README

IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Commerce
Professional Edition
Business Edition
for Solaris Operating Environment(TM) software

Version 5.5

Last Updated: June 27, 2003

Contents

What's in this README

This README file contains information about known problems with the product. Updates to this README file will be posted to the WebSphere Commerce Library page. You can also check the Technotes database on WebSphere Commerce Support page for reported problems and other product support information.

Documentation

The WebSphere Commerce Library page contains any updates that have been made to the online help and installation guide. Also available is additional product information not shipped on the CD.

Note that the online help contains a significant number of important updates.

Installation

  1. The trace.txt file and message.txt files, generated during instance creation, are encoded using UTF-8 by default. The encoding of these files, as well as all other Loader output messages, can be customized. To change the default coding, the configuration file must be changed by doing the following:

    1. Open the WCALoggerConfig.xml residing in Commerce_Install/xml/loader
    2. For each loader component, replace <handler type="file"> with <handler type="file" encoding=""> where the encoding attribute value depends on the locale setting.
  2. The installation error messages for the required operating system fixes are incorrect. Refer to the IBM WebSphere Commerce Installation Guide for UNIX Systems, Version 5.5 for the required operating system fixes.

  3. The following commands will not work: wcs_encrypt.sh, wcs_password.sh and wcs_pmpassword.sh.
    You will receive the following error message:
    CLASSPATH=/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib/ext/ibmjcefw.jar:/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib/ext/ibmjceprovider.jar
    :/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib/ext/local_policy.jar:/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib/ext/US_export_policy.jar
    :/opt/WebSphere/CommerceServer55/wc.ear/Enablement-BaseComponentsLogic.jar: is not an identifier

    This problem will be fixed in WC 5.5 fix pack 1. Until this fix pack is released, follow this workaround. Open the previously mentioned scripts and make the following change:
        Change:
        export CLASSPATH=$JCE_CP
        To:
        CLASSPATH=$JCE_CP
        export CLASSPATH

  4. Ensure that you run any of the following commands in the Korn shell or any other UNIX shell that supports the $PWD environment variable. Attempts to run any of the following commands in the Bourne shell will fail:

 

Fix installation

The fixes listed in the following sections require the most recent WebSphere Application Server update installer. The update installer can be obtained from the WebSphere Application Server support Web site:

www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/support/

You can find the update installer quickly by searching for the following term:

UpdateInstaller for WebSphere Application Server 5.0

Note: Do not use the update installer provided on WebSphere Commerce CD 2 to install the fixes listed in the following sections. Using the provided installer will cause the installation of the fixes to fail.

Web server fixes

Ensure that you install the following fixes on the Web server node before using WebSphere Commerce:

For instructions on installing these fixes, review the README for each fix.

These fixes and the README for each fix can be found in the following directory on WebSphere Commerce CD 2:
/Software_Patches/WAS/repository

Important: It is strongly recommended that you use the GUI-based update installer to install the fixes on the Web server node.

WebSphere Application Server fixes

Ensure that you install the following the fixes on the WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Commerce Payments nodes before using WebSphere Commerce:

For instructions on installing these fixes, review the README for each fix.

These fixes and the README for each fix can be found in the following directory on WebSphere Commerce CD 2:
/Software_Patches/WAS/repository

WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment

Ensure that any WebSphere Application Server fixes applied to the WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Commerce Payments nodes are also applied to the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment node.

To obtain a list of the WebSphere Application Server fixes applied to the WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Commerce Payments nodes, follow the instructions in the "Collecting Product Information and Update State" section of the README_PTF.HTML file found in the Software_Patches/WAS/docs directory on WebSphere Commerce CD2.

The WebSphere Application Server fixes are available in the Software_Patches\WAS\repository directory on WebSphere Commerce CD 2.

Additional software

  1. The following products are available from Passport Advantage Online for use with WebSphere Commerce:

    2. Passport Advantage Online can be found at www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage. Select Customer Site and sign in to see the list of entitled products.

    For the version levels supported by WebSphere Commerce, see the WebSphere Commerce Support Web site at www.ibm.com/software/commerce/support/.

  2. Tivoli Web Site Analyzer V4.2 helps turn raw web data into valuable e-business intelligence. It provides you with a clear picture of the over-all health and integrity of your e-business infrastructure supporting business impact management. By capturing, analyzing, storing, and re-porting on Web site usage, health, integrity and site content, Tivoli Web Site Analyzer provides essential metrics on visitor interactions with the site and the site's overall performance. Its multi-channel data collection consolidates globally-distributed Web server logs including logs generated in a z/OS environment into a single open data warehouse. As more specifically set forth in the licensing terms accompanying your copy of IBM WebSphere Commerce v. 5.5, you are entitled to a single processor installation Site Analyzer. If you wish to expand your entitlement to install and use Site Analyzer, please contact the IBM Tivoli sales representative below:
     
    Geography Location Telephone E-mail address
    EMEA Copenhagen, Denmark 45 28 80 32 55 LOMHOLT@dk.ibm.com
    Asia Pacific Sydney, Australia 61 2 9478 8224 simonm@au1.ibm.com
    Americas Cambridge, USA 781-895-2826 tcashman@us.ibm.com
    Worldwide Austin, USA 512-286-3494 rbustos@us.ibm.com

 

Trademarks and Service Marks

The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States and other countries:
IBM      WebSphere   DB2

Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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