Appendix F.2 Main functionality changes in 08-70

Organization of this subsection
(1) Simplifying installation and setup
(2) Supporting standard and existing functionality
(3) Maintaining and improving reliability
(4) Maintaining and improving operability
(5) Other purposes

(1) Simplifying installation and setup

The following table describes the items that are changed to simplify installation and setup.

Table F-6 Changes made for simplifying installation and setup

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Improving the management portalChanges have been made to enable users to set the property (settings of the HITACHI Connector Property file) for defining the resource adapter attributes and perform the connection test in the management portal window. Also, J2EE applications (ear files and zip files) can now be uploaded on Management Server using the management portal window.First Step Guide3.5
Management Portal User Guide--
Adding the functionality for implicitly importing the import attribute for the page/tag directiveThe functionality for implicitly importing the import attribute of the page/tag directive can now be used.Web Container Functionality Guide2.3.7
Supporting automation of the environment settings for the JP1 products in a virtual environmentChanges have been made so that when Application Server is set up on a virtual server, the environment settings of JP1 products can be automatically set for the virtual server by using the hook script.Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide7.7.2
Improving the Integrated user management functionalityWhen using a database in a user information repository, you can now connect to the database by using the JDBC driver of the database products. The database connection through the JDBC driver of Cosminexus DABroker Library is no longer supported.
You can now set the integrated user management functionality using the Easy Setup definition file and the management portal window.
Active Directory now supports double byte characters such as the Japanese language in the DN.
Security Management GuideChapter 5, 14.3
Management Portal User Guide3.5, 10.9.1
Enhancing HTTP Server settingsYou can now directly set the directive (settings of httpsd.conf) that defines the operation environment of HTTP Server, using the Easy Setup definition file and 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 functionality

The following table describes the items that are changed to support standard and existing functionality.

Table F-7 Changes made for supporting standard and existing functionality

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Adding items to be specified in ejb-jar.xmlA class level interceptor and a method level interceptor can now be specified in ejb-jar.xml.EJB Container Functionality Guide2.15
Supporting the parallel copy garbage collectionThe parallel copy garbage collection can now be selected.Definition Reference Guide16.5
Supporting global transactions with the Inbound resource adapters conforming to the Connector 1.5 specificationsTransacted Delivery can now be used in the resource adapters conforming to the Connector 1.5 specifications. This enables participation of the EIS invoking the Message-driven Beans in a global transaction.This manual3.16.3
Supporting the MHP with a TP1 inbound adapterThe MHP can now be used as the OpenTP1client that invokes Application Server by using the TP1 inbound adapter.This manualChapter 4
Supporting the FTP inbound adapter with the cjrarupdate commandThe FTP inbound adapter has been added to the resource adapters that can be upgraded by using the cjrarupdate command.Command Reference Guide2.2

(3) Maintaining and improving reliability

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

Table F-8 Changes made for maintaining and improving reliability

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Improving the database session failover functionalityUsers can now select a mode that does not lock the database in which the global session information is stored, in a performance-centric system. Also, exclusive requests for references can now be defined without updating the database.Expansion GuideChapter 6
Expansion of the processing for the
OutOfMemory handling functionality
Processing has been added for the OutOfMemory handling functionality.Maintenance and Migration Guide2.5.7
Definition Reference Guide16.2
Adding the memory saving functionality for the Explicit heap used in an HTTP sessionFunctionality has been added to control the amount of Explicit heap memory used in an HTTP session.Expansion Guide8.11

(4) Maintaining and improving operability

The following table describes the items that are changed with the purpose of maintaining and improving operability.

Table F-9 Changes with the purpose of maintaining and improving operability

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Supporting user authentication using the JP1 products in a virtual environment (supporting cloud operations)The management and authentication of users using a virtual server manager can now be performed by using the authentication server of the JP1 products during JP1 integration.Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide1.2.2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, 7.9

(5) Other purposes

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

Table F-10 Changes due to other purposes

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference location
Supporting the direct connection using APIs (REST Architecture) for the load balancersDirect connection using APIs (REST architecture) is now supported as a method to connect to the load balancers.
Also, ACOS (AX2500) is added to the types of available load balancers.
System Setup and Operation Guide4.7.2, 4.7.3
Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide2.1
Definition Reference Guide4.5
Supporting timeout during snapshot log collection and improving the collection targetsYou can now terminate snapshot log collection (timeout) at a specified time. The contents collected as primarily sent data have been changed.Maintenance and Migration GuideAppendix A