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I forgot the password I created during installation. How can find out what my password is? Your password is stored in the weblogic.properties file under the entry "weblogic.password.system". The weblogic.properties file is located in the home directory of your WebLogic Server installation. What's a service pack and how do I use it? Service packs are used to provide a safe, easy and convenient way for users to incorporate resolved issues into their current release. Safe: You can view the list of changes that are contained in the service pack and decide whether or not to apply these changes. If you do decide to apply the Service Pack, and something goes wrong, you can safely back it out by following the uninstall instructions. Easy: A tweak to the classpath used to start WebLogic Server is normally all that is required to apply a service pack. Convenient: The latest service pack is available on our website from the download page for the Server. Service packs are cumulative, which means that the latest service pack includes all of the changes in the previous service packs.
How do I download a service pack? They are available for download from our website, located on the same page as where you downloaded the official release.
How are they packaged? They are packaged as a zip file. For example, weblogic451sp1.zip is "Weblogic 4.5.1 - Service Pack 1". The contents of the zip will vary slightly between service pack releases depending on the resolved issues, but for the most part each service pack will include the following files:
How do I apply them to my release? Unzip the zip file into a temp directory and then read the README.html or README.txt. (These README files have the same contents but are in different formats.) The README files contain detailed instructions on how to apply the service pack to your release.
How do I check to see if the service pack has been applied? Make sure your CLASSPATH is set for your release and then check your server version with the command: $ java weblogic.Admin t3://Host:Port VERSIONThis will output version information similar to: WebLogic Build: 4.5.1 Service Pack 1 ...
How do I remove a Service Pack? The README files contain instructions for uninstalling a service pack. Basically, you remove any references to the service pack in the classpath used to start WebLogic Server.
How often do they come out? Service Packs will be provided following every major release on an as-needed basis. For example; WebLogic 4.5.1 was released on 10/01/1999; service pack 1 was released on 10/26/1999.
I'm having trouble getting my WebLogic licenses to work. With WebLogic 4.0, we introduced a new XML-format license. For WebLogic Server to find your license, it must be placed in the weblogic/license directory, which must be included in your CLASSPATH. For more information, see Installing a WebLogic license. If you need to convert an older-style license to the new XML-format license, there is a conversion utility called licenseConverter. For more information about WebLogic licenses, see Installing a WebLogic license.
One of the most common problems encountered when installing WebLogic Server is failing to correctly set your CLASSPATH. Symptoms of this problem can include:
I get an error message saying that an internal WebLogic class cannot be found. I've searched my disk for the missing class file, but it doesn't seem to exist. What am I doing wrong? Usually, a missing WebLogic class file on a Windows NT machine is due to having unpacked the distribution with a 16-bit unzip program. The WebLogic classes have long file names that get truncated with a 16-bit program. You can use any 32-bit unzip program that can handle long file names. WinZip offers evaluation copies of their popular winzip32.exe by download.
I installed the WebLogicLicense file according to your instructions, but I'm still getting LicenseExceptions. Here are some things you should check if you are having trouble with your license file:
I am getting a LicenseException, but I am absolutely certain that my CLASSPATH is set correctly and my license is installed because utils.showLicenses shows the licenses. I have a WebLogic cluster set up. An HTTP client makes a successful request to a web server or WebLogic HttpClusterServlet. On a second request, however, the client times out. I am running on a Solaris machine. What could be wrong? Both of these situations are symptoms of the same problem. There is a bug in some Solaris JDKs that causes Java applications to find the wrong IP number for the computer. You can run the command java utils.netAddresses to see what IP number Java applications find for the computer. If your output is: localhost is assigned IP number: 127.0.0.1then you are experiencing the problem. 127.0.0.1 is often the first IP number in the /etc/hosts file. The workaround is to edit /etc/hosts and move the IP number you have a license for to the top.
We're upgrading WebLogic to another machine on our network. We're keeping the older machine, so we can't transfer its IP address to the new machine. How can I move my permanent WebLogic license file to the new machine? It has a different IP address. First of all, the keys you have will work with any version, but you must follow our standard procedure for transferring the license to a different machine. Please contact us at: license@weblogic.comfor instructions. We'll send you a form that you sign and fax back. Then we'll send you new keys.
Help!! After compiling the license key file, I got this error message: WebLogicLicense.java:33: Superclass weblogic.common.internal.LicenseInfo of class WebLogicLicense not found. public class WebLogicLicense extends weblogic.common.internal.LicenseInfo {What is wrong? Your CLASSPATH is incorrect. Make sure that the WebLogic classes are added to your CLASSPATH.
I'm having problems getting my application to get past the first step, just connecting to the database. How can I tell if it is a database networking problem, or a problem with my application? You will find a utility program in the distribution (utils.dbping) to verify that the connection to the database is functioning. Check the Administrators Guide document called "Testing your connection to a DBMS," for specific instructions for all supported vendors' databases, for both two-tier and multitier configurations. |
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