [6844064] - CTS5 Webservices12 testsuites failed to deploy:Cannot find service name for endpoint MTOMTestImpl
• [6844079] - JWS failed: java.lang.ClassCastException
• [6850259] - JES6post:GF2.1.1: asadm version -v shows old GF version string
• [6853227] - AIX GlassFish v2.1.1 promoted build 19 - asadmin command could not create-domain properly.
• [6854233] - [BLOCKING] AIX 9.1.x promoted build during startup throws java.lang.RuntimeException:recursivecall
• [6856447] - GF2.1: instance state inconsistent after instance restart -- cannot monitor instances from DAS
• [6856562] - [online docs] [RN] SGES 2.1/AS 9.1.1 was tested/certified against Oracle 11g
• [6858680] - Need to update product version number in bundled HTML pages
• [6863409] - Regression: cannot start embedded MQ Broker
• [6865108] - startServerInstance is not found in servers MBean (SGES v2.1.1)
• [6865127] - [online docs]asadmin start/stop-node-agent online help file not updated to reflect new flags(v2.1.1)
• [6865269] - DAS does not get plannned shutdown notifications.
• [6867263] - NullPointerExceptio when failure to write to access logs
• [6868706] - filebased patch upgrade feature from v2.1 to v2.1.1
• [6869450] - GlassFish v2.1.1 native packages still has 9.1.1 as the version number
• [6869558] - version changes for v2.1.1 is required in installer
• [6871326] - 2.1 install docs missing steps for AIX installations that were present in 9.1 docs.
• [6873345] - Simplified and Traditional Chinese: Garbage in OLH
• [6873634] - Upgrade JDK bundled in EE binaries to latest(JDK 6 U16)
• [6874402] - SDK5U8: Windows 7 x64: Unable to uninstall using the start menu shortcut item uninstall
• [6874421] - MQ imqbrokerd need "-Xss256k" in order to start the MQ on HP-UX platform.
• [6875233] - Webmodules init() method not called in application.xml order.
• [6877399] - Two @ManyToOne to one and the same entity class fail, if one is EAGER and the other is LAZY
• [6877633] - CNPSDK cannot handle a large JRE fileUnit on Windows platforms
• [6877856] - Apache LBPlugin P05 and earlier will not work with NSS 3.12
• [6877894] - asupgrade in v2.1 side-by-side upgrade from p4 to p5 dumps core
• [6879286] - SGES 2.1P4/com.sun.jsftemplating.layout.SyntaxException: '=' or ':' missing for Name Value Pair: ''!
• [6885180] - Doc: Performance hit when the system does log rotation.
• [6887431] - GF2.1p05: in-place upgrade is not possible from base patch v2.1 to v2.1 Patch 05 in all platforms.
• [6887454] - failover not working in crash-instance scenario under "time-based" mode

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 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 - [137916-12]

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
OBSOLETE

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
OBSOLETE

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.

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

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering

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

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

Patch Page. Commercial Subscription Offering