ObjectStore 6.0 SP5

AIX | HP-UX (64-bit) | Linux | SGI | Solaris 32-Bit Cafe | Solaris 32-Bit Forte | Tru64 | Windows

Operating Systems

AIX

6.0 SP5 Available: 2001-02-21

New Features

• Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) across multiple databases and multiple servers. For more information, see "Multidatabase Multiversion Concurrency Control," below.
• An API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers

HP-UX (64-bit)

6.0 SP5 (64 bit) Available: 2001-02-21

Release Notes:

• HP-UX kernel patch PHKL_20995 and any dependent patches required
• 64-bit mode supported only

New features:

• Multidatabase Multiversion Concurrency Control
• API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers
• ossg -edgfe now available for improved language support

Linux

* Compiler gcc 2.95.2 for Red Hat Linux 7.1 requires glibc-2.2.patch, available at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/glibc-2.2.patch or on Object Design FTP server (contact support for details).

6.0 SP5 Available: 2001-02-21

Release Notes:

• Use of the os_relationship_xxx macros requires linking with the libosqry library
• No heterogeneous application support
• No ObjectStore/Single support
• No Dynamic Data Modeling Library (DDML) support
• No database locking support
• The above four features will be supported on Linux platforms in a future release.
• OSJI: May need to run without JIT
• OSJI: Set initial and max heap sizes to same value to work around any transient segmentation violations

New Features:

• Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) across multiple databases and multiple servers
• An API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers
• Java Browser enhancements
• Java Dynamic Data (JDD) User Guide chapter
• New 1.1 release of the Java Middle-Tier Library (JMTL)

SGI

6.0 SP5 Available: 2001-02-21

Release Notes:

• Databases created on a release before 6.0 must be upgraded to the 6.0 format using the Dump and Load facility. Please see the documentation and release notes regarding Dump and Load.

New features:

• Service Packs 4 and 5 made improvements to the dump/load facility for migrating ObjectStore databases from Release 5.1 to Release 6.0. For additional information, see "Changes to Managing ObjectStore" in the ObjectStore README.
• A new release of the the Java Middle-Tier Library (JMTL) 1.1 was added to this Service Pack release.
• An API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers. For more information, see "Automatic Soft-Pointer Decaching," in the ObjectStore README.
• Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) across multiple databases and multiple servers. For more information, see "Multidatabase Multiversion Concurrency Control," in the ObjectStore README.

Solaris (32-bit Cafe)

6.0 SP5 Available: 2001-02-21

Release Notes:

• Databases created on a release before 6.0 must be upgraded to the 6.0 format using the Dump and Load facility. Please see the documentation and release notes regarding Dump and Load.
• Service Pack 5 and 6 clients are not compatible with earlier versions of the ObjectStore cache manager. The client and the cache manager must be from SP5 or SP6.
• If a database has been created or updated by an ObjectStore 6.0 Service Pack 5 or 6 server, it cannot be used by an ObjectStore Release 6.0 Service Pack 3 or earlier server.
• JDK 1.3 is unserviceable for this release.

New Features:

• Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) across multiple databases and multiple servers.
• An API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers.
• Support for ossg -edgfe on SGI IRIX and HP-UX 64-bit platforms. The -edgfe option, which was first released in ObjectStore 6.0 Service Pack 3, provides improved language support.

Solaris (32-bit Forte)

6.0 SP5 for Forte Available: 2000-02-21

Release Notes:

• Databases created on a release before 6.0 must be upgraded to the 6.0 format using the Dump and Load facility. Please see the documentation and release notes regarding Dump and Load.
• Service Pack 5 and 6 clients are not compatible with earlier versions of the ObjectStore cache manager. The client and the cache manager must be from SP5 or SP6.
• If a database has been created or updated by an ObjectStore 6.0 Service Pack 5 or 6 server, it cannot be used by an ObjectStore Release 6.0 Service Pack 3 or earlier server.
• JDK 1.3 is unserviceable for this release.

New Features:

• Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) across multiple databases and multiple servers.
• An API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers.
• Support for ossg -edgfe on SGI IRIX and HP-UX 64-bit platforms. The -edgfe option, which was first released in ObjectStore 6.0 Service Pack 3, provides improved language support.

Tru64 (Tru64 4.0)

6.0 SP5 Available: 2001-02-21

Release Notes:

• Databases created on a release before 6.0 must be upgraded to the 6.0 format using the Dump and Load facility. Please see the documentation and release notes regarding Dump and Load.

New features:

• Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) across multiple databases and multiple servers.
• An API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers.
• Improvements to the dump/load facility for migrating ObjectStore databases from Release 5.1 to Release 6.0.

Windows

6.0 SP5 Available: 2000-02-21

Release Notes:

• If a database has been created or updated by an ObjectStore 6.0 Service Pack 5 server, it cannot be used by an ObjectStore Release 6.0 Service Pack 3 or earlier server
• Service Pack 5 clients are not compatible with earlier versions of the ObjectStore cache manager. The client and the cache manager must be exactly the same release version
• ObjectStore 6.0 Service Pack 5 clients do not work with earlier versions of ObjectStore servers. A Service Pack 5 server will, however, work with earlier clients
• Databases created on a release before 6.0 must be upgraded to the 6.0 format using the Dump and Load facility. Please see the documentation and release notes regarding Dump and Load.
• SMP Supported with Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III systems
• Systems containing X86 clone CPUs (such as AMD or Cyrix) are Unqualified for use with ObjectStore
• VC++ 7.0 is unserviceable in this release

New Features:

• Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) across multiple databases and multiple servers
• An API for releasing address space reserved for soft pointers. For more information
• Improvements to the dump/load facility for migrating ObjectStore databases from Release 5.1 to Release 6.0

Platform Notes:

• SMP Supported with Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III systems
• Systems containing X86 clone CPUs (such as AMD or Cyrix) are Unqualified for use with ObjectStore