Patch Notes for
Version  3.0.2 of the CrossWorlds Connector for Portal Infranet

The patch note contains the following sections:

NEW AND REVISED IN THIS RELEASE

CONNECTOR REVISIONS

UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

NEW AND REVISED IN THIS RELEASE

This section lists the new features and improvements made in this release:

  1. Version 3.0.1 only: This version of connector supports Oracle 8.1.7 and Portal Infranet 6.2 SP1 on Solaris 8.

CONNECTOR REVISIONS

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

Available as of Version CR Number Feature Description
3.0.2 12868 Fix for Null FList Ptr in the log file A Null FList Ptr error message was generated in the Portal Connector log file whenever custom Opcode was called. The problem was caused by the custom Opcode not returning an FList as desired by Portal Infranet. The fix was made to return the FList from the Opcode and to comply with the Portal Infranet standards when implementing a custom opcode.

 

UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

This section provides instructions on how to perform an upgrade to this version of the connector.

Upgrade on an AIX System

To upgrade to this version of the connector on an AIX system, complete the following steps:

  1. Stop Portal Connector Agent.
  2. Stop Portal Infranet.
  3. Make backup copies of the following files in the $INFRANET/lib directory.
    1. fm_crossworlds.so
    2. libdatabase.so
    3. libtrace.so
  4. Replace the files listed above with the files included in the patch. If DB2 is used, then libdatabase.so.db2 should be used as libdatabase.so. If Oracle is used, then libdatabase.so.ora should be used as libdatabase.so.
  5. Make a backup copy of the following file in the $CROSSWORLDS/connectors/Portal directory.
    1. CWPortal.jar
  6. Replace this file with the file included in the patch.
  7. Start Portal Connector Agent.
  8. Start Portal Infranet.

Upgrade on a Solaris System

To upgrade to this version of the connector on a Solaris system, complete the following steps:

  1. Stop Portal Connector Agent.
  2. Stop Portal Infranet.
  3. Make backup copies of the following files in the $INFRANET/lib directory.
    1. fm_crossworlds.so
    2. libdatabase.so
    3. libtrace.so
  4. Replace the files listed above with the files included in the patch.
  5. Make backup copies of the following file in the $CROSSWORLDS/connectors/Portal directory.
    1. CWPortal.jar
  6. Replace this file with the file included in the patch.
  7. Start Portal Connector Agent.
  8. Start Portal Infranet.

Upgrade on a Windows System

To upgrade to this version of the connector on a Windows system, complete the following steps:

  1. Stop Portal Connector Agent.
  2. Stop Portal Infranet.
  3. Make backup copies of the following file in the $INFRANET/lib directory.
    1. FmCw.dll
  4. Replace this file with the file included in the patch.
  5. Make backup copies of the following file in the $CROSSWORLDS\connectors\Portal directory.
    1. CWPortal.jar
  6. Replace this file with the file included in the patch.
  7. Copy custom_opcode.h to the $INFRANET\lib directory.
  8. Copy custom_opcode_mem_map to the $INFRANET\lib directory.
  9. In the $INFRANET\sys\cm directory, edit the Connection Manager pin.conf configuration file so that the Connection Manager can execute the connector event facilities DLL, FmCw.dll. Add the following line to this file:

    - cm fm_module ..\..\lib\FmCw.dll fm_cw_pol_config_func – pin -- ops_fields_extension_file ..\..\lib\custom_opcode_mem_map

  10. Start Portal Connector Agent.
  11. Start Portal Infranet.

 

September 30, 2002 10:56 AM

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