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6.6.49: Administering National Language Support

IBM WebSphere Application Server supports several Asian and European language locales, as described in the table below.

This article provides information about the supported locales , as well as workarounds for locale-specific defects .

Supported locales

WebSphere Application Server supports the locales listed in the table below. The support is dependent on the availability of the TrueType fonts listed for the respective languages.

Language Windows NT/2000 Solaris AIX HP-UX
Brazilian Portuguese IBM-850 pt_BR pt_BR.ISO8859-1 No Brazilian Portuguese locale
French IBM-850
IBM-858
fr
fr.ISO8859-15
fr_FR.ISO8859-1
fr_FR.ISO8859-1@euro
fr_FR.ISO8859-1
fr_FR.ISO8859-15@euro
German IBM-850
IBM-858
de
de.ISO8859-15
de_DE.ISO8859-1
de_DE.ISO8859-1@euro
de_DE.ISO8859-1
de_DE.ISO8859-15@euro
Italian IBM-850
IBM-858
it
it @ISO8859-15
it_IT.ISO8859-1
it_IT.ISO8859-1@euro
it_IT.ISO8859-1
it_IT.ISO8859-15@euro
Japanese IBM-943 ja
ja_PC.PCK
ja_JP.IBM.eucJP
Ja_JP.IBM-942
ja_JP.SJIS *
Korean IBM-1363 ko ko_KR.IBM.eucKR ko_KR.eucKR *
Simplified Chinese IBM-1386 zh zh_CN.IBM.eucCN zh_CN.hp15CN *
Spanish IBM-850
IBM-858
es
es @ISO8859-15
es_ES.ISO8859-1
es_ES.ISO8859-1@euro
es_ES.ISO8859-1
es_ES.ISO8859-15@euro
Traditional Chinese IBM-950 zh_TW
zh_TW.big5
zh_TW.big5 zh_TW.big5 *

Limitations and workarounds

Problem Op System Workaround
All Languages
Installing WebSphere Application Server in more than one causes the different language versions to overwrite each other. Also, with native install (using SMIT), when more than one language is installed, an error displays. AIX The installation should allow you to install more than one language and switch between languages. Currently, because all of the languages are named the same in the same installation path, they overwrite each other.

Install only one language of WebSphere Application Server on AIX. If you need to install a different language, uninstall the previous language before installing the one desired.

The Cancel button in uninstallshield does not work.

When you click Cancel in uninstallshield, the executable loops and the uninstallshield automatically reloads.

AIX To cancel the uninstall, press Ctrl+C at the command prompt in the shell from which the uninstall program was initiated.
Brazilian Portuguese
The time displayed with events on the administrative console is one hour earlier than the actual system time. Windows NT/2000, AIX, Solaris  
Japanese
Japanese characters are distorted on the following installation panels:
  • Choose Application Server Components panel, all of the characters in Component Description.
  • On some panels after the Database Options panel, kana-kan status characters at the bottom left corner.
  • Selected Install Options panel, all of the selected option strings.
AIX
  1. Install X11.fnt.ucs.ttf - AIXWindows unicode TrueType fonts.
  2. Logout and login again.

    This must be done to reflect installation of the proper fonts.

  3. Run xlsfonts | grep 0208 to confirm monotype fonts are installed.
  4. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5. You will see DBCS characters in TxTArea.
When you install WebSphere Application Server on the Japanese Solaris operating system, the dialog on which you select the database home directory (DB_HOME) does not display the directory entry. startupServer.sh and admin.config are not updated. Solaris
  1. Set the following value for the locale on the shell: LANG=C
  2. Start install.sh.
Java administrative console pages do not display properly for Japanese AIX customers using the eucJP locale. AIX You will need to change some text files:

If you see pages in the AdminConsole containing lots of ???????????????, install Japanese WebSphere on AIX.

If ja_JP locale is used, the following .txt files in the /web/help directory need to be converted with the command (on one line):
iconv -f IBM-932 -t IBM-eucJP
Originalfile.txt > Originalfile_ja.txt


Then, rename the files:
mv Originalfile_ja.txt Originalfile.txt

The list of files:
AddJSPEnabFrontPage.txt
AddServletFrontPage.txt
AddWebResFrontPage.txt
AppSecFrontPage.txt
CfgAppSvrFrontPage.txt
CfgEntAppFrontPage.txt
CfgServEngFrontPage.txt
CfgVirtHostFrontPage.txt
CfgWebAppFrontPage.txt
EditEntAppFrontPage.txt
GlobSetFrontPage.txt
MethGroupFrontPage.txt
PermFrontPage.txt
ResAnalyzFrontPage.txt
ResSecFrontPage.txt

Spanish
When using the Types tab, then selecting Model and create, and then choosing Application server, the properties window is initially too small. The right side of the window is cut off by about five characters. AIX Manually resize the window.
Chinese Simplified
On AIX V4.3.3:
  • Fix Pack U466148 must be applied before installing WebSphere Application Server.
  • WebSphere Application Server only supports one Simplified Chinese Charset, BGK.
AIX Fix Pack U466148 is available on the 4.3.5 installation media. It is not necessary to upgrade the operating system to 4.3.3 to install this Fix Pack.
Chinese Traditional
Problems with character sets other than BIG5 on AIX V4.3.3. AIX WebSphere Application Server only supports the BIG5 Traditional Chinese Character Set for AIX V4.3.3.
While using the product, corrupt panels and code page conversion errors appear. Solaris To install and use the WebSphere Application Server with a minimal amount of corrupted panels, follow the procedure below:
  1. From a command line, type: export LC_ALL=tchinese export LANG=tchinese
  2. Install WebSphere Application Server.
  3. From a command line, type: export LC_ALL=zh_TW.BIG5 export LANG=zh_TW.BIG5
  4. Create the WebSphere Application Server database as instructed in the documentation.
  5. Repeat step 1.
  6. Start the administrative server.
  7. Repeat step 3.
  8. Start the administrative console.

To uninstall WebSphere Application Server with a minimal amount of corrupted panels:

  1. From a command line, type: export LC_ALL=tchinese export LANG=tchinese
  2. Uninstall WebSphere Application Server as instructed in the documentation.
All Double-Byte Languages
In the WebSphere Administrative Console, Asian characters show up as empty boxes. HP-UX The Java swing libraries require TrueType fonts. HP-UX does not provide these fonts for Asian languages. The SDK release notes state that HP-UX is working to provide these fonts in the future. In the meantime, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Traditional, and Chinese Simplified customers must purchase their own TrueType fonts from a third party vendor. They can also force the WebSphere Administrative Console to run in English by running the following command from the command prompt before starting the WebSphere Administrative Console:
export LANG=en_US.iso88591

Also, for more information on this limitation, refer to the (HP-UX SDK Release Notes).

Double-byte server name is corrupt in console messages. If you name a server with Asian-Pacific characters and start it, the name in the status message (starting, stopping) on the Administrative Console is garbage (question marks and square blocks). All Use only English characters and numbers for your server name.
An application server will not start if named with more than three Chinese characters.

With more than three Chinese characters, the name in the status message (starting, stopping and others) is made up of meaningless characters (for examples, question marks and square blocks).

All Any combination of less than three Chinese characters or any number of English characters works fine. Use English or fewer than three double-byte characters.
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