FixPack Notes for
Version  3.2.3 of the

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Ariba Buyer

(for IBM WebSphere Business Adapters 2.4.0) 

The patch note contains the following sections:

ADAPTER REVISIONS

UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

ADAPTER REVISIONS

This FixPack contains the following revisions since the last maintenance release:

Available as of Version APAR / CR Number Feature Description
3.2.3
 JR21094/CR 00061406
Business Object Definition generation Top-Level BO attributes in re-generated BO Definitions are in a different order than before the application of FixPack 2. This ordering has now been externalized so that the customer may explicitly specify the order of the top-level BO attributes.
3.2.2
 JR20445/CR00046991
 Display failed object in log file, current message does not identify object
 Display failed object in log file, current message does not identify object. When an operation fails now adapters provide details of the specific objects that caused the failure.
3.2.2
 JR20445/CR00050063
 Log/Trace significantly impacts performance even when disabled.
 Log/Trace significantly impacts performance even when disabled. Adapter now spend time only generating log/trace information if it's enable at the right level.
3.2.2
 JR20445/CR00050056
 Support for Ariba Buyer 8.2.
 Adapter can now run on Ariba Buyer 8.1 and Ariba Buyer 8.2.
3.2.2 JR20328/CR00046701 Can not run initdb while Ariba server is running, this unbinds the ChannelRemote Can not run initdb while Ariba server is running, this unbinds the Channel Remote. Ariba Buyer must be restarted to resolve the problem.
3.2.1 JR20076/CR00050052 Channel can only connect to one instance of the Connector. Allows the Channel to be configured to send messages to multiple Connector instances.  This allows messages to be processed on different queues.  This is an optional configuration.
3.2.1
 JR20076/CR00050053 Missing child objects in data pushed from Buyer Certain objects where missing child objects when being pushed from the WBI Channel. For example ReceiptPush was missing its associated LineItems.
3.2.1
 JR20076/CR00050054 Async events which time out are not being handled correctly. Whenever an asychronous event timeout occurs, the cleanup of system resources and logging is not being performed correctly.

 

UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

To perform an upgrade to this version of the connector:

  1. Copy the files IBMChannel.jar,ABCommon.jar and BIA_IBMMigration.jar to the <Ariba Buyer Server root dir>/classes.
  2. Copy the file WBIAABMigrationTaskList82.xml to <Ariba Buyer root dir>/channels/IBM/migration.
  3. Copy the file CWBuyer.jar to <WBIA root dir>/connectors/Buyer
  4. Copy the file BuyerODA.jar to <WBIA root dir>/ODA/Buyer
  5. (Optional) Configuration instructions to allow the channel to use multiple connectors are in the CONF_README.txt file included in this download.
  6. (Optional) Specify the order in which the top-level BO attributes should be generated for each type of message, Request-Reply or Subscribe, in \ODA\Buyer\TLO_Order\TLO_Order.properties.

Add, replace, or remove the following files and directories as indicated (Note that these are rolled up in the patch you downloaded):  

For Connector Version Platform  Add / Replace / Remove File
3.2.x  WIN & UNIX  Replace Starting from <Buyer Server Root>
\classes\IBMChannel.jar
\classes\ABCommon.jar
\classes\BIA_IBMMigration.jar
3.2.x
 WIN & UNIX
  Add
 Starting from <Buyer Server Root>
\channels\IBM\migration\WBIAABMigrationTaskList82.xml
3.2.x
 WIN & UNIX
  Replace
 Starting from <WBIA Root>
\connectors\Buyer\CWBuyer.jar
\ODA\Buyer\BuyerODA.jar
3.2.x
 WIN & UNIX
  Optionally Add
 Starting from <WBIA Root>
\ODA\Buyer\TLO_Order\TLO_Order.properties

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