Appendix B.2 Main updates in the functionality of 08-70

Organization of this subsection
(1) Simplifying implementation and setup
(2) Supporting standard and existing functionalities
(3) Maintaining and improving reliability
(4) Maintaining and improving the operation efficiency
(5) Other purposes

(1) Simplifying implementation and setup

The following table describes the items that are changed to simplify implementation and setup:

Table B-6 Changes made for simplifying implementation and setup

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Improving management portalEnabled setup of the properties that define resource adaptor properties (setting contents of the Connector property file) and connection test of those properties on a Management Portal screen. Also enabled the uploading of J2EE applications (ear files and zip files) to Management Server, on the Management Portal screen.First Step Guide3.5
Management Portal User Guide--
Adding implicit import functionality of the import attribute in page/tag directiveEnabled the usage of the implicit import functionality of the import attribute in page/tag directive.Web Container Functionality Guide2.3.7
Supporting the automation of environment settings related to the JP1 products in a virtual environmentEnabled the automatic setting of the environment of JP1 products related to the virtual server by hooks script, when setting up Application Server for a virtual server.Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide7.7.2
Improving the integrated user management functionalityEnabled the connection to a database with the JDBC driver of database products when using the database in the user information repository.
Database connection with the JDBC driver of Cosminexus DABroker Library is no longer supported.
Enabled settings related to the integrated user management functionality in the Easy Setup Definition file and on the Management Portal screen.
In the case of an Active Directory, supported the double byte characters such as the Japanese characters with DN.
Security Management GuideChapter 5, 14.3
Management Portal User Guide3.5, 10.9.1
Expanding the setting items of HTTP ServerEnabled the direct settings of the directive (setting contents of httpsd.conf (Hitachi Web Server definition file)) that defines the operation environment of HTTP Server in an Easy Setup definition file and on the management portal window.System Setup and Operation Guide4.1.21
Management Portal User Guide10.10.1
Definition Reference Guide4.13
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(2) Supporting standard and existing functionalities

The following table describes the items that are changed to support the standard and existing functionalities:

Table B-7 Changes made for supporting the standard and existing functionalities

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Adding specification items of ejb-jar.xmlEnabled the specifications for the class level interceptor and method level interceptor in ejb-jar.xml.This manual2.15
Supporting the parallel copy garbage collectionEnabled the selection of the parallel copy garbage collectionDefinition Reference Guide16.5
Supporting the global transaction of an Inbound resource adapter based on the Connector 1.5 specificationsEnabled the usage of Transacted Delivery in the resource adaptor based on the Connector 1.5 specifications. Now the EIS that invokes a Message-driven Bean can also participate in the global transaction.Common Container Functionality Guide3.16.3
Supporting MHP of the TP1 inbound adapterEnabled the usage of MHP as a client of OpenTP1 that invokes Application Server with the TP1 inbound adapter.Common Container Functionality GuideChapter 4
Supporting the FTP inbound adapter by the cjrarupdate commandAdded the FTP inbound adapter in the resource adapter that you can upgrade with the cjrarupdate commandCommand Reference Guide2.2

(3) Maintaining and improving reliability

The following table describes the items that are changed for maintaining and improving reliability:

Table B-8 Changes made for maintaining and improving reliability

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Improving the database session failover functionalityIn a system that focuses on performance, enabled the selection of a mode that does not acquire the lock of a database storing the global session information. Also, enabled the definition of request for a reference without updating the database.Expansion GuideChapter 6
Expanding the process that is the target of the OutOfMemory handling functionalityAdded a process that is the target of the OutOfMemory handling functionality.Maintenance and Migration Guide2.5.7
Definition Reference Guide16.2
Adding a functionality for reduction in the memory size of the Explicit heap used in an HTTP sessionAdded a functionality to restrain the memory usage of the Explicit heap used in an HTTP session.Expansion Guide8.11

(4) Maintaining and improving the operation efficiency

The following table describes the items that are changed for maintaining and improving the operation efficiency:

Table B-9 Changes made for maintaining and improving the operation efficiency

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Supporting the user authentication that uses JP1 products in a virtual environment (supporting cloud operations)Enabled the management and authentication of users who use the virtual server manager with the authentication server of JP1 products, at the time of JP1 integration.Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide1.2.2, Chapter3, 4, 5, 6, 7.9

(5) Other purposes

The following table describes the items that are changed for other purposes:

Table B-10 Changes made for other purposes

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Supporting a direct connection with the load balancer using the API (REST architecture)Supported a direct connection with the API (REST architecture) as a method of connecting to the load balancer.
Also added ACOS (AX2500) as a type of available load balancer.
System Setup and Operation Guide4.7.2, 4.7.3
Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide2.1
Definition Reference Guide4.5
Supporting timeout when collecting the snapshot log and improving the collection targetEnabled the end (timeout) processing in the time specified for the collection of a snapshot log. Changed the data collected as the primary submitted documents.Maintenance and Migration GuideAppendix A