These release notes cover release information for version 4.5.0 of the IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Adapter for Siebel eBusiness Applications. These release notes contain the following sections:
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.
This release includes functional improvements. See the "Product fix history" section for details.
Refer to the Adapter for Siebel eBusiness Applications User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.
Between release 4.3.0 and 4.5.0, the following CRs, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.
Tracking number |
Description |
34891 | The adapter uses a single reserved connection for polling. When used with Siebel 6.x, the adapter crashes after 1400 poll calls, as the resources accumulate. To fix this, the connection will be refreshed after the DataBeanRefreshInterval. |
33368 | The adapter does not restart, even if the RestartRetryCount and the RestartRetryInterval properties are set. |
30307 | The adapter does not dump the business object after the Update operation. |
33632 | The Siebel datatype, DTYPE_NUMBER, is converted to an integer by the SiebelODA. It needs to be converted to a Float. |
35131 | Application-specific text is set incorrectly in the wrapper business object definition. |
33305 | All sessions should terminate when the adapter shuts down. |
30184 | Support should be added for the retrieval of multiple records with the RetrieveByContent verb. |
30731 | Child and grandchild integration objects are not created properly when multiple instances of them are specified. |
29378 | SiebelODA cannot generate integration objects or components against older versions of the Siebel application (for instance, version 6.2). |
Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.
Whether you are installing the software from the CD or downloading it from Passport Advantage and installing it from a local directory, refer to the appropriate guide based on your integration broker:
These guides also include general migration, upgrade, and configuration information.
For hardware and software requirements and configuration information specific to this adapter, refer to the Adapter for Siebel eBusiness Applications User Guide.
If you are using non-English encoding, in the SiebelODA start script, comment out the following line:
${CWJAVA} ${JVM_FLAGS} ${ORB_DEP}
which is the line that follows:
#REM Start the Object Discovery Agent (for English language on all Unix Platforms supported)
#For languages other than English on AIX and HP-UX platforms
#${CWJAVA} -Djava.ext.dirs=${JRE_EXT_DIRS} -Duser.home=${CROSSWORLDS}
#For languages other than English on Solaris Platform
#${CWJAVA} -Djava.ext.dirs=${JRE_EXT_DIRS} -Duser.home=${CROSSWORLDS}
#For languages other than English on AIX and HP-UX platforms
#${CWJAVA} -Djava.ext.dirs=${JRE_EXT_DIRS} -Duser.home=${CROSSWORLDS}
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).
To check the version of the run time, locate the manifest file (ProductDir\lib\WBIA.jar) and open it in a suitable Java JAR editor. Look for the following lines:
Implementation-Title: "CWConnectorAPI"
Implementation-Version: 1.7.0
The line 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.
To download the latest version of the run time:
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
To enable an adapter to work with various versions of ADK or InterChange Server, follow the appropriate procedure below:
Windows: In CWConnEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
UNIX: In CWConnEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
Windows: In CWConnEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
UNIX: In CWConnEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
Windows: In bin\CWODAEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
UNIX: In bin/CWODAEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
Windows: In bin\CWODAEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
UNIX: In bin/CWODAEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
The following problems have been found in this release:
Tracking number |
Description |
23418 | SiebelODA on HP-UX Japanese: The encoding ja_jp.SJIS must be set while logging on to the HP-UX machine and creating a Japanese folder. This folder is given as part of the value of the FileLocation property. Business object files used by SiebelODA's Convert option are copied under this folder. |
31633 | In a UNIX environment, a connector_manager_adapter script is generated by the installer program. The script references adapterEnv.sh, which was introduced with version 2.4.0 of Adapter Framework. If you are running an older version of Adapter Framework, adapterEnv is not available. To run this version of the adapter with a pre-2.4.0 version of the Framework, change the reference from adapterEnv.sh to CWSharedEnv.sh in the connector_manager_adapter script. |
36706 | The adapter should use a BSTYPE=ASI application-specific information tag for processing integration objects for Siebel ASIs. It expects SiebASI=true, which is deprecated. This is going to be corrected in the next Fix Pack. |
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:
http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wicserver/infocenter
http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbicollaborations/infocenter (for collaborations)
http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiadapters/infocenter
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.