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uCosminexus Application Server Compatibility Guide


H.9 Main functionality changes in 08-50

Organization of this subsection

(1) Simplifying implementation and setup

The following table shows the item that was changed to simplify implementation and setup.

Table H‒31: Changes made for simplifying implementation and setup

Item

Overview of changes

Reference manual

Reference

Changing the tags with mandatory specification in web.xml at the Web service provider side

Changed the specification of the listener tag, servlet tag, and servlet-mapping tag in web.xml at the Web Service provider side from mandatory to optional.

Definition Reference Guide

2.2.3

Using the network resources of the logical server

Added a functionality for accessing the network resources and network drives on other hosts from the J2EE application.

Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide

1.2.3, 5.2, 5.7

Simplifying the execution procedure of sample programs

Simplified the execution procedure of sample programs by providing some sample programs in the EAR format.

First Step Guide

3.5

System Setup and Operation Guide

Appendix L

Improving the operation of the window of management portal

The default window refresh intervals were changed from Do not refresh to 3 seconds.

Management Portal User Guide

7.4.1

Improving the Setup Wizard completion window

Changes have been made to display the Easy Setup definition file and the HITACHI Connector Property file used for setup in the window displayed during completion of the Setup Wizard.

System Setup and Operation Guide

2.2.6

Setting up the virtual environment

Added the procedure for setting up Application Server on a virtual server implemented by using hypervisors.#

Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide

Chapter 3, Chapter 5

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When setting up in the 08-50 mode, see Appendix D Settings for Using the Virtual Server Manager in the 08-50 Mode in the uCosminexus Application Server Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide.

(2) Supporting the standard and existing functionality

The following table shows the items that were changed to support the standard and existing functionality.

Table H‒32: Changes made for supporting the standard and existing functionality

Item

Overview of changes

Reference manual

Reference

Supporting invocation from OpenTP1

Enabled the invocation of the Message-driven Bean operating on the Application Server from OpenTP1.

Common Container Functionality Guide

Chapter 4

Supporting JMS

Enabled the use of the Cosminexus JMS provider functionality compliant with JMS 1.1 specifications.

Common Container Functionality Guide

Chapter 6

Supporting Java SE 6

Enabled the use of the Java SE 6 functionality.

Maintenance and Migration Guide

5.5, 5.8.1

Supporting the use of generics

Enabled the use of generics in EJB.

EJB Container Functionality Guide

4.2.18

(3) Maintaining and improving reliability

The following table shows the items that were changed to maintain and improve reliability.

Table H‒33: Changes made for maintaining and improving reliability

Item

Overview of changes

Reference manual

Reference

Improving the usability of the Explicit Memory Management functionality

Enabled easy usage of the Explicit Memory Management functionality by using the Automatic Deployment setup file.

System Design Guide

7.2, 7.7.3, 7.11.4, 7.12.1

Expansion Guide

Chapter 7

Blocking the database session failover functionality in the URI unit

Enabled specification of requests that are to be set outside the scope of the database session failover functionality during the use of the functionality in the URI unit.

Expansion Guide

5.6.1

Monitoring failures in the virtual environment

Enabled the monitoring of virtual servers and detecting the occurrence of failures in a virtual system.

Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide

Appendix D

(4) Maintaining and improving operability

The following table shows the items that were changed to maintain and improve operability.

Table H‒34: Changes made for maintaining and improving operability

Item

Overview of changes

Reference manual

Reference

Omitting the management user account

Enabled the omission of the input of the user login ID and password in the management portal, commands of the Management Server, and commands of the Smart Composer functionality.

System Setup and Operation Guide

4.1.15

Management Portal User Guide

2.2, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 8.1, 8.2.1, Appendix F.2

Command Reference Guide

1.4, mngsvrctl (Starting, stopping, and setting up the Management Server), mngsvrutil (Management commands of the Management Server), 8.3, cmx_admin_passwd (Setting the management user account of the Management Server)

Operating the virtual environment

Added the procedure for executing batch startup, batch stop, scale-in, and scale-out of multiple virtual servers in a virtual system.#

Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide

Chapter 4, Chapter 6

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When operating in the 08-50 mode, see Appendix D Settings for Using the Virtual Server Manager in the 08-50 Mode in the uCosminexus Application Server Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide.

(5) Other purposes

The following table shows the items that were changed for other purposes.

Table H‒35: Changes made for other purposes

Item

Overview of changes

Reference manual

Reference

Statistical functionality for unused objects within the Tenured area

Enabled the identification of only unused objects within the Tenured area.

Maintenance and Migration Guide

9.8

Base point object list output functionality for Tenured increment factors

Enabled the output of information of the object that acts as the base point of unused objects identified using the statistical functionality for unused objects within the Tenured area.

9.9

Class-wise statistical information analysis functionality

Enabled the output of class-wise statistical information in the CSV format.

9.10

Cluster node switching due to detection of excess auto restart frequency of the logical server

Enabled node switching when the logical server stops abnormally (when the auto restart frequency is exceeded, or when a failure is detected when the auto restart frequency is set to 0) in the case of cluster configuration in which Management Server is a target for monitoring node switching.

Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide

18.4.3, 18.5.3, 16.2.2, 16.3.3, 16.3.4

Node switching system for the host unit management model

Enabled node switching for the host unit management model during system operation linked with cluster software.

Chapter 16

Supporting ACOS (AX2000, BS320)

Added ACOS (AX2000, BS320) in the types of available load balancers.

System Setup and Operation Guide

4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.5, 4.7.6, Appendix J, Appendix J.2

Definition Reference Guide

4.2.4, 4.3.2, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.7.1

Adding transaction attributes that can be specified in a Stateful Session Bean (SessionSynchronization) when performing transaction management in CMT

Changes have been made to specify Supports, NotSupported, and Never as transaction attributes in a Stateful Session Bean (SessionSynchronization) when performing transaction management in CMT.

EJB Container Functionality Guide

2.7.3

Forced termination of the Administration Agent during the occurrence of OutOfMemoryError

Enabled forced termination of the Administration Agent during the occurrence of OutOfMemoryError in JavaVM.

Maintenance and Migration Guide

2.5.5

Asynchronous parallel processing of threads

Enabled the implementation of the asynchronous timer processing and asynchronous thread processing using TimerManager and WorkManager.

Expansion Guide

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