uCosminexus Application Server, Web Container Functionality Guide

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Appendix D.1 Main functionality changes in 09-00

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

(1) Simplifying implementation and setup

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

Table D-1 Changes made for simplifying implementation and setup

Item Overview of changes Reference manual Reference
Changed the unit of the setup and operation target 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 define the information of a virtual server group in a file and register multiple virtual servers to a management unit in a batch. Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide 1.1.2
Removed the restrictions on environments that can be built by using the Setup Wizard Removed the restrictions on the environment that can be built by using the Setup Wizard. You can now unset up and set up any of the existing environments set up with a different functionality, by using the Setup Wizard. System Setup and Operation Guide 2.2.3
Simplification of the procedure for removing an installed environment Added functionality (mngunsetup command) for removing the system environment that is set up by using Management Server, thereby simplifying the removal procedure. 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
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(2) Supporting standard and existing functionality

The following table describes the items that were changed to support standard and existing functionality:

Table D-2 Changes made for supporting standard and existing functionality

Item Overview of changes Reference manual Reference
Supporting Servlet 3.0 Servlet 3.0 is now supported. This manual 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. This manual Chapter 3
Supporting JSTL 1.2 JSTL 1.2 is now supported. This manual Chapter 3
Supporting CDI 1.0 CDI 1.0 is now supported. Common Container Functionality Guide Chapter 9
Using Portable Global JNDI names You can now look up objects for which Portable Global JNDI names are used. Common Container Functionality Guide 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

(3) Maintaining and improving reliability

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

Table D-3 Changes for maintaining and improving reliability

Item Overview of changes Reference manual Reference
Using TLSv1.2 for SSL/TLS communication You can now use RSA BSAFE SSL-J to execute the SSL/TLS communication with a security protocol containing TLSv1.2. Security Management Guide 7.3

(4) Maintaining and improving operation performance

The following table describes the items that were changed for maintaining and improving operation performance:

Table D-4 Changes for maintaining and improving operation performance

Item Overview of changes Reference manual Reference
Monitoring the total pending queues of the entire Web container You can now monitor the total pending queues of the entire Web container when the total is output to the operation information. Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide Chapter 3
Output of the trace based performance analysis for applications (user extended trace) The trace based performance analysis used for analyzing the processing performance of 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 a 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 the procedure are now displayed on the following management portal windows:
  • Deploy the preference information window
  • Start window for the Web server, J2EE server, and SFO server
  • Batch start, batch restart, and startup windows for Web server cluster and J2EE server cluster
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 restart functionality for operation management functionality You can now set the automatic restart in the operation management functionality (Management Server and Administration Agent). Due to the automatic restart functionality, it is now possible to continue operations even if an error occurs in the operation management functionality. The procedure for automatic start setting 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 (Set up/canceling the set up of autostart and autorestart)

(5) Other purposes

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

Table D-5 Changes due to other purposes

Item Overview of changes Reference manual Reference
Changing the unit for switching log output files You can now change log output files by date. Maintenance and Migration Guide 3.2.1
Changing the Web server name The name of the Web server included in Application Server has been changed to uCosminexus HTTP Server. HTTP Server User Guide --
Supporting a direct connection with the API (SOAP architecture) in BIG-IP Direct connection is now supported by using APIs (SOAP architecture) in BIG-IP (load balancer).
Note that the procedure for setting up the connection environment of the load balancer has been changed for using a 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

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