The table below outlines the changes made to facilitate system implementation and creation.

Table A-13 Changes made to facilitate system implementation and creation

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Changing the tags in web.xml for Web service providers	The listener, servlet, and servlet-mapping tags in web.xml for Web service providers were changed from mandatory to optional.	Definition Reference Guide	2.4
Using network resources on logical servers	Functionality was added to provide access from J2EE applications to network resources and network drives on other hosts.	Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide	1.2.3, 5.2, 5.7
Simplifying the procedure for executing sample programs	The procedure for executing some sample programs was simplified by packaging them into EAR files.	First Step Guide	3.5
		System Setup and Operation Guide	Appendix M
Improving the setup wizard's completion window	The Easy Setup definition file and Connector attribute file used for setup can now be displayed in the setup wizard's completion window.	System Setup and Operation Guide	2.2.6

The table below outlines the changes made to enable implementation of standard and existing functionality.

Table A-14 Changes made to enable implementation of standard and existing functionality

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Support for calls from OpenTP1	Message-driven beans running on Application Server can now be called from OpenTP1.	Common Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 4
Support for JMS	CJMS provider functionality that complies with the JMS 1.1 specifications is now available.	Common Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 7
Support for Java SE 6	Java SE 6 functionality is now available.	Maintenance and Migration Guide	5.5, 5.8.1
Support for generics	Generics are now available to EJB.	EJB Container Functionality Guide	4.2.19

The table below outlines the changes made to maintain and enhance reliability.

Table A-15 Changes made to maintain and enhance reliability

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Facilitating the use of the explicit management heap functionality	Explicit management heap functionality can now be used through the automatic arrangement configuration file.	System Design Guide	7.1.1, 7.6.3, 7.10.5, 7.11.1
		Expansion Guide	Chapter 8
Suppressing the database session failover functionality for each URI	When the database session failover functionality is used, requests that are not to be processed by this functionality can now be specified for each URI.	Expansion Guide	5.6.1

The table below outlines the changes made to maintain and enhance availability.

Table A-16 Changes made to maintain and enhance availability

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Omitting the management user account	The user's login ID and password can now be omitted when using the management portal, Management Server command, or Smart Composer functionality command.	System Setup and Operation Guide	4.1.15
		Command Reference Guide	1.4, mngsvrctl (for Starting, Stopping, or Setting up Management Server) and mngsvrutil (Management Commands for Management Server), 8.3, cmx_admin_passwd (Configuring the Management User Account for Management Server)

The table below outlines the changes made for other purposes.

Table A-17 Changes made for other purposes

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Statistical functionality to identify unnecessary objects in the tenured area	It is now possible to identify only those objects in the tenured area that are unnecessary.	Maintenance and Migration Guide	9.8
Functionality to output a list of reference objects to enable identification of unnecessary objects in the tenured area	It is now possible to output a list of objects that can be used as reference objects to identify unnecessary objects in the tenured area using the abovementioned statistical functionality.		9.9
Per-class statistics analysis functionality	Per-class statistics can now be output in CSV format.		9.10
Cluster node switching due to detecting that a logical server has automatically restarted too many times	In a cluster configuration where Management Server is monitored for node switching, you can now set up node switching to take place when a logical server is abnormally inactive (that is, when it has automatically restarted too many times or if a fault is detected when the automatic restart count is 0).	Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide	18.4.3, 18.5.3, 20.2.2, 20.3.3, 20.3.4
Node switching in per-host management models	Node switching in per-host management models is now possible during the operation of a system linked with cluster software.		Chapter 20
Support for ACOS (AX2000 or BS320)	ACOS (AX2000 or BS320) is now available as a load balancer.	System Setup and Operation Guide	4.7, 4.7.3, 4.7.5, 4.7.6, Appendix K, K.2
		Definition Reference Guide	4.5, 4.6.2, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.10.1
Adding transaction attributes for the stateful session bean (with session synchronization interface) for CMT transaction management	The transaction attributes Supports, NotSupported, and Never can now be specified for stateful session beans (with session synchronization interface) for CMT transaction management.	EJB Container Functionality Guide	2.7.3
Forcibly terminating Administration Agent on OutOfMemoryError	If an OutOfMemoryError occurs in JavaVM, Administration Agent is now forced to terminate.	Maintenance and Migration Guide	2.5.8
Asynchronous parallel processing of threads	Asynchronous timer processing and asynchronous thread processing are now possible with TimerManager and WorkManager.	Expansion Guide	Chapter 10