RELEASE NOTES
December 2003
Welcome to Novell® exteNdTM 5. These release notes include the following sections:
Installing exteNd How to prepare for installing Novell exteNd System requirements Software and hardware needed to run Novell exteNd What's new New features in this version of Novell exteNd Known issues Known problems with this version of Novell exteNd Release note updates To check for updates to these release notes, click here.
For a complete guide on installing exteNd 5, see Installing Novell exteNd in the exteNd 5 Suite help.
This section describes the software and hardware needed to run exteNd 5:
Development environment
Topic
What's required
Operating system One of the following:
- Windows 2003
- Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 or higher
- Windows XP Professional
Minimum RAM (memory) 128 MB (256 MB recommended) Disk space 820 MB (install may take up to 2.0 GB in temp storage) Display mode True Color (32-bit), 800 x 600 or higher Java 2 Runtime Environment JRE 1.4.2_01-b06 (installed automatically)
Server environment
Topic
What's required
Application server One of the following:
Supported in exteNd 5:
- Novell exteNd Application Server Version 4.0.1
- Novell exteNd Application Server Version 5.1
- BEA WebLogic Server Version 6.1 Service Pack 4 (Enterprise Suite Only)
- BEA WebLogic Server Version 8.1 Service Pack 1 (Enterprise Suite Only)
- IBM WebSphere Server Advanced Edition Version 5.0 (Enterprise Suite Only)
- Jakarta Tomcat Version 4.1
Operating system One of the following:
Supported in exteNd 5:
- SuSE Enterprise 8
- RedHat Advanced Server 2.1
- NetWare® 6.5
- Windows 2000, 2003
- Solaris 8,9
Database support One of the following:
Shipping with exteNd 5:
- MySQL 4.1 (alpha) - For development only. Not supported in production.
Supported by exteNd 5:
- Oracle 8i and 9i
- IBM DB2 7.2.4, 8.1
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0/2000
- Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 11.9.2, 12, 12.5
- Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 8
LDAP directory (Optional) exteNd Director supports the following:
- Novell eDirectoryTM 8.6.2, 8.7
- Novell exteNd LDAP Utility (included) - For development only
Web browser One of the following:
- For the PAC and Portal tiers:
- Internet Explorer 5.5 and higher
- Netscape 7.x
- Mozilla 1.4.X
- For the PMC:
- Internet Explorer 5.5 and higher
For a summary of the new features in this version of exteNd, see "What's New" in the exteNd DirectorTM help and the exteNd ComposerTM Release Notes.
See the individual product release notes for related known issues:
Installation
- The InstallAnywhere wizard uses a temp directory for storage at the time of install. Depending on what you choose to install, the temp directory will grow to three times the size of the actual files. For the entire suite, this could approach the 2 GB range.
- The size of the actual files on disk may be from 0 to 100 MB larger than what is estimated by InstallAnywhere during the install. The entire suite should not exceed 820 MB.
MySQL known issues
MySQL 4.1 is not supported in production environments at this time. MySQL 4.1 ships with exteNd 5 on Windows, Linux, and Solaris at this time. This software is alpha quality at the time of exteNd 5 ship and is not supported in any production environment. Novell recommends using another commercially available database from the exteNd list of supported database vendors for any production application. Note that MySQL 4.1 for NetWare was not available at the time of the exteNd 5 ship. When MySQL 4.1 becomes stable on all platforms, work will be done to certify exteNd 5 against the database and add it to the exteNd list of supported databases for production.
- MySQL 4.1, which ships with exteNd 5, is NOT supported in production environments.
- (Windows only) Avoid using the MySQL that ships with exteNd 5 if you do not want to conflict with an existing MySQL installation. If you have a different database from the exteNd list of supported database vendors, you can choose to use that database while running through the Custom option of the exteNd 5 install.
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