Release Notes for Version 2.0.0 of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Exchange

These release notes cover release information for version 2.0.0 of the IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Adapter for Exchange. These release notes contain the following sections:
New in this release Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information
Product fix history WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time
Backward compatibility Known problems and workarounds
Hardware and software requirements Documentation updates

Note: Important information about this product may be available in Technical Support Flashes issued after these release notes were published. These can be found on the WebSphere Business Integration support Web site, http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiserver/support. Select the component area of interest and search the flashes section.

New in this release

The adapter now uses the Eclipse WebDAV library to communicate with the Exchange server instead of using the Outlook and CDO libraries.

Refer to the Adapter for Exchange User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.

Product fix history

Between release 1.1.0 and 2.0.0, the following CRs, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.
Tracking
number
Description
 24581 The adapter had to be run in single-threaded mode, which meant that it could not process service call requests while processing events. It was necessary to specify the -t option in the start_Exchange.bat file.
 30453 The adapter was unable to run as a Windows service (for example, launched from cwservice.exe), due to a limitation of the Outlook library. Furthermore, the adapter was able to run only on Windows(R) platforms because it required access to COM libraries at run time. This has been fixed, and the adapter now runs on all supported WebSphere Business Integration Adapters platforms. 

Backward compatibility

While very similar in functionality, there are significant, incompatible differences between the 1.x.x and the 2.0.0 versions. Please consult the user guide for detailed changes before considering an upgrade.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.

Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information

For general installation information, refer to the Installation Guide for WebSphere Business Integration Adapters. For hardware and software requirements, installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information specific to this product, refer to the Adapter for Exchange User Guide.

WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time

Make sure that you run this version of the adapter with WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run-time version 1.7.0 or later.

The WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API .jar files and the associated scripts (CWConnEnv.bat and CWODAEnv.bat for Windows(R); CWConnEnv.sh and CWODAEnv.sh for UNIX platforms) are installed by the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API. Before installing the adapter, make sure that the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time is installed. If the version is not 1.7.0 or later, you must download the latest API. This section provides instructions for verifying the API version, downloading the latest version, and enabling the adapter to run on various versions of InterChange Server and Adapter Development Kit (ADK).

Verifying the run-time version

To check the run-time version, locate the manifest file (ProductDir\lib\WBIA.jar) and open it in a suitable Java(R) JAR editor. Look for the following lines:

Implementation-Title: "CWConnectorAPI"
Implementation-Version: 1.7.0

Implementation-version indicates the installed version of the API. If the version is not 1.7.0 or later, you must download the latest run time.

Downloading the run time

To download the latest version of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time:

  1. Go to http://www.ibm.com.
  2. Click the Support & downloads tab.
  3. Under the Downloads heading, click Downloads & drivers.
  4. In the Enter search terms field, type "wbia api" and click Submit.

After you download and install the run time, you should see the following files:

lib\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\3.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.1.1\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.2.0\WBIA.jar
bin\CWConnEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWConnEnv.sh (UNIX)
bin\CWODAEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWODAEnv.sh (UNIX)
connectors\messages\CwConnectorAgentMessages.txt

Enabling adapters for earlier versions of Adapter Development Kit and InterChange Server

To enable an adapter to work with various versions of ADK or InterChange Server, follow the appropriate procedure below:

InterChange Server versions 4.1.x (except 4.1.0), ADK versions 2.1.x
InterChange Server versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, ADK versions 2.3.0 and 2.3.1
Running an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) against InterChange Server versions 4.1.x, ADK versions 2.1.x
Running an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) against InterChange Server versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, ADK versions 2.3.x

Known problems and workarounds

The following problems have been found in this release.

Tracking
number
Description
34897 The adapter does not support recurring TaskItems. That is, the TaskItem business object does not contain a child RecurrencePattern business object. To work around this issue, create one TaskItem per occurrence.
35250 The adapter does not delete recurring AppointmentItems correctly; therefore, if you have a recurring AppointmentItem and you send the adapter a service call request to delete the master AppointmentItem, not all occurrences of the AppointmentItem will be deleted.
36185 If the user specified in the WindowsName connector property does not have Exchange administrative privileges, event processing may not be successful. The adapter will leave the event in the event store with the status set to IN_PROGRESS. If this occurs, stop the adapter and follow the instructions in the user guide to give the user the appropriate privileges. Then restart the adapter, and all events with status set to IN_PROGRESS will be processed.

Documentation

Product documentation is not included as part of the product package, either by CD or by electronic product distribution. The documentation for this product can be found in the following InfoCenters:

To obtain the product documentation, visit the Web site and download the current documentation set for the release that you are using. Follow the instructions provided on the InfoCenter page to complete the installation.

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