ObjectStore 6.0 SP6

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

Operating Systems

AIX

6.0 Originally Available: 2001-06-30

New Features

• Dump/Load performance improvements.
• Collections performance improvements. Read the explanation presented in Chapter 1 of the Release Notes, in "Collections Performance Improvements" for further information.

Platform Notes

• With Sun JDK 1.3, you may need to adjust address space allocation via environment variables OS_AS_START and OS_AS_SIZE

HP-UX (32-bit)

6.0 Originally Available: 2001-06-30

Release Notes:

• The HP-UX kernel patch PHKL_20995 and any dependent patches are required. If this patch is not installed, ObjectStore can cause the operating system to crash (a UNIX kernel panic).
• The HP-UX kernel patches, PHNE_23456 and PHNE_23249, and all dependent patches must also be installed for ObjectStore to operate correctly. PHCO_23770 is a dependent patch that must be installed to enable correct pthread operation.

New features:

• New in the ObjectStore (OSCI) module of this release is a C++ Middle-Tier Library (CMTL) module that provides a transaction facility for C++ similar to the JMTL module provided in a previous release of ObjectStore as well as the Javlin product.
• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.
• HP-UX 32-bit now supports OSCI, OSJI, DDML, CMTL, and JMTL.
• The Java Browser is now categorized as a released product.
• The OSJI Javadoc implementation for Service Pack 6 is based on JDK 1.2.
• The entire documentation set for OSCI and OSJI has been revised with significant content improvements in Service Pack 6.

HP-UX (64-bit)

6.0 Originally Available: 2001-06-30

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

* Kernel 2.4.4 and above have not been tested, and are thus Unqualified.

6.0 SP6 Available: 2001-06-30

New Features:

• The entire documentation set for OSCI and OSJI has been revised with significant content improvements in Service Pack 6.
• The Java Browser is now categorized as a released product
• Linux improvements include 32-bit heterogeneous support for database locking that enables single mode support.
• The OSJI Javadoc implementation for Service Pack 6 is based on JDK 1.2.
• New in the ObjectStore (OSCI) module of this release is a C++ Middle-Tier Library (CMTL) module.

Platform Notes:

• RedHat 6.2 has a 256 MB address space restriction. Please see the Release Notes for details. This limitation does not exists on RedHat 7.1

SGI

6.0 SP6 Available: 2001-06-30

New features:

• New in the ObjectStore (OSCI) module of this release is a C++ Middle-Tier Library (CMTL) module that provides a transaction facility for C++ similar to the JMTL module provided in a previous release of ObjectStore as well as the Javlin product.
• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.
• The Java Browser is now categorized as a released product.
• The OSJI Javadoc implementation for Service Pack 6 is based on JDK 1.2.
• The entire documentation set for OSCI and OSJI has been revised with significant content improvements in Service Pack 6.

Solaris (32-bit Cafe)

6.0 SP6 Available: 2001-07-02

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:

• C++ Middle-Tier Library (CMTL) provides transaction and cache management, similar to JMTL module and Javlin product
• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.
• The Java Browser is now categorized as a released product.
• The OSJI Javadoc implementation for Service Pack 6 is based on JDK 1.2
• The entire documentation set for OSCI and OSJI has been revised with significant content improvements in Service Pack 6.

Solaris (32-bit Forte)

6.0 SP6 for Forte Available: 2001-06-30

Release Notes:

• For ObjectStore on Solaris/SPARC with JDK 1.3, set LD_PRELOAD to libosopdel.so

New features:

• C++ Middle-Tier Library (CMTL) provides transaction and cache management, similar to JMTL module and Javlin product
• Dump/load performance improvements
• Heterogeneous operation of Solaris (32-bit) using Forte compiler (native mode)
• Documentation set for OSCI and OSJI revised
• JDK 1.3 supported on Solaris (32-bit) platforms
• Automatic address space management in OSJI
• Java Browser categorized as released
• DDML available for Solaris Forte 6.1

Solaris (64-bit Forte)

* The -xarxch=v9 compiler option for 64-bit applications.

* Only Support Solaris Forte C++6.1

* NO JDK available. OSJI not supported for 64-bit

6.0 SP6 for Solaris 64-bit with Forte Available: 2001-06-30

Release Notes:

• Dump/Load performance enhancements are included.
• ObjectStore C++ Interface (OSCI) is supported on the 64-bit Solaris 2.8 operating system.
• Databases written by ObjectStore6.0.6 Solaris (64-bit) are not supported for heterogeneous access from any other version of ObjectStore including other 6.0.6 versions and earlier 6.0 versions. Heterogeneous access of ObjectStore Solaris 64-bit written databases should be avoided; if tried the access will appear to work correctly but in some cases will corrupt data.
• The use of ObjectStore 6.0.6 Solaris (64-bit) to access databases written by any other version of ObjetcStore is also not supported andrisks data corruption.
• Heterogeneous access to databases written by ObjectStore for Solaris (64-bit) and using ObjectStore for Solaris (64-bit) to access databases written by other ObjectStore versions will be supported in a future version of ObjectStore.

New Features:

• New release for 64-bit Solaris

Tru64 (Tru64 4.0)

6.0 SP6 Available: 2001-06-30

New features:

• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.
• The Java Browser is now categorized as a released product.
• The OSJI Javadoc implementation for Service Pack 6 is based on JDK 1.2.
• The entire documentation set for OSCI and OSJI has been revised with significant content improvements in Service Pack 6.

Platform Notes:

• CMTL is not supported on Compaq Tru64 UNIX.

Windows

6.0 SP6 Available: 2001-06-30

New features:

• New in the ObjectStore (OSCI) module of this release is a C++ Middle-Tier Library (CMTL) module that provides a transaction facility for C++ similar to the JMTL module provided in a previous release of ObjectStore as well as the Javlin product.
• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.
• The Java Browser is now categorized as a released product.
• The OSJI Javadoc implementation for Service Pack 6 is based on JDK 1.2.
• The entire documentation set for OSCI and OSJI has been revised with significant content improvements in Service Pack 6.