Appendix F.1 Main functionality changes in 09-00

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-1 Changes made for simplifying installation and setup

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference section
Changing the units to be set up and operated in the virtual environmentThe 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 Guide1.1.2
Cancelling the restrictions on the setup environment by using Setup WizardThe 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 Guide2.2.7
Simplifying the procedure for deleting the setup environmentThe 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 Guide4.1.37
Management Portal User Guide3.6, 5.4
Command Reference Guidemngunsetup (Deleting the Management Server configuration environment)

(2) Supporting standard and existing functionality

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

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference section
Supporting Servlet 3.0Servlet 3.0 is now supported.Web Container Functionality GuideChapter 6
Supporting EJB 3.1EJB 3.1 is now supported.EJB Container Functionality GuideChapter 2
Supporting JSF 2.1JSF 2.1 is now supported.Web Container Functionality GuideChapter 3
Supporting JSTL 1.2JSTL 1.2 is now supported.Web Container Functionality GuideChapter 3
Supporting CDI 1.0CDI 1.0 is now supported.This manualChapter 9
Using the Portable Global JNDI namesYou can now look up objects using a Portable Global JNDI name.This manual2.4
Supporting JAX-WS 2.2JAX-WS 2.2 is now supported.Web Service Development Guide1.1, 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 1.1JAX-RS 1.1 is now supported.Web Service Development Guide1.1, 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

(3) Maintaining and improving reliability

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

Table F-3 Changes made for maintaining and improving reliability

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference section
Using TLSv 1.2 for the SSL/TLS communicationYou can now use RSA BSAFE SSL-J to execute the SSL/TLS communication with a security protocol containing TLSv 1.2.Security Management Guide7.3

(4) Maintaining and improving operability

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

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference section
Monitoring the total pending queues of the entire Web containerYou 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 GuideChapter 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 GuideChapter 7
Operations performed by using the user script in a virtual environmentThe user-created script (user script) can now be executed on the virtual server at any time.Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide7.8
Improving the management portalChanges have been made so that the messages describing procedures are now displayed on the following management portal windows:
  • Deploy Preference Information window
  • Start windows for the Web server, J2EE server, and SFO server
  • Batch start, batch restart, and start windows for Web server cluster and J2EE server cluster
Management Portal User Guide10.11.1, 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 functionalityYou 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 Guide2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4
Command Reference Guidemngautorun (Setting up/canceling the setup of autostart and autorestart)

(5) Other purposes

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

Table F-5 Changes made for other purposes

ItemOverview of changesReference manualReference section
Changing the file switching units for log outputThe output destination files are now switched by date when the log is output.Maintenance and Migration Guide3.2.1
Changing the Web server nameThe 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 Guide4.7.3, Appendix K
Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide2.1, Appendix C
Security Management Guide8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
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--: Reference the entire manual.