Documentation - release notes


1.0 Supported software and specifications
2.0 Limitations
   2.1 National language limitations
3.0 Known problems
   3.1 First Steps display of national language characters
   3.2 Network installation may fail if the machine goes into standby mode
   3.3 Updates to the WebSphere Application Server - Express Installation Guide
   3.4 Disk space required for the install
   3.5 Minimum free temporary disk space for the install
   3.6 Error reported after canceling an install
   3.7 Java.exe exception after canceling the install
   3.8 Port conflicts when running multiple servers

1.0 Supported software and specifications

The tooling around the JavaServer Faces technology, such as the Faces components in the Palette view, is considered to be Beta level function. The documentation that refers to this function is also supported at the Beta level.
Because the JavaServer Faces features are in Beta state, they should not be used for production applications. IBM does not assure forward migration, compatibility, or support of JavaServer Page files that use these JavaServer Faces features.

2.0 Limitations

2.1 National language limitations

The following are National language limitations:

  1. Voice narration only available in English in Web Development Tour
  2. Except for some key pieces only the English version of the online documentation is provided with the product. More translated documentation will be available via Update Manager. To download these updates when they are available, select Help > Software Updates > New Updates in the Workbench.

3.0 Known problems

3.1 First Steps display of national language characters

The console output text area of the First Steps application does not display national language characters correctly for some languages. No work around is currently available.

3.2 Network installation may fail if the machine goes into standby mode

If you machines goes into standby mode during an installation from a network installation image, the installation may fail.

3.3 Updates to the WebSphere Application Server - Express Installation Guide

3.4 Disk space required for the install

The disk space requirement shown in the installation wizard is the total number of bytes needed for all the files. Note that the actual disk space needed can be considerably greater. In particular if your disk is formatted as FAT32, the many small files can use disk space inefficiently due to the disk blocking structure that FAT32 uses.

3.5 Minimum free temporary disk space for the install

The Installation Guide indicates that you should have 200 megabytes of free space on your disk that is used for temporary space. This is insufficient in some cases. The minimum temporary free space recommended is 300 megabytes.

3.6 Error reported after canceling an install

If you select to install the optional Language Pack feature and then Cancel the install shortly afterwards while files are being copied, subsequent installs will show some anomalies. On a subsequent install the Language Pack feature will show an (installed) status on the Feature panel even though the files that make up the language pack are not installed. You can select to reinstall the Language Pack feature and the proper files will be copied to your disk. In this situation at the end of the install you may receive a message stating that "One or more errors occurred during replacement of files". You can safely ignore this error message.

3.7 Java.exe exception after canceling the install

If you cancel the install shortly after it starts copying files to the disk you may get a java.exe exception. This causes the install to end abruptly but with no ill effects. You can start the install again and continue to completion.

3.8 Port conflicts when running multiple servers

WebSphere Application Server - Express 5.1 can be installed on a system where you have a previous version of the server. If you want to run both servers at the same time, then the servers will need to be configured such that their ports do not conflict. You can use the Administrative Console to reconfigure the ports.

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