A.6 Major functional changes in 09-00
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Facilitating system implementation and creation
The following table outlines the changes made to facilitate system implementation and creation.
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Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Relevant information |
|---|---|---|---|
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Canceling restrictions on the types of environments that can be created when the setup wizard is used |
Restrictions on the types of environments that can be created when the setup wizard is used were removed. The setup wizard can now be used even for creation and unsetup of environments built using other methods. |
System Setup and Operation Guide |
2.2.7 |
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Simplifying the procedure for deleting created environments |
The deletion procedure was simplified by adding a functionality (the mngunsetup command) that deletes system environments created using Management Server. |
System Setup and Operation Guide |
4.1.37 |
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Command Reference Guide |
mngunsetup (deletes environments created using Management Server) |
(2) Implementing standard and existing functionalities
The following table outlines the changes made to enable implementation of standard and existing functionalities.
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Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Relevant information |
|---|---|---|---|
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Support for Servlet 3.0 |
Servlet 3.0 is now supported. |
Web Container Functionality Guide |
Chapter 7 |
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Support for EJB 3.1 |
EJB 3.1 is now supported. |
EJB Container Functionality Guide |
Chapter 2 |
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Support for JSF 2.1 |
JSF 2.1 is now supported. |
Web Container Functionality Guide |
Chapter 3 |
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Support for JSTL 1.2 |
JSTL 1.2 is now supported. |
Web Container Functionality Guide |
Chapter 3 |
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Support for CDI 1.0 |
CDI 1.0 is now supported. |
Common Container Functionality Guide |
Chapter 8 |
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Use of portable global JNDI names |
Objects can now be looked up by their portable global JNDI names. |
Common Container Functionality Guide |
2.4 |
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Support for 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 |
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Support for 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 enhancing reliability
The following table outlines the changes made to maintain and enhance reliability.
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Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Relevant information |
|---|---|---|---|
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Use of TLSv1.2 for SSL/TLS communication |
By using RSA BSAFE SSL-J, SSL/TLS communication can now be provided according to TLSv1.2 or any other security protocol. |
This manual |
7.3 |
(4) Maintaining and enhancing availability
The following table outlines the changes made to maintain and enhance availability.
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Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Relevant information |
|---|---|---|---|
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Monitoring the total number of pending queues for the entire Web container |
The total number of pending queues for the entire Web container can now be output as operation information for monitoring. |
Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide |
Chapter 3 |
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Output of application performance analysis traces (user-extended traces) |
Performance analysis traces for analyzing the performance of user-developed applications can now be output without changing the application. |
Maintenance and Migration Guide |
Chapter 7 |
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Adding a restart feature for the operation management functionality |
Automatic restart can now be configured for the operation management functionality (Management Server and Administration Agent). This capability allows operation to continue even if a fault occurs during operation management. In addition, the automatic-start configuration method was changed. |
Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide |
2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4 |
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Command Reference Guide |
mngautorun (configures and cancels the configuration of automatic start and automatic restart) |
(5) Other purposes
The following table outlines changes made for other purposes.
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Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Relevant information |
|---|---|---|---|
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Switching between output log files |
When a log is output, it is now possible to switch between destination files that have different dates. |
Maintenance and Migration Guide |
3.2.1 |
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Changing the Web server name |
The Web server included in the application server was renamed to HTTP Server. |
HTTP Server User Guide |
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Support for direct access involving BIG-IP API (SOAP architecture) |
Direct access to BIG-IP (load balancer) through API (SOAP architecture) is now supported. In addition, the method for configuring the load balancer access environment for direct access via an API was changed. |
System Setup and Operation Guide |
4.7.3, Appendix J |
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This manual |
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