ObjectStore 6.0 SP8

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

Operating Systems

AIX

6.0 SP8 Originally Available: 2002-06-02

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 SP8 (32bit) Available: 2002-06-02

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.
• Use of JDK 1.3 on HP-UX 32-bit - To ensure compatibility between ObjectStore and JDK 1.3 on HP-UX 32-bit, you can set the LD_PRELOAD environment variable as follows: setenv LD_PRELOAD libos.sl:libosth.sl
• Address Space Allocation on HP-UX with JDK 1.3 - Depending upon your system configuration, you may need to adjust ObjectStore

New features:

• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.
• HP-UX 32-bit now supports OSCI, OSJI, DDML, CMTL, and JMTL
• Heterogeneity considerations on several platforms are described in the Release Notes, Chapter 1 under the heading "Language Feature Restrictions." If you depend on heterogeneous operation, be sure to review the Release Notes carefully

HP-UX (64-bit)

* No JDK available; The Java Interface (OSJI) not supported for 64-bit
* You can build and run 32-bit or 64-bit applications on 64-bit hardware, but you cannot build or run 64-bit applications on 32-bit hardware.

6.0 SP8 (64 bit) Available: 2002-06-02

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:

• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack
• Heterogeneity considerations on several platforms are described in the Release Notes, Chapter 1 under the heading "Language Feature Restrictions." If you depend on heterogeneous operation, be sure to review the Release Notes carefully
• This release includes significant collection performance improvements. Read the explanation presented in Chapter 1 of the Release Notes, in "Collection Performance Improvements" for further information

Linux

6.0 SP8 Available: 2002-06-02

Release Notes:

• The README.TXT explains some issure, with regard to the use of Sun JDK 1.3 on Red Hat Linux 7.1

New Features:

• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack
• 32-bit heterogeneous support between Linux and other 32-bit systems has been added. See a few minor restrictions which are described in the Release Notes.
• Linux also implements database file locking that was missing in earlier releases due to unexpected pthreads behavior on Linux. This support enables ObjectStore/single mode support on Linux.

SGI

If you use the OS_BEGIN_TXN and OS_END_TXN lexical transaction macros, Object Design recommends you obtain Patch 3776: MIPSpro 7.2.1 C++ front-end rollup #8 patch for the C++ compiler. Without this patch you are likely to see errors such as the following: "stest.cc": Error: A goto outside a region cannot jump to a label inside a region, t3_s at line 1150

6.0 SP8 Available: 2002-06-02

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 8 is based on JDK 1.2.

Solaris (32-bit Cafe)

*For information about compiler versions and naming conventions, see the Solution: http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress/Group.jsp?bgroup=realtime&id=C25292

6.0 SP8 Available: 2002-06-02

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:

• Due to a bug in the Forte C++ compiler, Forte C++ 6.2 in compatibility mode is unserviceable.
• JDK 1.3 is unserviceable with this release. To use JDK 1.3, you must use the ObjectStore 6.0SP8 version for Forte.
• ObjectStore using the Solaris Forte 6.1 C++ version 5.2 compiler requires the Sun Microsystems patch number 106327-08 or greater on Solaris 2.7 systems and patch number 105591-09 or greater on Solaris 2.6 systems. Solaris 8 includes the updated shared libary.
• Sun Patch 108528-14 or greater is recommended for all Solaris 8 systems running ObjectStore for its resolution of BugID 449415. This patch is included in the current Solaris 8 recommended patch cluster.

Solaris (32-bit Forte)

*For information about compiler versions and naming conventions, see the Solution: http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress/Group.jsp?bgroup=realtime&id=C25292
* Solaris Forte C++ 6.2 version 5.3 with Sun patch 111685-09 or greater is unservicable due to modification of SUNWspro/WS6U2/include/CC/Cstd.

6.0 SP8 for Forte Available: 2002-06-02

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 and 1.4 support
• Automatic address space management in OSJI
• Java Browser categorized as released
• DDML available for Solaris Forte 6.1

Platform Notes:

• Sun Patch 108528-14 or greater is recommended for all Solaris 8 systems running ObjectStore for its resolution of BugID 449415. This patch is included in the current Solaris 8 recommended patch cluster.

Solaris (64-bit Forte)

* For information about compiler versions and naming conventions, see the FAQ: http://support.exln.com/i/faq/faqShow.asp?src=914
* You can build and run 32-bit or 64-bit applications on 64-bit hardware, but you cannot build or run 64-bit applications on 32-bit hardware.
* Solaris Forte C++ 6.2 version 5.3 with Sun patch 111685-09 or greater is unservicable due to modification of SUNWspro/WS6U2/include/CC/Cstd.

6.0 SP8 for Solaris 64-bit with Forte Available: 2002-06-02

Release Notes:

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

Platform Notes:

• While you can develop and run 32-bit applications using the 32-bit ObjectStore packages on 32-bit or 64-bit Solaris, you can only develop and run 64-bit applications using the 64-bit ObjectStore packages on 64-bit Solaris.
• Note that ObjectStore using the Solaris Forte 6.1 C++ version 5.2 compiler requires the Sun Microsystems patch number 106327-08.
• No JDK available; OSJI not supported for 64-bit.
• Sun Patch 108528-14 or greater is recommended for all Solaris 8 systems running ObjectStore for its resolution of BugID 449415. This patch is included in the current Solaris 8 recommended patch cluster.

Tru64 (4.x)

6.0 SP8 (Tru64 4.0) Available: 2002-06-02

New features:

• The ObjectStore C++ Interface (OSCI) is supported on Compaq Tru64 UNIX release 5.1 as well as 4.0 in this Service Pack release
• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.

Tru64 (5.1)

6.0 SP8 (Tru64 4.0) Available: 2002-06-02

New features:

• The ObjectStore C++ Interface (OSCI) is supported on Compaq Tru64 UNIX release 5.1 as well as 4.0 in this Service Pack release
• Dump/Load performance improvements are included in this Service Pack.

Windows

* Windows NT 4.0 SP3 is supported with a Y2K patch that is available at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view68488EN.htm
* Windows ME requires steps to work around installation problems with that platform. ObjectStore Support provides an FAQ describing the procedure.

6.0 SP8 Available: 2002-06-02

Release Notes:

• CMTL: os_cache_pool_manager::create_from_xml() deprecated
• CMTL: Now correctly prevents updates when read-only transaction routed to an update cache
• New macros added to ObjectStore collections
• Additions made to os_dbutil class
• ossvrstat -log option added
• osdbcontrol utility added
• osreplic: Now correctly creates target DB when source DB is being updated and also being read by more than one MVCC reader
• err_log_data_segment_full exception added
• Cache manager parameter, Preallocate Cache Files, added
• Capability to check and correct corrupted vector headers added
• JDK 1.3 and 1.4 support

New features:

• Dump/Load performance improvements
• Collections performance improvements
• Server parameter, Direct To Segment Threshold, no longer always ignored for Release 6.0 clients
• OSJI Javadoc implementation based on JDK 1.2