The following table describes the items that are changed to simplify installation and setup.
Table F-1 Changes made for simplifying installation and setup
Item | Overview of changes | Reference manual | Reference section |
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Changing the units to be set up and operated in the virtual environment | The units to be operated when you set up and operate the virtual environment have been changed from the virtual server to the virtual server group. You can now use the file in which the virtual server group is defined and register multiple virtual servers into a management unit in a batch. | Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide | 1.1.2 |
Cancelling the restrictions on the setup environment by using Setup Wizard | The restrictions on the environments that can be set up with Setup Wizard have been removed. Even if an environment has been set up with another functionality, you can now unset up the environment and use Setup Wizard for the setup. | System Setup and Operation Guide | 2.2.7 |
Simplifying the procedure for deleting the setup environment | The deletion procedure has now been simplified by adding the functionality to delete the system environment set up with Management Server (mngunsetup command). | System Setup and Operation Guide | 4.1.37 |
Management Portal User Guide | 3.6, 5.4 | ||
Command Reference Guide | mngunsetup (Deleting the Management Server configuration environment) |
The following table describes the items that are changed to support standard and existing functionality.
Table F-2 Changes made for supporting standard and existing functionality
Item | Overview of changes | Reference manual | Reference section |
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Supporting Servlet 3.0 | Servlet 3.0 is now supported. | Web Container Functionality Guide | Chapter 6 |
Supporting EJB 3.1 | EJB 3.1 is now supported. | EJB Container Functionality Guide | Chapter 2 |
Supporting JSF 2.1 | JSF 2.1 is now supported. | Web Container Functionality Guide | Chapter 3 |
Supporting JSTL 1.2 | JSTL 1.2 is now supported. | Web Container Functionality Guide | Chapter 3 |
Supporting CDI 1.0 | CDI 1.0 is now supported. | This manual | Chapter 9 |
Using the Portable Global JNDI names | You can now look up objects using a Portable Global JNDI name. | This manual | 2.4 |
Supporting JAX-WS 2.2 | JAX-WS 2.2 is now supported. | Web Service Development Guide | 1.1, 16.1.5, 16.1.7, 16.2.1, 16.2.6, 16.2.10, 16.2.12, 16.2.13, 16.2.14, 16.2.16, 16.2.17, 16.2.18, 16.2.20, 16.2.22, 19.1, 19.2.3, 37.2, 37.6.1, 37.6.2, 37.6.3 |
Supporting JAX-RS 1.1 | JAX-RS 1.1 is now supported. | Web Service Development Guide | 1.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.2, 1.4.2, 1.5.1, 1.6, 2.3, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 17, Chapter 24, Chapter 39 |
The following table describes the items that are changed for maintaining and improving reliability.
Table F-3 Changes made for maintaining and improving reliability
Item | Overview of changes | Reference manual | Reference section |
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Using TLSv 1.2 for the SSL/TLS communication | You can now use RSA BSAFE SSL-J to execute the SSL/TLS communication with a security protocol containing TLSv 1.2. | Security Management Guide | 7.3 |
The following table describes the items that are changed with the purpose of maintaining and improving operability.
Table F-4 Changes made for maintaining and improving operability
Item | Overview of changes | Reference manual | Reference section |
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Monitoring the total pending queues of the entire Web container | You can now output the total pending queues of the entire Web container in the operation information and monitor the number of queues. | Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide | Chapter 3 |
Output of trace-based performance analysis for applications (user-extended trace) | The trace-based performance analysis used for analyzing the processing performance of the user-developed applications can now be output without changing the applications. | Maintenance and Migration Guide | Chapter 7 |
Operations performed by using the user script in a virtual environment | The user-created script (user script) can now be executed on the virtual server at any time. | Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide | 7.8 |
Improving the management portal | Changes have been made so that the messages describing procedures are now displayed on the following management portal windows:
| Management Portal User Guide | 10.11.1, 11.9.2, 11.10.2, 11.11.2, 11.11.4, 11.11.6, 11.12.2, 11.13.2, 11.13.4, 11.13.6 |
Adding the restart functionality in the management functionality | You can now specify automatic restart for the management functionality (Management Server and Administration Agent) and continue operations even when an error occurs in the management functionality. The procedure for automatic start settings has also been changed. | Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide | 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4 |
Command Reference Guide | mngautorun (Setting up/canceling the setup of autostart and autorestart) |
The following table describes the items that are changed for other purposes.
Table F-5 Changes made for other purposes
Item | Overview of changes | Reference manual | Reference section |
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Changing the file switching units for log output | The output destination files are now switched by date when the log is output. | Maintenance and Migration Guide | 3.2.1 |
Changing the Web server name | The name of the Web server included in Application Server is changed to HTTP Server. | HTTP Server User Guide | -- |
Supporting direct connection by using the BIG-IP APIs (SOAP architecture) | Direct connection is now supported by using APIs (SOAP architecture) in BIG-IP (load balancer). Also, the procedure for setting up the connection environment of the load balancer has been changed for using direct connection through APIs. | System Setup and Operation Guide | 4.7.3, Appendix K |
Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide | 2.1, Appendix C | ||
Security Management Guide | 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4 |