Release Notes for Version 4.6.0 of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Siebel eBusiness Applications

These release notes cover release information for Version 4.6.0 of the IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Adapter for Siebel eBusiness Applications. These release notes contain the following sections:
New in this release Installation, migration, upgrade, configuration
Product fix history WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time
Product 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. Click the product you are interested in; if flashes are available, they are located in Self help > Solve a problem > Flashes (Alerts).

New in this release

New features and improvements made in this release include the following:

New operating system support

Refer to the Adapter for Siebel eBusiness Applications User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.

Product fix history

Between release 4.5.0 and 4.6.0, the following problems, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.
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37580 The Siebel Adapter expects the SiebelMessage attribute when processing business services. With the fix, the adapter can also handle business objects where the request contains only simple attributes and no SiebelMessage container attribute.
37505  The Siebel ODA does not generate business objects from Siebel 6.2 business services.

Product compatibility

Siebel versions prior to 7.0.5 are not supported on JDK 1.4.2. When using the adapter with supported Siebel versions below 7.0.5, use the adapter run-time version 2.4.0. To run the current version of the adapter with version 2.4.0 of the adapter run time, install the 2.4.0 adapter run time and get the WBIA.jar file version 1.6.0 or above.

The Siebel EAI Dynamic Link Library (DLL) is separate connectivity component that was offered as part of WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Siebel eBusiness Applications. This component will not be delivered and supported from this release onward.

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

Installation information

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.

Upgrade notes

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 1.8.0 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 1.8.0 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 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: 1.8.0

The line Implementation-version indicates the installed version of the API. If the version is not 1.8.0 or later, you must download the latest run time.

Downloading the run time

To download the latest version of the 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
bin\CWConnEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWConnEnv.sh (UNIX)
bin\CWODAEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWODAEnv.sh (UNIX)
connectors\messages\CwConnectorAgentMessages.txt

Known problems and workarounds

The following problems have been found in this release:
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23418 When SiebelODA is used with 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 into this folder.
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.

Documentation updates

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 Information Centers:

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 Information Center page to complete the installation.

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