Printable Communications Suite 6 Release Notes

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Chapter 1 Common Release Information for Sun Java Communications Suite 6 Component Products

This chapter contains important release information that is common for all component products of Sun Java Communications Suite 6.

These release notes contain the following sections:

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About Sun Java Communications Suite, Version 6

The Sun Java Communications Suite integrates a number of Sun server and client products to support distributed communication and collaboration applications.

The Sun Java Communications Suite 6 release includes the following components:

The Release Notes for Sun Java System Communications Sync 3.1 can be found at http://docs.sun.com/source/819-4706/index.html.

What's New in this Release of Sun Java Communications Suite

See the What's New document.

Requirements for Communications Suite 6

This section describes the operating system, patch, client software, and any additional software requirements for this release of Communications Suite. This section contains the following topics:

Product Version Compatibility Requirements

This section answers the following questions:

  • Which Sun Java System products are required to support the Communications Suite 6 products? Table 1-1 lists the Sun Java System product versions that are compatible with the Communications Suite 6 products.
  • To install a particular Communications Suite product, which other components do I need? Table 1-2 lists the individual Communications Suite products and shows the components on which they depend, including other Communications Suite components.


Table 1-1 Sun Java System Product Version Compatibility Requirements for Communications Suite 6

Product Version Required or Optional?
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.x, 6.x Required. 6.3 or later recommended.
Sun Java System Message Queue 3.7 Optional. Communications Suite installer automatically installs Message Queue as a shared component.
Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Optional.
Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Update 1 9.1 Update 1 is required as the web container for Sun Convergence 1.0.
Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 1 Instant Messaging, Communications Express, and Delegated Administrator require a web container. Use either Web Server 7.0 Update 1, Application 8.2P2, or Application Server 9.1 Update 1 (recommended).

For information about requirements for Directory Server, Access Manager, Web Server, and Application Server, see the current release notes for these products.

For installation instructions for Application Server 9.1 Update 1, see the Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Update 1 Installation Guide.

For installation instructions for Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3, see the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Installation Guide.

For installation instructions for the other components, see the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 Installation Guide.


Table 1-2 Communications Suite 6 Component Dependencies

Product Component Dependencies Required or Optional? Must Be on Local Host?
Messaging Server 7.0
(64-bit or 32-bit)
Directory Server 5.x, 6.x

Recommended: 6.3 or later
Required. To store user/group and domain information for authentication, authorization, and email delivery. No
  Directory Server Setup Script (comm_dssetup.pl)

You must use the version that is bundled with the Communications Suite 6 installer.
Required. To prepare the LDAP directory for Messaging Server. No. Must be on the same host as Directory Server.
  Access Manager 7.1 (for SSO) Optional. To provide single sign-on (SSO) authentication and authorization service. You can also use the Messaging Server Trusted Circle SSO. No
  Delegated Administrator 6.4 Optional. To manage user and group data; to manage the directory schema. No
Calendar Server 6.3 Directory Server 5.x, 6.x

Recommended: 6.3 or later
Required. To store user/group and domain information for authentication, authorization, and calendar account provisioning. No
  Directory Server Setup Script (comm_dssetup.pl)

You must use the version that is bundled with the Communications Suite 6 installer.
Required. To prepare the LDAP directory for Calendar Server. No. Must be on the same host as Directory Server.
  Messaging Server 6.x, 7.0

Recommended: 7.0
Optional. To provide email notifications. No
  Access Manager 7.1 (for SSO) Optional. To provide single sign-on (SSO) authentication and authorization service. You can also use the Messaging Server Trusted Circle SSO (if you have installed Messaging Server). No
  Delegated Administrator 6.4 Optional. To provision users of calendar services; to manage the directory schema. No
Instant Messaging 7.3 (Server) Directory Server 5.x, 6.x

Recommended: 6.3 or later
Required. To store user, conference room, and news channel data. No
  Directory Server Setup Script (comm_dssetup.pl)

You must use the version that is bundled with the Communications Suite 6 installer.
Required. To prepare the LDAP directory for Instant Messaging. No. Must be on the same host as Directory Server.
  Messaging Server 6.x, 7.0

Recommended: 7.0
Optional. To support offline delivery of instant messaging alerts and chat archives as email messages. No
  Calendar Server 6.x

Recommended: 6.3
Optional. To support Calendar Server event reminder notifications. No
  Access Manager 7.1 (for SSO) Optional. To provide authentication, authorization single sign-on (SSO), and policy services. You can use a local Access Manager client SDK, which provides access to a remote Access Manager Server; if you deploy the SDK, a remote Access Manager Server must be deployed to support it. No. However, if you want IM to use a remote Access Manager, the Access Manager SDK must be installed on the host where the IM server is installed.
  Web container, one of:


Application Server 9.1 U1
Application Server 8.x
Recommended: AS 9.1 U1

Web Server 7 or higher
Optional. To support distribution and downloading of the Instant Messenger Java client and to provide IMPS Gateway and HTTP Gateway functionality. Yes.
If you want the IM client to use SSO, the IM client must be deployed to the same web container as Access Manager.
Directory Server Setup Script (comm_dssetup.pl)

(Version bundled with Communications Suite 6 installer)
Directory Server 5.x, 6.x

Recommended: 6.3 or later
Required. To set up the LDAP directory, which the comm_dssetup.pl script updates with Communications Suite components' schema. Yes
Delegated Administrator 6.4 Directory Server 5.x, 6.x

Recommended: 6.3 or later

To enforce unique values for mail attributes, you must install one of these releases:
Directory Server 6.x
Directory Server 5.2.5 or later
Directory Server 5.2.4, and you must apply patch 5.2_Patch_4_6313027
Required. To store user, group, and domain data that Delegated Administrator provisions for the Communications Suite components. No
  Directory Server Setup Script (comm_dssetup.pl)

You must use the version that is bundled with the Communications Suite 6 installer.
Required. To prepare the LDAP directory for Delegated Administrator. No. Must be on the same host as Directory Server.
  Access Manager 7.1 Required. To provide authentication and authorization services when Delegated Administrator accesses the LDAP directory data. Yes
  Web container, one of:

Application Server 9.1 U1
Application Server 8.x
Recommended: AS 9.1 U1

Web Server 7 or higher
Web Server 6 (compatible with Delegated Administrator 6.4, although WS 6 is not available for new installation)
Required. Delegated Administrator must be deployed to one of these web containers. The Delegated Administrator server must be deployed to the web container used by Access Manager. Yes
  Messaging Server 6.x, 7.0

Recommended: 7.0
Required to provide mail service for users and groups provisioned by Delegated Administrator. Not required if you do not provision mail users. No
  Calendar Server 6.x

Recommended: 6.3
Required to provide calendar service for users and groups provisioned by Delegated Administrator. Not required if you do not provision calendar users. No
Convergence 1.0   For details about Convergence dependencies, see Convergence 1.0: Product Version Compatibility Requirements.  
Communications Express 6.3 Directory Server 5.x, 6.x

Recommended: 6.3 or later
Required. To store user/group data in the LDAP directory; to store address book data in the LDAP directory. No
  Directory Server Setup Script (comm_dssetup.pl)

You must use the version that is bundled with the Communications Suite 6 installer.
Required. To prepare the LDAP directory for Communications Express. No. Must be on the same host as Directory Server.
  Access Manager 7.1 Optional. To provide single sign-on (SSO) authentication and authorization services for Communications Express users. No
  Web container, one of:

Application Server 9.1 U1
Application Server 8.x
Recommended: AS 9.1 U1

Web Server 7 or higher
Required. Communications Express must be deployed to one of these web containers. Yes
  Messaging Server 6.x, 7.0

Recommended: 7.0
Required to provide mail service for Communications Express users. No. However, we recommend deploying the Webmail Server component of Messaging Server on the same host as Convergence for scalability and performance.
  Calendar Server 6.x

Recommended: 6.3
Required to provide calendar service for Communications Express users. No

NSS Requirements

Communications Suite 6 requires the use of the shared security component NSS version 3.11.7.

For more details about product version dependencies, see Shared Components Bundled With the Communications Suite Installer.

Convergence 1.0: Product Version Compatibility Requirements

The information in this section brings together all product requirements and minimum product versions for those who want to install Convergence in these deployments:

  • A new Communications Suite 6 deployment (fresh installations)
  • An existing Communications Suite deployment (a combination of upgrades and fresh installations)

In general, the requirements for operating system, memory and disk space, browsers, and most other software products are the same for Convergence as for other Communications Suite products.

However, Convergence has a few specific product and version dependencies. The Convergence client also depends on other Communications Suite products to provide services such as mail and calendar.

The following tables list the product requirements, dependencies, and compatibilities specific to Convergence:

  • Sun Java System Product Requirements
  • Communications Suite Component Requirements
  • Compatibility with Communications Express and the Address Book Store

Note that some of this information repeats the information shown in Table 1-1.

Table 1-3 Sun Java System Product Requirements for Convergence 1.0

Product Version Required or Optional? Must Be on Local Host?
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 5.x, 6.x Required. 6.3 or later recommended. For the recommended version to download, see Get the Software. No
Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Update 1 Required. For the recommended version to download, see Get the Software. Yes
Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Optional. Required only if you want to use Access Manager for authentication and/or SSO.
Convergence supports both Access Manager Realm mode (the default) and Legacy mode for providing authentication and SSO.
No

For information about requirements for Directory Server, Application Server, and Access Manager, see the current release notes for these products.

Table 1-4 Communications Suite Component Requirements for Convergence 1.0

Product Version Communications Suite Release Required or Optional? Must Be on Local Host?
Messaging Server - Webmail Server 7.0 6 Required to provide mail service in Convergence. No, but we recommend deploying Webmail Server on the same host as Convergence for scalability and performance.
Messaging Server - all other MS components 6.3, 7.0 5 (for 6.3) or 6 (for 7.0) Required to provide mail service in Convergence. No
Calendar Server 6.3, patch level -28 or higher 5 + apply patch level -28
or 6
Required to provide calendar service in Convergence. To support Convergence, Calendar Server 6.3 must be at least at the -28 patch level. No
Instant Messaging 7.3 6 Required to provide IM service in Convergence. No
Directory Server Setup script, comm_dssetup.pl You must use the version that is bundled with the Communications Suite 6 installer. 6 Required. You must run comm_dssetup.pl on the hosts where Directory Server is installed. No
Delegated Administrator 6.4 5 or 6 Optional. No

Note: Messaging Server, Calendar Server, and Instant Messaging are required for Convergence only if you want to configure Convergence with the services they provide. For example, if you do not want IM service, you do not need Instant Messaging.


Table 1-5 Convergence 1.0 Compatibility with Communications Express, Connector for Microsoft Outlook, Address Book Store, and LDAP Schema

Product Version Communications Suite Release Required or Optional?
Communications Express 6.3 5 or 6 Optional. You can deploy Communications Express with the same Messaging Server, Calendar Server, and Directory Server as Convergence 1.0. You can configure end users to access Communications Suite services through either client.
Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3 6 Optional. You can deploy Connector for Microsoft Outlook with the same Communications Suite products and Directory Server as Convergence 1.0. End users of Outlook (configured via the Connector for Microsoft Outlook) can access the same Communications Suite services as those accessed via Convergence and Communications Express.
Personal Address Book store Can be configured by either Convergence 1.0 or Communications Express 6.3 N/A. (The Address Book store resides in an LDAP directory.) You can configure Convergence 1.0, Communications Express 6.3, and Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3 to use the same Address Book store.

Convergence end users can access and update an existing Address Book store configured on an existing Directory Server by using Communications Express. Conversely, you can configure Communications Express end users to access and update an Address Book store originally configured via Convergence 1.0.

Updates to the Address Book made in one client are visible and accessible on the other client.

New Address Book features provided by Convergence do not invalidate Address Book LDAP entries originally configured by using Communications Express. From the perspective of the Communications Express client, the Address Book functions as it did before Convergence was installed.

A Note About Corporate Address Books:

Convergence can be configured to support one Corporate Address Book for each hosted domain. Users of Communications Express who use a single Corporate Address Book can also access and update that Address Book through Convergence.

Caveat: Communications Express users who access multiple Corporate Address Books (in their domain) can only use the first Corporate Address Book through Convergence. The others are not accessible through Convergence.
LDAP Schema Schema 1 or 2

Schema 2 only if Access Manager is deployed with Convergence.
N/A If you use Access Manager (Realm Mode or Legacy Mode) to provide Single Sign-on (SSO) for Convergence, you must use Schema 2.

If you use Delegated Administrator (DA) to provisions users, you must use Schema 2, because DA depends on Access Manager (Legacy Mode), which requires Schema 2.

Memory and Disk Space Requirements


Table 1-6 Memory and Disk Space Requirements for Communications Suite 6

Product Disk Space RAM Other
Sun Java System Calendar Server Approximately 500 Mbytes of disk space for typical installation. For production systems, at least 1 Gbyte. 128 Mbytes of RAM. For production systems, 256 Mbytes to 1 Gbyte for best performance. RAID storage for fast access (recommended for large databases).
Sun Convergence Approximately 100 Mbytes of disk space for initial installation. 1 Gbyte minimum.  
Sun Java System Messaging Server 1 Gbyte for production deployment or 500 Mbytes for evaluation installation. You also need adequate space for message store, database configuration directory, and log files, depending upon your site size. 1 Gbyte minimum.  
Sun Java System Instant Messaging Approximately 300 Mbytes of free disk space for the software.
Approximately 5 Kbytes of disk space for each user.
At least 256 Mbytes of RAM. The amount of RAM needed depends on the number of concurrent client connections, and whether the server and multiplexor are deployed on the same host.  
Delegated Administrator The disk requirements for Delegated Administrator are the same as those of the Web container to which Delegated Administrator is deployed.

For information about the Web container's hardware requirements, see the current release notes for this Java Enterprise System component.
The memory requirements for Delegated Administrator are the same as those of the Web container to which Delegated Administrator is deployed.

For information about the Web container's hardware requirements, see the current release notes for this Java Enterprise System component.
 
Communications Express Approximately the same as Messaging Server/Calender Server. 1 Gbyte minimum.  

Operating System Requirements

This release supports the following platforms:


Table 1-7 Operating System and Platform Support

Operating System CPU Comments
Solaris OS 10 SPARC, x86, x64  
Solaris OS 9 SPARC, x86  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Advanced Server (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
Enterprise Server (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
x86, x64
  • Distinct 32-bit x86 and 64-bit AMD64/Intel EM64T distributions exist.
  • Advanced Server and Enterprise Server provide identical functionality. Essentially ES limits CPU/memory support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Advanced Server (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
Enterprise Server (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
x86, x64
  • Distinct 32-bit x86 and 64-bit AMD64/Intel EM64T distributions exist.
  • Advanced Server and Enterprise Server provide identical functionality. Essentially ES limits CPU/memory support.
Windows 2000 (SP 3 or higher); XP (SP 1 or higher); 2003 Terminal Server; Vista x86 For Sun Java System Connector for Outlook only.

Notes:

  • Messaging Server, Calendar Server, Instant Messaging, Communications Express, and Delegated Administrator are no longer supported on HP-UX or Windows platforms.
  • The Communications Suite installer checks for required platform patches. You must install all required patches or the installation process does not continue.
  • The performance of your Communications Suite deployment depends on many factors, including CPU power, available memory, disk space, file system performance, usage patterns, network bandwidth, and so on. For example, throughput is directly related to file system performance. If you have questions about sizing and performance, contact your Sun Java Communications Suite representative.

System Virtualization Support

System virtualization is a technology that enables multiple operating system (OS) instances to execute independently on shared hardware. Functionally, software deployed to an OS hosted in a virtualized environment is generally unaware that the underlying platform has been virtualized. Sun performs testing of its Sun Java System products on select system virtualization and OS combinations. This testing helps validate that the Sun Java System products continue to function on properly sized and configured virtualized environments as they do on nonvirtualized systems.

Communications Suite supports the VMware container (VMware ESX Server 3). As support for such virtualization platforms as LDOMs and the xVM Server becomes available, this document will be updated.

For information about Sun support for Sun Java System products in virtualized environments, see http://docs.sun.com/doc/820-4651.

Communications Suite Patches

For the most current list of required patches for Sun Java Communications Suite, go to http://sunsolve.sun.comand select either Patches or Patch Portal. As operating system patch requirements change and patches to Communications Suite and Java Enterprise System components become available, updates will be distributed on the SunSolve database, initially in the form of recommended patch clusters.

At the time of general release of the Sun Java Communications Suite 6, the following patches are available:

Table 1-8 Sun Java Communications Suite 6 Component Patches

Component Platform Patch Number (English) Patch Number (Localized Languages)
Calendar Server 6.3 Solaris SPARC 121657 Incorporated into the English patch
  x86 121658 Incorporated into the English patch
  Linux 121659 Incorporated into the English patch
Communications Express 6.3 Solaris SPARC 122793  
  x86 122794  
  Linux 122795  
Delegated Administrator 6.4 Solaris SPARC 121581 Part of the English patch
  x86 121582 Part of the English patch
  Linux 121583 Part of the English patch

A fresh installation of Calendar Server 6.3, Communications Express 6.3, and Delegated Administrator 6.4, through the Communications Installer, puts you at the above patch levels for those products.

To deploy Calendar Server 6.3 with Convergence, Calendar Server must be at least at the -28 patch level.

High Availability Support

Table 1-9 Supported High-Availablity Products

Product Supported Versions
Calendar Server 6.3
  • Sun Cluster
    • SPARC: 3.0, 3.1 Update 4, 3.2
    • x86: 3.1 Update 4, 3.2
    • Linux: Not Supported
  • Veritas
    • SPARC: Not Supported
    • x86: Not Supported
    • Linux: Not Supported
Instant Messaging 7.3
  • Sun Cluster
    • SPARC: 3.1 Update 4, 3.2
    • x86: 3.1 Update 4, 3.2
    • Linux: Not Supported
  • Veritas
    • SPARC: Not Supported
    • x86: Not Supported
    • Linux: Not Supported
Messaging Server 7.0
  • Sun Cluster
    • SPARC: 3.0, 3.1 Update 4, 3.2
    • x86: 3.1 Update 4, 3.2 U1
    • Linux: Not Supported
  • Veritas
    • SPARC: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
    • x86: 3.5, 4.0. 4.1, 5.0
    • Linux: 4.1,5.0


Table 1-9a Compatibility Between Messaging Server and the MS High-Availability Agent Versions

MS High-Availability Agent Version Compatible Messaging Server Versions
MS_SCHA 7.0 Messaging Server 64-bit version 6.3 or later
Messaging Server 64-bit will not work with MS_SCHA 6.x.
MS_SCHA 7.0 Messaging Server 32-bit version 6.3-1.02 or later.
MS_SCHA 6.x Messaging Server 32-bit version 6.3

Client Requirements

The following browsers are supported for Communications Suite clients.

Table 1-10 Supported Browser Versions for Convergence Clients

Browser Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Vista Solaris Red Hat Linux Mac OS 10.x
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x N/A 7.x N/A N/A N/A
Firefox * 2.0.0.11 minimum 2.0.0.11 minimum 2.0.0.11 minimum 2.0.0.11 minimum 2.0.0.11 minimum 2.0.0.11 minimum
Safari N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3.1.x
*Note: Firefox 3 has not been verified and is not officially supported on this release of Convergence.            


Table 1-11 Supported Browser Versions for Communications Express Clients

Browser Windows XP Windows 2000 Solaris Red Hat Linux Mac OS 10.x
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 6.0 SP1 N/A N/A N/A
Safari N/A N/A N/A N/A 3.0
Firefox 2.0 1.0.7 1.0.7 1.0.7 2.0

Table 1-12 Supported Browser Versions for Delegated Administrator Clients

Browser Windows XP Windows 2000 Solaris
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and 7.0 6.0 SP1 and 7.0 N/A
Firefox 2.0 2.0 2.0
Mozilla 1.4 or later 1.4 or later 1.4 or later
Netscape Navigator 7.2 7.2 7.2

Additional Software Requirements for Individual Communications Suite Components

Messaging Server

Recommended File Systems for Message Stores

The following file systems are recommended for message stores:

  • LUFS (Logging UFS).
  • VxFS (Veritas File System). Veritas File System provides good system performance if configured properly. If you use VxVM, the Veritas Volume Manager, you need to watch carefully that the volumes and the log file for the volumes are set to be regularly striped.
  • HAStoragePlus File System for Sun Cluster installations. The HAStoragePlus File System provides better performance than the default Sun Cluster Global File System.
  • NFS (Network File System). You can use NFS on MTA relay machines, for LMTP, for autoreply histories, and for message defragmentation. See the Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide for more information. In addition, NFS can be supported on BSD-style mailboxes (/var/mail/) as well as for message stores. The Sun StorEdge 53xx NAS have been certified for use with Messaging Server. See Using Sun StorageTek 53xx NAS with Messaging Server Message Store for more information.
  • ZFS. As of Messaging Server 6.3, Messaging Server supports the ZFS file system. See Messaging Server ZFS Support for more information.
DNS Server and Messaging Server

A high-quality caching DNS server on the local network is a requirement for a production deployment of Messaging Server. Messaging Server depends heavily on the responsiveness and scalability of the DNS server.

Additionally, your DNS configuration needs to be clearly specified as to how to route to hosts that are not on the local subnet by ensuring the following:

  • The /etc/defaultrouter file should contain the IP address of the gateway system. This address must be on a local subnet.
  • The /etc/resolv.conf file exists and contains the proper entries for reachable DNS servers and domain suffixes.
  • In the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, the hosts: line has the files, dns, and nis keywords added. The keyword files must precede dns and nis. For example, the lines should not look like this:
    hosts:  nis dns files
    ipnodes:  nis dns files
    


    The lines should be changed to this:

    hosts:  files nis dns
    ipnodes:  files nis dns
    


  • In the /etc/hosts file, the FQDN is the first host name.

For example, if your Internet host table in your /etc/hosts file should not look like this:

123.45.67.89 budgie.west.sesta.com
123.45.67.89 budgie loghost mailhost

Change the host table so that only one line is shown for the IP address of the host. Be sure that the first host name is a fully qualified domain name. For example:

123.45.67.89 budgie.west.sesta.com budgie loghost mailhost
Note

On Solaris OS 10 U3 and earlier platforms, you not only have to add the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to the /etc/hosts file, but also to the /etc/inet/ipnodes file. Otherwise, you will receive an error indicating that your host name is not a fully qualified domain name. From Solaris OS 10U4 onward, the contents of the /etc/inet/ipnodes and /etc/hosts files have been merged together into just the /etc/hosts file. Applying kernel patch 120011-14 on any Solaris 10 system also performs the merge, and subsequent removal of the /etc/inet/ipnodes file.

Delegated Administrator

The following Java Enterprise System components, tools, and LDAP schema version are required for this release of Delegated Administrator:

  • Directory Server 5.x or 6.x
    To enforce unique values for mail attributes, you must install one of these releases:
    • Directory Server 6.x
    • Directory Server 5.2.5 or later
    • Directory Server 5.2.4, and you must apply patch 5.2_Patch_4_6313027
  • Access Manager 6.2 or later.
  • Either Messaging Server 6 or Calendar Server 6, or both
  • Java Enterprise System Web container. You must deploy Delegated Administrator to one of the following Web containers:
    • Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 or higher
    • Sun Java System Web Server 7 or higher
    • Sun Java System Application Server 7.x
    • Sun Java System Application Server 8.x
    • Sun Java System Application Server 9.1
  • Directory Server Setup script, comm_dssetup.pl: Use the version that is bundled with the current version of the Communications Suite installer.
  • LDAP Schema 2
    This release of Communications Suite Delegated Administrator is designed for provisioning users in an LDAP Schema 2 directory.

Instant Messaging

Instant Messaging Client Hardware Requirements

Instant Messenger uses between 50 and 70 Mbytes of memory on most platforms. You should estimate the memory requirement by including the requirements of other applications (including operating systems) used on the client machine. In most cases, at least 256 Mbytes RAM is recommended to run Instant Messenger and other applications comfortably. This number becomes higher when using memory-intensive operating systems.

Instant Messaging Client Operating System Requirements

This release supports the following client platforms:

  • Solaris OS 9, and 10
  • Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT (SP 6a), 2000, XP
  • Mac OS X, minimum 10.1
  • Red Hat Linux, minimum 7.2

On Windows, you can run Instant Messenger by using the browser's Java Plugin from the following browsers:

  • Netscape, minimum 7.2
  • Mozilla, minimum 1.7
  • Mozilla Firefox, minimum 1.0
  • Internet Explorer, minimum 6.0 SP 2

If the client machine has Java 1.5 minimum installed, there are no additional requirements to use either Java Plugin or Java Web Start. Netscape Navigator v7 as well as the recent versions of the Mozilla browser include Java v1.5 minimum. Internet Explorer does not include the latest version of Java. JDK 5.0 is included with Sun Java System Instant Messaging.

If the client machine does not have Java v1.5 minimum installed, you need to install Java Web Start. You can download and install Java v1.5 from the Java Technology website (http://java.sun.com/j2se).

You can download and install Java Web Start from the Java Web Start Technology website (http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart).

HTML links can be exchanged over Instant Messenger and activated from the messenger by clicking them. When a link is activated, the messenger invokes a browser. The following table lists supported operating system and browser combinations.

Table 1-13 Supported Client OS and Browser Combinations for Instant Messaging

Operating System Browser
Solaris OS 10 JDS Desktop Netscape Communicator, minimum 8.0, Mozilla minimum 1.7.12, Mozilla Firefox minimum 1.5.0
Red Hat Linux Desktop Minimum 7.0 Netscape Communicator, minimum 8.0, Mozilla minimum 1.7.12, Mozilla Firefox minimum 1.5.0
Red Hat Linux Desktop Minimum 9.0 Netscape Communicator, minimum 8.0, Mozilla minimum 1.7.12, Mozilla Firefox minimum 1.5.0
Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP No restrictions
Mac OS X No restrictions

Connector for Outlook

This section describes the requirements and recommendations for Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook.

The following operating systems are supported:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 3 or higher)
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Terminal Server
  • Microsoft Vista

The following versions of Microsoft Outlook are supported:

  • Outlook 2007
  • Outlook 2003

Table 1-14: Communications Suite Component Requirements for Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3

Product Version Communications Suite Release Required or Optional?
Messaging Server 6.3, 7.0 5 (for 6.3) or 6 (for 7.0) Required to provide mail service
Calendar Server 6.3, 6.3.1 5 Required to provide calendar service
Convergence 1.0 6 Optional (Recommended). Either Communications Express or Convergence can be used to provide address book service, mail filters and out of office message features
Communications Express 6.3 6 Optional
Directory Server 5.2, 6.0 or higher 4 (for 5.2), 5 (for 6.0 or higher) or 6 (6.3 or higher) Required for GAL - corporate address book service
Note

Calendar Server customers who have deployed previous versions of Sun Java System Calendar Server need to engage with Sun Professional Services to enable their data to be converted and migrated to the new format. A Sun Professional Services offering is available. This migration is required for the use of Outlook, and is necessary because of the underlying changes in the storage and management of recurring events. No migration service is required for new customers of Calendar Server 6 2004Q2 minimum.

Locating Patches for Sun Java Communications Suite Products

To locate patches for the Sun Java Communications Suite products, check the following table, which lists the keywords used for each Communications Suite product. You can use the specific keyword to search for relevant patches in the SunSolve database.

Table 1-15 Patch Keywords for Communications Suite Products

Product Keyword
Calendar Server "Calendar Server"
Convergence TBD
Communications Express "communications express"
Delegated Administrator commcli
Dssetup comm_dssetup
Instant Messaging "Instant Messaging"
Messaging Server "Messaging Server"
Connector for Microsoft Outlook "Outlook Connector"
Note

The double quotes should be used to search for the text string and word space.

Sun Java Communications Suite Installation and Upgrade Notes

Default Installation Directories and Ports

The Communications Suite installer automatically installs product components in default directories unless you specify otherwise. In most cases, you can specify a custom location to override a default location when you are specifying configuration values during or after installation, with the following exceptions:

  • Sun Cluster components. You cannot change the location of the installation directories.
  • Message Queue. You cannot change the location of the installation directories.
    Note
    Use the default installation directory when installing product components, if possible. If you specify an alternative installation directory, you are responsible for consistently pointing components to that installation directory during configuration.

    The following table lists the default installation directories for the Communications Suite product components.

Table 1-16 Default Installation Directories

Label and State File Parameter Default Directory Comment
Access Manager

CMN_IS_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS: /opt/SUNWam

Linux: /opt/sun/identity
 
Application Server

CMN_AS_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/SUNWappserver Contains Application Server utilities, executables, and libraries.
Application Server Domains

CMN_AS_DOMAINSDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/SUNWappserver/domains Default area under which administrative domains are created.
Calendar Server

CMN_CS_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/calendar  
Convergence

CMN_IWC_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/iwc  
Communications Express

CMN_UWC_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/ce  
Delegated Administrator

CMN_COMMDA_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/commcli  
Directory Preparation Tool

CMN_DSSETUP_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/dssetup  
Directory Server Core

DSEE_BASE
Solaris OS: /opt/SUNWdsee/ds6

Linux: /opt/sun/ds6
Separately located subcomponents of Directory Server EE include Directory Server Core, Directory Service Control Center, and Directory Proxy Server.
Directory Service Control Center

DSEE_BASE
Solaris OS: /opt/SUNWdsee/dscc

Linux: /opt/sun/dscc
 
Directory Proxy Server

DSEE_BASE
Solaris OS: /opt/SUNWdsee/dps

Linux and HP-UX: /opt/sun/dps
 
Directory Server Instance Directory

DSEE_INSTANCE_DIR
Solaris OS: /var/opt/SUNWdsee/dsins1

Linux: /var/opt/sun/dsins1
 
HADB

CMN_HADB_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS: /opt/SUNWhadb

Linux: /opt/SUNWhadb
HADB install locations are not relocatable in Communications Suite installation.
  Solaris OS: /var/opt/SUNWhadb

Linux: /var/opt/SUNWhadb
HADB Repository Data and Log location.
  Solaris OS: /etc/opt/SUNWhadb

Linux: /etc/opt/SUNWhadb
HADB Management Agent Config File
  Solaris OS: /etc/init.d/ma-initd

Linux: /etc/init.d/ma-initd
HADB Management Agent Startup Script
Instant Messaging

CMN_IIM_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/im  
Instant Messaging Resource Directory

CMN_IIM_DOCSDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/im/html  
Instant Messaging Online Help Directory

CMN_IIM_DOCSHELPDIR
Solaris OS and Linux: /opt/sun/comms/im/html/en/imhelp  
Message Queue

You cannot change the installation directories, so no field is in the installer or parameter in the state file.
Not applicable Solaris OS:

/usr/bin

/usr/share/lib

/usr/share/lib/imq

/etc/imq

/var/imq

/usr/share/javadoc/imq

/usr/demo/imq

/opt/SUNWimq
Linux:

/opt/sun/mq

/etc/opt/sun/mq

/var/opt/sun/mq
Messaging Server

CMN_MS_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS & Linux, 32 bit: /opt/sun/comms/messaging
Solaris OS 64-bit: /opt/sun/comms/messaging64
Messaging Server also uses /var/opt/sun/comms/messaging
and /var/opt/sun/comms/messaging64 as the read-write area for configuration, queue, log, store, and other miscellaneous data.
Monitoring Console

CMN_MC_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS: /opt/SUNWjesmc

Linux: /opt/sun/jesmc
 
Sun Cluster

You cannot change the installation directories, so no is field in the installer or parameter in the state file.
Not applicable Sun Cluster software is installed in the following locations on Solaris OS:

/

/usr/opt

/usr/cluster
Web Server

CMN_WS_INSTALLDIR
Solaris OS: /opt/SUNWwbsvr7

Linux: /opt/sun/webserver7
 
Web Server Instance Directory

CMN_WS_INSTANCEDIR
Solaris OS: /var/opt/SUNWwbsvr7

Linux: /var/opt/sun/webserver7
 

Default Port Numbers

When the Communications Suite installer requests that you enter a port number, the installer performs a runtime check on the ports in use and displays an appropriate default value. If the default port number is being used by another component or by another instance of the same product component, the installer presents an alternative value.

The following table lists the default Communications Suite product component port numbers and the purpose of each port.

Note

Convergence, Access Manager, Communications Express, and Delegated Administrator are not listed in this table because they use the port numbers of the web container into which they are deployed.

Table 1-17 Product Component Default Port Numbers

Product Component Port Purpose
Access Manager 58946 UNIX authentication helper
  58943 Secure ID authentication helper (Solaris SPARC only)
Application Server 8080 Standard HTTP port
  3700 Standard IIOP port
  4848 Administration Server port
  7676 Standard Message Queue port
  8686 JMX port
  8181 HTTPS port
Calendar Server 80 Standard HTTP port
  389 LDAP port
  57997 ENS
  59779 DWP
Common agent container 11162 JMX port (TCP)
  11161 SNMP Adaptor port (UDP)
  11162 SNMP Adaptor port for traps (UDP)
  11163 Commandstream Adaptor port (TCP)
  11164 RMI Connector port (TCP)
Common agent container for Sun Cluster and Sun Geographic Edition 10162 JMX port (TCP)
  10161 SNMP Adaptor port (UDP)
  10162 SNMP Adaptor port for traps (UDP)
  10163 Commandstream Adaptor port (TCP)
  10164 RMI Connector port (TCP)
Directory Server 389 Standard LDAP listener
  636 LDAPS over SSL
HADB 1862 Management Agent Port (JMX)
  15200 Default Portbase
Instant Messaging 5222 Multiplexer port
  5269 Instant Messaging server-to-server port
  45222 Server port used for multiplexer communication
Message Queue 80 Standard HTTP port
  7676 Port Mapper
  7674 HTTPS Tunneling Servlet Port
  7675 HTTP Tunneling Servlet Port
Messaging Server 25 Standard SMTP port or MMP SMTP Proxy Note 1
  110 Standard POP3 port or MMP POP3 Proxy Note 1
  143 Standard IMAP4 port or MMP IMAP Proxy Note 1
  225 Default port for communications to back-end store through LMTP
  465 SMTP/SUBMIT over SSL or MMP SMTP Proxy over SSL Note 1
  587 Standard Message Submission (SMTP SUBMIT) port
  993 IMAP over SSL or MMP IMAP Proxy over SSL Note 1
  995 POP3 over SSL or MMP POP Proxy over SSL Note 1
  7997 Event Notification Service port
  8990 mshttpd daemon port
  8991 mshttpd over SSL daemon port
  27442 Used by Job Controller for product internal communication
  49994 Used by the Watcher for internal product communication
Monitoring Console 6789 Accessed through Sun Java Web Console
  8765 Job Factories port for Master Agent Web Services Adaptor
  11161 SNMP port for Monitoring Framework
  11164 RMI port for Monitoring Framework
  63837 Used by MeterMaid for internal product communication
  54320 Multicast port for Monitoring Framework discovery protocol
Web Server 8800 Admin HTTP port
  8989 Admin SSL port. For Admin Server, SSL port is required, HTTP port is optional.
  80 Instance HTTP port

Note 1 - Port Number Conflicts. If these servers (such as the IMAP4 server and MMP IMAP Proxy) are installed on the same machine, you will encounter port number conflicts. If possible, install products with conflicting port numbers on separate hosts.

If you have installed two servers that are attempting to access the same port number, you need to change the port number of one of the conflicting products. To change port numbers for Messaging Server components, use the configutil utility. See the Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Reference for instructions.

The following example uses the service.http.port configutil parameter to change the standard HTTP port number to 8080:

configutil -o service.http.port -v 8080

Known Issues in Sun Java Communications Suite

This section describes the known issues that exist in this release of Sun Java Communications Suite.

6659438

The Communications Installer fails when a directory contains a space.
The commpkg utility fails when the current directory has a space in its name.
Workaround: Do not use commpkg in a path that contains a space in its name.

No Localization Files for Communications Express

No localization files are available for Communications Express.
You see only English in the Communications Express interface, even if you try to change the preferred language to another choice.

comm_dssetup Utility

If you installed Directory Server Java ES (for example, Java ES 5 U1), the comm_dssetup utility is also installed. The Communications Installer comes with a newer version of comm_dssetup that you need to use.
Workaround: To "upgrade" the comm_dssetup initially installed with Directory Server, apply patch 118245-15, which is located in the Communications Suite 6 distribution in the SunOS_sparc/DSSETUP/Patches directory. (For Solaris x86, use the SunOS_i386 path, and for RedHat Linux, use the Linux_i686 or Linux_x86 path.) Alternatively you can use the Communicatations Installer to first uninstall then install the newer version of comm_dssetup from the Communications Suite 6 distribution.

Communications Express configuration process results in an error

The Communications Express configuration process results in an error when you configure the Webmail host and port settings.
The error is due to a missing default.html file. The error is:

Verifying whether the Webmail Server Instance connection is alive
null->Error: com.sun.comms.client.install.panels.WebmailHostPortPanel: Error in verifyService()- java.io.FileNotFoundException: http://host:8990

Unable to connect to the Webmail Server "host.com:8990".

Ignore the error and proceed with configuring Communications Express. The default.html file is not required for Communications Express to operate.

Uninstall prior Calendar Server localization packages before installing Communications Suite 6

(CI 6.0-0.02 and later, this issue does not exist on CI 6.0-0.01): You must uninstall the prior Calendar Server localization packages before installing Communications Suite 6. Otherwise (at least on Linux) the Calendar Server installation fails.

  • To uninstall, use the commpkg uninstall command, or uninstall manually:
  • To uninstall prior Calendar Server localization packages on Solaris OS, remove the following packages if they exist, by running the following commands:
    pkgrm SUNWics-l10n
    pkgrm SUNWfrics
    pkgrm SUNWdeics
    pkgrm SUNWesics
    pkgrm SUNWjaics
    pkgrm SUNWkoics
    pkgrm SUNWzhics
    pkgrm SUNWtwics
  • To uninstall prior Calendar Server localization packages on Linux, remove the following packages if they exist, by running the following commands:
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-l10n
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-fr
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-de
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-es
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-ja
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-ko
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-zh
    rpm -e sun-calendar-core-zh_TW

Chapter 2 Sun Convergence 1.0 Release Notes

These Release Notes contain important information available at the time of the general release of Sun Convergence 1.0 including:

About Convergence 1.0

See Introduction to Convergence.

What's New in This Release of Convergence

See the What's New document.

Requirements for Convergence 1.0

For Communications Suite requirements, see the Requirements for Communications Suite 6.

For requirements specific to Convergence, see the Requirements for Convergence 1.0.

Convergence Installation Notes

See Communications Suite 6 Installation Guide for information on installing Convergence.

Convergence Compatibility Issues

If necessary, this section should list any compatibility issues.

Problems Fixed in This Release of Convergence

6702118

When you select a subfolder to be a system folder (such as Sent or Trash), the original system folder is no longer available, and the subfolder is displayed twice.

6700973

Application Server fails under a stress test, giving a NullPointer exception.

6700674

In Japanese, the "Forwarding" selection in the Options --> Mail page is mistranslated.

6700489

When you search tasks in calendar, there is a search criterion called "Attendees," which does not pertain to task searches.

6700311

Subscribing to multiple calendars causes issues with displaying events and the color of the events.

6700133

In Agenda view, if you create an event with a duration of two hours or longer, the duration is shown twice, and the label "hours" is not displayed.

6699743

In the address book, searches for text strings inside the text of a contact name or other fields do not return search results.

6697481

You cannot give specific access (such as read access) to a calendar for a particular user if other users are given no access to the calendar.

6687949

In Instant Messaging, adding from the Address Book tab should also list the corporate Address Book contacts.

6687362

The Convergence online help does not document how to sort IM buddies alphabetically or by presence status.

6616046

When you reply to an HTML message, and enter text inline (within the quoted HTML in the original message), the replies are formatted incorrectly.

Known Issues and Limitations in Convergence

The Convergence known issues are grouped in the following categories

Known Issues: General and Authentication

6701184

The Note field in the Create or Edit Contact screen does not highlight a misspelled word in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.

6702002

Creating a group saves the help text if the user does not enter any values.

6701368

In Internet Explorer 7, when you try to export the address book, a security warning message is displayed. You need to click the message and click Allow Download to export the address book.
Clicking this link refreshes Convergence.

6699749

When you import a v-card created using a Macintosh address book, the email addresses are lost though they are in the right format.

6699051

If pop-up windows are blocked in the user's browser, functions such as printing dialog, IM, timeout warning, and navigate away warnings do not work.
From the user's perspective, it appears that these functions do not work. Convergence does not display a dialog telling users to enable pop-ups.

6698171

In some cases, when you log in to Convergence, the browser does not respond, and a dialog appears stating that a slow script is making the browser unresponsive.

6697453

No option to set default photo or delete photo.
There is no option to set default photo or delete photo from the Address Book. Address Book should have the same kind of option as in Instant Messaging for setting default photo.

6691137

Timeouts are reported in dialogs as formatting errors.
If you take an action such as creating a mail folder and wait until the action times out, the error dialog tells you there was a formatting error in the folder label. It does not say that your action timed out.

6690719

Pressing the Tab repeatedly gives usability issues in Create Contact.
When creating an Address Book contact, click the work email field then keep pressing the Tab key. After the Notes field, if you press the Tab key, focus shifts to the Buddy List.

6686058

Presence alert does not close completely (or right away) when clicking Close button.

6686064

The Show Contact in presence alert should highlight the contact in the roster.

6688678

Restoring the default photo from the Avatar properties widget does not ask for confirmation before saving.

6679055

In Internet Explorer 6, logging in to the Convergence client consumes 99% of CPU resources.
For some time after logging in (for example, for one minute in some cases), the browser is unresponsive.

6610071

Reloading the page causes the Mail tab to be displayed, no matter which tab was displayed originally.
For example, if you are viewing the Address Book and reload the page, the Mail view is displayed.

Known Issues: Mail

No Issue ID

In Internet Explorer, if you open a compose window and try to paste a list of addresses into the To: or CC: field that exceeds 4000 characters, the field is populated with blank spaces. If you highlight the field, you can see the addresses.
This is a known IE issue. It does not occur with other browsers.

Workaround: You can fix this problem with a registry modification. For details, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240121

6739123

With Internet Explorer 7, if you send a message larger than 100 KB, the message does not get delivered and the browser stops working.
This is an IE7 issue; it does not occur with other browsers. It does occur with IE7 in other mail clients as well as Convergence. You must exit and restart the IE7 browser to use it again.

6702084

If you use the shift key and arrow keys to select multiple mail messages, all messages displayed in the current folder disappear.
This problem occurs when there are many (100 or more) messages in the current folder. If only a few messages are in the folder, using the shift and down-arrow keys to select messages selects the only first two messages and the last message.
Workaround: Click the up or down arrow in the scrollbar to display messages again.

6701571

If mail service goes down and is started again, the client does not appear to reconnect to the mail service, and mail is not available in the client UI.
Workaround: Log out of Convergence and log in again.

6701392

In Internet Explorer 7, when you send a long message with a large amount of text, Convergence takes a long time to send it and appears to be unresponsive.
For example, when you send a text message with 35K of text, Convergence can take 1 to 2 minutes to respond. The recipient receives the message without any issues.

6700482

In Internet Explorer 7, if you tab from the Subject: field in a message, the cursor focus goes to the sign-out button instead of to the body text.
This issue does not occur on Firefox.

6694908

In Safari, when you drag and drop a message into a folder, a larger area of the screen than only the folder is selected.

6694440

When you perform a mail function that takes time to complete, the dialog buttons that handle the function are not disabled, and the cursor does not change to a wait symbol.
For example, if you select all messages in a folder, the related dialog button should be disabled and the cursor should become a wait symbol until all messages are selected.

6693443

An error message inadequate for end users is displayed when the Messaging Server goes down during a mail session in Convergence.
If you are using mail in Convergence and the Messaging Server goes down, a pop-up error message states "Mail Service: connection refused" rather than displaying a user-friendly message such as "A temporary problem has occurred. We'll be back soon," or "Working on your request..."

6692441

In Internet Explorer 7, when you compose a message, the cursor does not focus properly in the compose text window.
For example, if you open compose message, enter information in the To: line, click the Tab key, enter information in the Subject: line, then click the Tab key, the cursor does not focus in the message text area.

6692400

A message being composed is not auto-saved if the only change was in message priority or receipt status.
If you compose a message and make any change since the message was created or since the last save, the message will be saved automatically at the end of the auto-save period (by default, every five minutes). However, auto-save does not occur if the only change is in message priority or receipt status.

6657490

An email message containing more than 170 KB of text is received as an attachment.
This issue occurs on Solaris SPARC and x86 platforms. It does not occur on Linux. This maximum value is specified with the maxtext parameter in the client configuration.

6630169

In certain cases, users can read mail and contact details after they have logged out of Convergence.
For example, if a user starts Convergence, then opens the Convergence url in a new tab, then logs out of Convergence in the new tab, the user can still read mail and see contact information in the first tab.

6625314

When the unread message count is disabled, the Convergence mail application selector always shows the message count as zero.
This issue occurs when the Messaging Server configutil option local.service.http.showunreadcounts is configured not to return the unread message count data (configutil local.service.http.showunreadcounts=0). When this option is disabled, the unread message count appears as 0 in the Convergence mail application selector. This option should not be shown to the end user if Messaging Server is configured not to return the unread message count data.

Known Issues: Calendar

6700603

If you attach a file to one instance of a recurring event and specify that the attachment applies to "only this occurrence," the event is attached to all occurrences of the event.

6699600

When you mouse over a button, it remains highlighted even when you do not click it.

Workaround: Switch to a different view (such as month view), and the highlighted buttons will be unselected.

6699058

In the calendar, the printing button looks like this ">>" and does not have a label, which is inconsistent with the printing buttons in other services.

6698967

In Safari, after you change the calendar view a few times (for example, from week to day to month view), the button indicating which mode is selected is no longer highlighted.

6691971

The More link in a calendar continues to be displayed after the calendar is deleted.
If you add events to a calendar until the More link appears, and then delete the calendar, the More link remains displayed until you refresh the browser.

6691933

In Agenda view, if you add an event and change the calendar you are viewing, the new event continues to show up in the second calendar until you refresh the browser.
In Agenda view, the same event is shown twice, once in the original calendar and once in the second calendar.

6691922

Changing the days of the work week in your calendar has no effect when you create recurring events.
For example, if you include Saturday as a work day and create a recurring event that occurs daily, the event does not show up on Saturdays.

6645274

A recurring event specified to end "never" actually ends after 60 recurrences.
If you specify that a recurring event end "never," Convergence uses the default value for the number of recurring events, which is 60. You can only find out about this limit by scrolling through your calendar, as Convergence does not indicate the limit.

6641358

When you add a new event in month view, using natural language to specify its duration does not yield the correct event duration.
For example, if you add a new event in the Calendar, specify event details such as "Lunch at 1:15 tomorrow for 45 minutes," the event is created as one hour long (1:15 - 2:15) instead of 45 minutes.
Note that if you enter event details using a different format, such as "Lunch tomorrow 1:15 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.," the correct duration is created.
Workaround: Change the length of the event in day or week view, or edit the event. 

6692011 

Calendar Online Help needs updates

The calendar module of the online help contains incorrect information in the following areas: Event operation (specifically creating, editing, and deleting), Cloning, Views, and calendar printing.

Known Issues: Address Book

6704130

In Address Book, the Manage Group option does not have a rename option.
Workaround: Right-click on the list of contact groups in the left panel of the UI. This displays the context menu, which includes a rename option.

6676645

The print option does not take all the contents in a contact.
When you print an address book contact, some fields, such as the country, nickname, and notes, are not printed.

6654530

In the address book, no contact is displayed when the wildcard search value is set to greater than 0.
By default, the value of the ab.pstore.wildcardsearch property is set to 0. This enables the wildcard search function to begin returning results as soon as the end user enters the first character.

The feature does not operate as expected if you set ab.pstore.wildcardsearch to greater than 0. For example, if you set the property to 2, the user must enter two characters before the wildcard search returns results. That is, a value of 2 functions as follows: 2 - entry/displayname=aa*
Workaround: Reset the value of ab.pstore.wildcardsearch to 0.

6649025

The Address Book Properties window displays incorrect information.

6646169

In the Address Book, the Sr/Jr option is not displayed in view mode.
When you create or edit a contact, you can select the Sr or Jr option to add to the contact's name, but the Sr or Jr does not appear when you view the contact.

6638802

When you create or edit a contact in the Address Book, the contact fields such as email address and phone number are not validated.
You can enter any text in these fields, such as alpha characters in the phone number field.

6637775

Advanced Search in the Address Book is not working.
When you select the Advanced Search option in the Address Book, enter search criteria, and press Search, no results are returned.

6609983

Incorrectly formatted address/bad address still shows "map" in address book.
If you incorrectly specify an address book address entry (home or business), the resultant "map" entry points to an invalid place. The fields are not marked and bogus entries still get mapped.

6673188

User is not able to copy contacts from one address book to another group using drag and drop.

6688097

Cannot make default address book as corporate address book.

6690711

In the corporate address book, details of a contact are displayed in the right pane, though no contact is selected in the search pane.

6656871

The Up/Down arrow keys do not work in Address Book.
This problem pertains to Safari and Internet Explorer 6 and 7.

6692518

Pressing the Enter Key opens the Compose Mail screen.
When selecting an Address Book contact and pressing the Enter key, the Compose Mail screen is opened. Because an Edit screen is associated with the contact, the Edit screen should be opened when pressing the Enter key.

6699217, 6654031

Accented characters are not imported or exported properly, nor are they sorted properly in the address book.

6702142

Though the corporate address book search does not display any contact, the following message is displayed: "Only 100 entries is displayed."*

6697558

After importing an LDIF file with lists into Convergence, the list is displayed only after re-logging in.

6702725

In Internet Explorer 7, if you click the email ID of a contact in the Corporate Directory, an error message is displayed.
You can click OK to navigate to the Mail module.

6697581

After importing a Microsoft Outlook CSV file into Convergence, the birthday and anniversary are lost.

6699694
After importing a CSV file that is exported from Convergence into Microsoft Outlook, the following information is lost: Middle Name, Title, Suffix, other address, birthday, and anniversary.

6693923

Address Book Online Help needs updates

The online help for the Address Book component needs updates.  Specifically, the online help contains incorrect or missing descriptions in the following areas: Contacts, Groups, Corporate Directory, and Print options.

Known Issues: Instant Messaging

6704008

The Avatar does not function when the Instant Messaging Server requires SSL (when you require secure communication between Convergence and the Instant Messaging back end).
When the iim_server.requiressl parameter is set to true, the server throws a ServletException. If SSL is not set, the Avatar works properly.

6698876

Presence information is not shown in an email header (the sender, to:, or cc: list) because the IM Add Buddy icon only accepts the uid@domain in the user name field when you add an IM buddy.
When you add a buddy in IM, you must use the uid&domain format for the user name. You cannot use the user's email address. However, once the buddy is entered as uid@domain, that user's email address, as shown in the email header, is not recognized, and therefore the presence information does not appear in the email header.

6696027

In Instant Messaging, adding from the Address Book always adds the buddy to Friends group.

Workaround: Manage the group then add the contact.

6689431

Buddies in the Instant Messaging roster can be duplicated in the same group.
You cannot delete the duplicate entry; if you delete one entry, all the entries for that buddy are deleted.

6688269

Unable to chat with buddy using Instant Messaging if pop-up blockers are enabled.
If you select a buddy on buddy list, then select the pop-up menu item, "Send message to," does not generate any activity.

Workaround: Disable pop-up blockers and restart your browser.

6684054

Instant Messaging chat window: Click a URL link in chat, opens up new tab in chat window not main browser window.

6668868

Users in a buddy list who are in Do Not Disturb or Away status are not sorted.
If you sort users (for example, in alphabetical order), the users in the following modes are not sorted: Do not disturb; Away; BRB; On the phone; Out to lunch; Gone home.

6665909

Offline messages do not show up or are not emailed.
If a user opens a chat session with another user and one user refreshes the browser, messages are not received if messages were sent before the user's browser has been refreshed.

6665897

When you create a new chat session and refresh or reload the browser, the old chat session remains.
The old chat session should be closed after a browser reload or refresh.

6664158

You cannot add the first contact to any group other than Friends.
When a user adds the first contact to the buddy list, that first contact must be in the Friends group.

6662902

An IM user cannot receive chat messages if the user started the session with "block pop-up windows" configured.

6632069

The IM client disconnects automatically in some cases.
After a period of time, the IM client goes offline automatically, although the keep-alive packets are being sent from the client. This issue occurs intermittently.

Known Issues: Options

6697285

No warning message is given when Convergence strips the content between < and > symbols.
If there is meaningful content between the < and > symbols, the user would lose that data without being warned by a dialog.

6694006

When you create a mail sieve filter, if you want to include special characters in the mail filter name, you must use Character Predeclared Entities.
For example, a & or < characters are special characters in XML, and if you enter them in the mail filter name without using a Character Predeclared Entity, an "invalid formatting" error will be returned.

6676645

The Print option does not take all the contents in a contact.
If you create a contact with all the details then choose Print > Print Group, not all details are displayed.

6654595

The Mail Forwarding options page displays a warning message that the page contains unsaved changes when no changes were made.

6648561

There is no option that allows you to save a custom (or personalized) message.

Known Issues: Customization

6745772

When adding a new right-to-left language such as Arabic or Hebrew to Convergence, the UI text is not right-to-left.
This issue occurs if you enable customization and perform the steps to add a custom language to Convergence, then log in as a user created in LDAP with a language preference set to the custom language (for example, Arabic). The UI displays text and aligns widgets left-to-right instead of right-to-left.

6745757

When adding a new language to Convergence, Convergence hangs if no resources.js file is directly under the allDomain directory.
This issue occurs if you enable customization and perform the steps to add a custom language to Convergence, creating a directory structure as shown in this example:

/iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/
/iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/<_new language_>/
/iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/<_new language_>/resources.js

In this situation, Convergence does not load the files; it does not bring up the UI.

Workaround: Add an empty resources.js file directly under the /iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/ directory. Note that you still must create the resources.js file under the /iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/<new language>/ directory. For example:

/iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/
/iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/resources.js
/iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/<_new language_>/
/iwc_static/c11n/allDomain/nls/<_new language_>/resources.js

Known Issues: Localization

Known Issues: Documentation and Online Help

6714325

The Convergence online help has unsupported features details in the Calendar Preferences section.

Redistributable Files for Convergence

In the future, this section should list any redistributable files for Convergence.

Chapter 3 Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Release Notes

These Release Notes contain important information available at the time of the general release of Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 including:

About Calendar Server 6.3

Calendar Server is a scalable, web-based solution for centralized calendaring and scheduling for enterprises and service providers. Calendar Server supports user calendars for both events and tasks as well as calendars for resources, such as conference rooms and equipment.

Calendar Server offers two graphical user interfaces, Convergence and Communications Express. It also offers customers the flexibility to use the Web Calendar Access Protocol (WCAP) to access calendar data directly in either text/calendar or text/xml format.

What's New in This Release of Calendar Server

For details, see the What's New document.

Deprecated and Removed Features for Calendar Server 6.3

For Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3, the following features have been deprecated:

  • The Calendar Express graphical user interface (GUI) has been deprecated and will be removed from the distribution in the the next major feature release.
  • The WCAP attachments parameter, used by both storeevents and storetodo, has been deprecated. For backward compatibility, this parameter is still honored. But in a future release this parameter will no longer be recognized. Change any scripts you have using this parameter.
  • The cstool utility that you use for monitoring Calendar Server activity has been removed in the Calendar Server 6.3 release.
  • Calendar Server software is no longer available for Windows and HP-UX platforms.

Requirements for Calendar Server 6.3

See Requirements for Communications Suite 6.

Important Upgrade Patch Information for Calendar Server 6.3

The following Calendar Server 6.3 product upgrade patches are as follows:

Table 3-1 Calendar Server 6.3 Upgrade Patches

Platform Patch Number (English and Localized Languages)
Solaris OS, SPARC 121657-29
x86 121658-29
Linux 121659-29

You can find the most current product patches at Sun Solve. For how to find patches on Sun Solve, use the following procedure:

How to Find Patches on SunSolve

  1. For the current list of required patches for Sun Java System Calendar Server, go to:
    http://sunsolve.sun.com
  2. Select either "Patches" or "Patch Portal".
  3. Follow the Sun Java System Calendar Server links.
    As operating system patch requirements change and patches to Java Enterprise System components become available, updates will be made available on SunSolve, initially in the form of recommended patch clusters.

Calendar Server Installation Notes

This section contains information you should know before you install Calendar Server 6.3. This section contains the following subsections:

Caution

Calendar Server does not support Network File System (NFS) mounted partitions. Do not install or create any part of Calendar Server, including executable, database, configuration, data, temporary, or log files, on an NFS-mounted partition.

Default Calendar Server Installation Directories on Solaris and Linux Platforms

The following table shows the default installation directory paths for Solaris and Linux:

Table 3-2 Default Calendar Server Installation Directories

Solaris Default Directories
cal-svr-base=/opt/sun/comms/calendar/
/etc/cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/config
/var/cal-svr-base/SUNWics5
Linux Default Directories
cal-svr-base=/opt/sun/comms/calendar/
/etc/cal-svr-base/config
/var/cal-svr-base/
Tip

In the documentation, the default installation directory for Calendar Server is referred to as cal-svr-base.

OS Patches

You must apply the required operating system patches before installing Calendar Server. The Communications Suite installer checks for required platform patches. You must install all required patches or the installation process does not continue.

Required Privileges

To run the Communications Suite 6 installer or the Calendar Server 6.3 configuration program on a Solaris OS system, log in as or become the superuser (root).

Upgrading From a Version Prior to Calendar Server 6

Upgrade to the latest Calendar Server 6.3 patch by using patchadd process.

For more information about upgrading to Calendar Server 6.3 from previous Calendar Server versions, see Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Upgrade Guide.

Upgrading Your Calendar Database

If you are upgrading from a Calendar Server version prior to 6.3 to the current 6.3 version, you must upgrade your databases also, using various database tools named in this section. More information about the migration tools can be found in the Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide.

Upgrading From a Version Prior to Calendar Server 5.1.1

If the version of your previous Calendar Server software predates version 5.1.1, first call Sun Support Services for assistance in migrating your databases to be Calendar Server 5.1.1 compatible. You can not migrate directly to any of the Calendar Server version 6 releases. In the process recommended by Sun Support Services, you are required to install Calendar Server 5.1.1. After your database files are Calendar Server 5.1.1 compatible, install Calendar Server 6.3 and run the following database tools in the order listed.

cs5migrate

Run this utility to upgrade your databases from version 5.1.1 to version 6.2 level. This is an intermediate step that is required before you run the csmigrate utility to bring it up to version 6.3 level. The cs5migrate utility can be found in the sbin directory after you install Calendar Server 6.3.

You must specify the -r option. The cs5migrate utility then creates master and exception records for all recurring events and tasks. Going forward these records will be automatically generated by Calendar Server.

This utility performs the following changes to your databases:

  • Migrates your Calendar Server 5.1.1 LDAP database to be Calendar Server 6.2 compatible
  • Migrates your Berkeley Data Base to version 4.2
  • Writes the migration status to csmigrate.log log file
  • Writes errors to csmigrateerror.log log file
csmig

Run this utility so the LDAP CLD plug-in works properly.

csvdmig

Run this utility to convert your non-domain calendar databases to single domain databases compatible with a multiple domain environment.

csmigrate

Now that your Calendar Server Databases are in version 6.2 mode, run the csmigrate utility to migrate your Calendar Server 6.2 databases to be compatible with Calendar Server version 6.3.

You can find the csmigrate utility, along with other administrative tools, in the sbin directory of your newly installed Calendar Server 6.3 software. For more information on csmigrate, see Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide.

Caution

If you are upgrading from a much older version of Calendar Server that was configured for limited virtual domain mode or has multiple instances of Calendar Server on the same machine, contact your Sun Microsystems, Inc. sales account representative for an evaluation of your migration requirements and to ensure that you have the specific migration utility that supports those requirements.

And, as always, never migrate your database without first performing a full backup.

Upgrading Your Calendar Server Version 6.0, 6.1, or 6.2 Databases to be Calendar Server Version 6.3 Compatible

Run csmigrate to upgrade your calendar databases to version 6.3 level.

You can find the csmigrate utility, along with other administrative tools, in the sbin directory of your newly installed Calendar Server 6.3 software. For more information on csmigrate, see Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide.

Caution

If you already have a Calendar Server 6.3 installation and you just upgraded to the latest patch, no migration utilities need to be run.

Upgrading to Calendar Server 6.3 Patch 121658-20 or Later on Solaris x86 Platforms

Data created in the Solaris x86 version of Calendar Server 6.3 patch 121658-19 or earlier is corrupted when you upgrade to patch 121658-20 or later. This issue occurs on Solaris x86 platforms only (CR 6642958).

With patch 121658-20 and later, Calendar Server uses the new Berkeley Database library, which is incompatible with the database created by earlier versions. In order to use the database created by patch 121658-19 (or prior) with this patch, you must update the database.

Follow this procedure:

  1. Make sure the Calendar Server installation is patch 121658-19 or prior.
  2. Important: Take a copy of the current database.
  3. Check to make sure the database is in good condition by running db_verify and csdb check.
  4. Dump the data using db_dump.
    a. Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/lib.
    For example: ./db_dump -r -f /var/opt/SUNWics5/dump/ics50alarms.db.txt /var/opt/SUNWics5/csdb/ics50alarms.db
    b. Do the same for all the databases.
    This dumps the ics50alarms.db to ics50alarms.db.txt (text file) and is placed in the "dump" directory.
  5. Apply this patch (121658-24 or later).
  6. Load the data dumped in the preceding step to the database files using the cs_dbload utility provided in this patch.
    a. Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/lib.
    b. Run cs_dbload to load files dumped in step 4.
    For example: ./cs_dbload -f /var/opt/SUNWics5/dump/ics50alarms.db.txt /var/opt/SUNWics5/dbload/ics50alarms.db
    c. Do the same for all the databases.
    This loads the records present in ics50alarms.db.txt to the ics50alarms.db in the "dbload" directory. A new "dbload" directory is chosen in order not to overwrite the original database.
  7. Run csdb check or csdb rebuild on the database files created in the preceding step.

FAQ: Solaris x86 Upgrade to Calendar Server 6.3 Patch 121658-20 or Later.

Question: Is this a problem only for Solaris x86?
Answer: Yes, this is problem only for Solaris x86. SPARC and Linux platforms are not affected.

Question: Do you have to perform this task for every patch? Or only one time?
Answer: This is a one-time only task. Once you convert the database to work with this patch, you do not have to repeat these steps for future patches. You can just perform a patchadd.

Question: If I have patch -17 or -18, what should I do?
Answer: Follow the previous procedure.

Question: If I have patch -21, -22, or -23, and I have not previously done a dump/load, what should I do?
Answer: We don't expect Calendar Server to run without crashes on these patch levels if the dump/load procedure is not performed. If you have these patches installed and do not see any issue, then please contact technical support on how to move forward with the patches.

Question: If I have already applied patch -24, and I've already done a dump/load, and I want patch -25 or the Communications Suite 6 software, what should I do?
Answer: Perform a patchadd of patch -25. No additional steps are required.

Question: If I have Communications Suite 5 (Calendar Server 6.3) and I want to be a Beta customer, what should I do?
Answer: If you want to move data from your existing database to the new database, you will have to perform the dump/load procedure described in patch -24.

Calendar Server Postinstallation Configuration

After installing or upgrading to Calendar Server 6.3 and before you can use Calendar Server, you must configure it according to the instructions in Calendar Server 6.3 Initial Configuration.

Automatic Base 64 Encoding of Passwords

In the past, the Calendar Server configuration file stored some passwords in clear text. Though the ics.conf file has read permission restrictions, the passwords could be visible to someone else when the administrator edits the configuration file. In Calendar Server 6.3, the passwords have been moved to another file and obfuscated by base 64 encoding them. The base 64 encoding prevents someone from accidentally seeing the passwords. You must still protect the file with read permission restrictions, and keep the file secure so that no unauthorized user can get to it, to keep the passwords secure.

If you are installing Calendar Server for the first time, the configuration program encodes the passwords that you create during the configuration process, and stores them in a separate password configuration file.

If you are upgrading your existing Calendar Server software to the Calendar Server 6.3 version, the configuration program encodes the existing passwords found in the ics.conf file, and moves them to the password configuration file.

In both cases, the configuration program also adds a new ics.conf parameter to indicate the location of the password file, as shown in the following example:

local.passwordfile="/etc/opt/SUNWics5/config/icspassword.conf"

Do not change this configuration parameter.

Due to this change, the following configuration parameters have been moved out of the ics.conf file:

  • local.authldapbindcred
  • local.enduseradmincred
  • local.lookupldapbindcred
  • service.siteadmin.cred
Note

The LDAP bind passwords that are generated by the configurator are re-generated each time you run the configurator, once they are moved out of the ics.conf file.

Where to Find Calendar Server Data and Program Files

The following table shows where to find various files and programs referred to in the documentation for both the Solaris and Linux platforms:

Table 3-4 Location of Calendar Server Files

File Names Solaris Locations Linux Locations
Administrator utilities: start-cal, stop-cal, csattribute, csbackup, cscal, cscomponents, csdb, csdomain, csexport, csimport, csmonitor, csplugin, cspurge, csrename, csresource, csrestore, csschedule, csstats, cstool, and csuser cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/lsbin cal-svr-base/sbin
Migration utilities: csmig and csvdmig cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/sbin cal-svr-base/sbin
Configuration files: ics.conf, version.conf, counter.conf, and sslpassword.conf After installation, files are located at: cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/lib/config-template

During configuration, the various files from the above directory are moved to the locations specified by the configuration options you choose. The default location is: /etc/cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/config
After installation, the files are located at: cal-svr-base/lib/config-template

During configuration, the various files from the above directory are moved to the locations specified by the configuration options you choose. The default location is: /etc/cal-svr-base/config
Mail formatting (*.fmt) files After installation, the files are located at: cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/lib/config-template

After configuration, the files are located at: /etc/cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/config/language

where language is en, de, es, fr, ja, ko, zh-TW, or zh-CN.
After installation, the files are located at cal-svr-base/lib/config-template

After configuration, the files are located at: /etc/cal-svr-base/config/language

where language is en, de, es, fr, ja, ko, zh-TW, or zh-CN.
Library (.so) files

SSL utilities: certutil and modutil
/var/cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/lib/ cal-svr-base/lib
Session database /var/cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/data/http /var/cal-svr-base/data/http
Counter statistics files: counter and counter.dbstat cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/lib/counter cal-svr-base/lib/counter
timezones.ics file /etc/cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/config /etc/cal-svr-base/config

Tuning Directory Server Performance for Calendar Server

To improve the performance of your LDAP directory server, especially if you are using calendar searches of the LDAP directory consider the following items:

Indexing the LDAP Directory Server Attributes

To improve performance when Calendar Server accesses the LDAP directory server, add indexes to the LDAP configuration file for various attributes.

The configuration program, comm_dssetup.pl, will optionally do the indexing for you.

Tip

To see the performance difference indexing can give you, perform the following test:

  1. Before indexing, time how long it takes to run the following LDAP command:
    ldapsearch -b "base" "(&(icscalendarowned=*
    user*)(objectclass=icsCalendarUser))"


    Where base is the LDAP base DN of the directory server where the user and resource data for Calendar Server is located, and user is the value that an end user can enter in the Calendar Search dialog.

  2. Run indexing for icsCalendarOwned.
  3. Again run the following LDAP command, and time it:
    ldapsearch -b "base"
    "(&(icscalendarowned=*user*)(objectclass=icsCalendarUser))"


    Where base is the LDAP base DN of the directory server where the user and resource data for Calendar Server is located, and user is the value that an end user can enter in the Calendar Search dialog.

  4. Compare the times. There should be a measurable time difference.

Checking and Setting the Size Limit and the Look Through Limit Parameters

To determine if the Look Through Limit (nsslapd-lookthroughlimit) and Size Limit (nsslapd-sizelimit) parameters are set to appropriate values, try the following command:

ldapsearch -b "base" "(&(icscalendarowned=*
user ID*)
(objectclass=icsCalendarUser))"

where base is the LDAP base DN of the directory server where the user and resource data for Calendar Server is located, and user ID is the value that an end user can enter in a calendar search dialog in Communications Express.

If the LDAP server returns an error, the nsslapd-sizelimit or the nsslapd-lookthroughlimit parameter might not be large enough. Follow these guidelines to set these parameters:

  • Ensure that the value for the nsslapd-sizelimit parameter in the slapd.conf or equivalent file is large enough to return all the desired results; otherwise, truncation can occur, and no results will be displayed.
  • Ensure that the value for the nsslapd-lookthroughlimit parameter in the slapd.ldbm.conf or equivalent file is large enough to complete a search of all the users and resources in the LDAP directory. If possible set nsslapd-lookthroughlimit to -1, which causes no limit to be used.

Using Schema 1 with Calendar Server and Communications Express

There are two issues with Schema 1 in Communications Express:

  • If you are running Communications Express with Sun LDAP Schema 1, before running the Communications Express configuration program, you must add the DC root node to your LDAP using ldapmodify. The entry should look like this:
dn: o=internet
objectClass: organization
o: internet
description: Root level node in the Domain Component (DC) tree
  • The Calendar Server utility used to provision users in Schema 1, csuser, was designed for Calendar Express and does not enable a user for Address Book service as is needed for Communications Express.

Calendar Server Provisioning Tools

There are two tools for provisioning users, groups and domains for Calendar Server: The Delegated Administrator and Calendar Server utilities. Delegated Administrator has two user interfaces: the Console, a graphical user interface, and the Utility, a command-line interface. For information on Delegated Administrator, see the Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 Administration Guide. Instructions on use of the Console can be found in the Delegated Administrator Console online help.

For information on the Calendar Server utilities, see the Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide.

Caution

Do not attempt to provision users through the Access Manager Console. Though it is possible to create users and assign them a calendar service, do not use this method as results will be unpredictable and will negatively impact your deployment.

Calendar Server Documentation Updates

csversion command

The csversion command was introduced in Calendar Server 6.3 in Communications Suite 5 and replaces the cscal version command that was present in earlier releases. It outputs the version information of Calendar Server. There are no additional arguments required.

Example:

# ./csversion
Sun Java(tm) System Calendar Server 6.3-12.01 (built Jan 12 2009)
SunOS siroe 5.10 Generic_118833-36 sun4u sparc SUNW,A70
#
6544548

The Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup software (formerly Solstice Backup) and Legato Networker (legbackup.sh and legrestore.sh) are no longer distributed with Calendar Server 6.3. The Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide still documents these utilities in section "17.3 Using Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup or Legato Networker," in "Chapter 17: Backing Up and Restoring Calendar Server Data." Ignore this information, as it is out of date.

Calendar Server Compatibility Issues

The following table lists the known incompatibilities between Calendar Server 6.3 and earlier versions.

Table 3-5 Calendar Server Incompatibilities

Incompatibility Impact Comments
Access Manager now has two install types: Legacy and Realm. At installation, you must choose Legacy as the install type on the following panel:

Access Manager: Administration (1 of 6)
If the wrong Access Manager is installed, you will not be able to run Delegated Administrator.
The Directory Preparation Tool (comm_dssetup.pl) under /opt/SUNWics5 doesn't work. comm_dssetup.pl is now in its own package installed in /opt/SUNcomds for Solaris, and /opt/sun/comms/dssetup for Linux

Existing scripts that specify the old path need to be updated.
To install the package, be sure the Directory Preparation Tool is selected in the appropriate installer panel.
The configuration program for the Delegated Administrator has changed. Install Delegated Administrator and run the configuration program. The current program is located at: for Solaris, /opt/SUNWcomm/sbin/config-commda

for Linux /opt/sun/comms/config-commda
Upgrade to the new Delegated Administrator when installing this version of Calendar Server.
This release of Communications Express is incompatible with the previous version of Calendar Server. If you upgrade Communications Express, you must also upgrade Calendar Server. This also applies to Messaging Server.
Due to a change in the way packaging is done, Calendar Express must do string substitution at runtime. Significant Performance Degradation Call technical support to receive a script you can run before starting Calendar Server operations. The script performs all the required string substitutions.

Calendar Express is deprecated and will not be included in a future release of Calendar Server. This problem will not be fixed.
Due to a program code change in SSL processing, the following parameter no longer works:

service.http.ssl.certdb.path
Scripts and configuration files still using the old parameter to point to the SSL directory will not work. SSL is not enabled. A new parameter was added to the ics.conf file:\\


local.ssldbpath = "/etc/opt/SUNWics5/config"

Password to certificate database is no longer held in ics.conf parameter:

service.http.ssl. certdb.password
SSL password can't be found. Error message:

General Error: http_ssl_init(): SSL initialization failed.
Password to certificate database is now found in the following file located in the config directory:

sslpassword.conf

Format of password is:

Internal (Software) Token:password
Non-domain environments no longer allowed. Scripts that modify LDAP entries must now include a default domain. When Calendar Server is installed and configured, it runs a silent conversion program on all LDAP entries to add the default domain you specified.

Requests that come in (WCAP commands) without the domain will be automatically assumed to be for the default domain.

But any scripts you run that directly modify LDAP entries must include the new default domain.
The service.admin.calmaster.userid and service.admin.calmaster.cred parameters in the ics.conf file are not used anymore. You cannot set the Calendar user preferences and credentials using these old parameters. The service.admin.calmaster.userid parameter is changed to service.siteadmin.userid and service.admin.calmaster.cred parameter is changed to service.siteadmin.cred. In case of an upgrade these parameters are migrated by the patch scripts.
Windows and HP-UX versions of Calendar Server are no longer available. The only operating system platforms supported by server-side Calendar Server software are Solaris and Linux. This does not effect client-side software, such as the Connector for Microsoft Outlook. See the individual client component Release Notes for a list of supported operating systems.

Problems Fixed in This Release of Calendar Server

The list that follows are problems reported fixed for this patch of Calendar Server 6.3:

6697835

A "freebusy" failure should not cause http error to be returned for XML/JSON output
Calendar Server returns http error 404 when doing a "freebusy" lookup on a non-existing calendar.

6683707

get_freebusy.wcap crashes cshttpd

6681812

csdb rebuild should not change the modified timestamp

6680028

cshttpd crashes when a "freebusy" lookup is done on ldapgroup

6677838

Unauthorized WCAP request should return response with http code 401-Unauthorized for JSON payload

6676306

Time zone names are wrong for daylight times in Australia

6674186

Implement handling of SMS reminders

6673980

Calendar Server fails to stay running in Sun Cluster HA when configured in read-only mode

6662778

Event Accepted Notification emails are not sent if multiple calendar ID's are invited

6662417

Integration of localization files into core patch for Communications Suite 5 and 6

6659624

JSON syntax error returned when "freebusylist" is empty in getfreebusy.wcap

6657860

JSON format error returned in get_freebusy.wcap

6657246

There is a memory leak for every login if the authentication filter is configured

6657242

There is a memory leak when fetching a multivalued attribute from ldap

6656154

Calendar Server needs to implement the Communications Suite Installer upgrade interfaces

6651348

SMF needs to have unique names for Messaging Server and Calendar Server watcher services

6650915

Can't start Calendar Server using SMF

6650391

SMF: watcher fails to start (path to binaries is incorrect in calexe)

6650270

SMF : watcher.xml references Messaging Server

6649304

Passwords are put back (twice in the ics.conf with empty value after using removing the latest cs631 patch

6649300

patchadd produces error "cannot access /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/com.sun.cmm.cs.xml.new

6649297

Linux only: Old password related fields left in ics.conf

6646891

Calendar Express cannot modify time format if service.http.numprocesses is greater than 1

6642958

Bad data representation with patch 121658-19 for the x86 version of Calendar Server 6.3

6642312

The csversion utility is missing on Linux

6642081

Anonymous login to calendar is not working

6641750

fetchattachment.wcap returns incorrect mime output

6640527

csadmind crashes when accessing an attachment with an encoded file size that is an exact multiple of the page size

6640009

There is no SMF support in the Calendar Server build

6635743

Configuring CS fails with a java exception error

6629318

cspassword reveals passwords to all

6626685

There is a memory leak every time an attachment is fetched

6626674

There is a cshttpd memory leak under stress

6626006

csdb rebuild and csrestore from backup fails due to sbin directory ownership issue

6625765

Calendar Server import process causes attachments to be truncated

6624889

Calendar Server encoding session id makes Outlook Connector unstable*

6624747

cshttp thread lock issue in ASock_Recv

6623038

Build failure with Sun Studio 12

6622866

PROPFIND causes a denial of service of the Calendar Server

6622081

csexport should have the ability to export events including the attachment data

6622015

get_calprops.wcap not sending the correct response if calid parameter is of a calendar group

6621290

JSON syntax error: storeevents.wcap} with {{alarmpop

6621234

JSON syntax error: list_subscribed.wcap

6621213

JSON syntax error: list.wcap

6621128

JSON syntax error: get_freebusy.wcap

6620937

Calendar Server is returning incorrect ICAL output when an event contains an attachment

6620263 *

cscomponent command is missing for the Communications Suite 5 Linux installation

6620139

JSON syntax error: set_userprefs.wcap

6620122

JSON syntax error: get_userprefs.wcap

6620046

JSON syntax error: search_calprops.wcap

6619357

{{cshttpd{{ crashes with memory corruption

6618932

patchadd error message

6618247

patchrm error message

6618196

JSON syntax error: storeevents.wcap with timezone ID

6617799

JSON syntax error: get_all_timezones.wcap

6617787

JSON syntax error: deletecomponents_by_range.wcap

6617784

JSON syntax error: deletetodos_by_range.wcap

6617782

JSON: deletetodos_by_id.wcap syntax error

6616433

config-servicetags exits abnormally on Linux

6615480

JSON output has syntax errors

6615475

Calendar Server needs to locate correct product path when the Communications installer is used with altroot

6615440

Calendar Server needs to create /var/opt/sun/install on Linux

6612742

There is a cshttpd crash in print_event_detail

6612651

nswcalCALID should be removed from Calendar Server 6.3 LDAP update code

6611728

While creating an event if you invite a resource, it shows the RSVP status as "Accepted" if autoaccept is enabled

6609386

config-mfwk and config-servicetag scripts are needed for Uniformity in Documentation for Calendar Server and Messaging Server*

6607940

New calendar creation mail feature causes functional test failures

6607478

com.sun.cmm.cs.xml has hard-coded values

6605715

Update timezones.ics file with the Venezuela time zone change

6604662

You cannot add more invitees to an event when another existing user is removed from LDAP

6603427

Calendar Server emits malformed XML if an event contains an attachment*

6602903

csrename causes a core dump while renaming the calendars

6597809

Double-booking restrictions are ignored when importing an event

6596706

The cshttpd process is crashes when you try to update the attachment information for a recurring series

6596628

Implement getVersion for Calendar Server

6592804

The cshttpd process crashes in the DWP setup due to memory corruption when fetching the attachment*

6592448

A cshttpd crash occured in loginincorrect_negative

6591407

The cshttpd process crashes if the master copy of the recurring event is missing*

6590680

cshttpd may crash in attachment-related functions for the events created with patch-17 in DWP setup*

6589856

cshttpd is crashing in shtml_command when browser.cache.enabled is set to "yes"

6588744

Inviting resources to an event shows wrong RSVP status if autoaccept is enabled

6588737

Calendar Server emits broken XML if the email field contains quotes

6588557

Error 81 is returned when an attendee is removed from a single instance of a recurring event

6585886

Recurring events are not shown in Outlook Connector after running csrename

6583657

Change output from "error" to "debug" for caldb_pvt_ScanDeleteLog: Resurrected entry

6580129

fetchcomponents_by_id.wcap could cause cshttpd to crash when it returns error 81

6578849

Emit calendar data in JSON format

6577773

Sun Java Enterprise System Monitoring Framework product identifying tag needs to be fixed

6572538

There is no jmqclient bundled in Calendar Server 6.3.1 on Linux

6571479

admind.log shows confusing log message for jmqInit

6569278

Creating an event by inviting a resource calendar fails with "Unknown Error 80"

6568622

httpd does not start with Message Queue 3.7 on Linux

6567265

Make number of Berkeley database locks configurable

6565532

csdwpd crashes if there are any errors while reading the calendar properties

6564744

cshttpd crashes with fetchcomponents.wcap when run under libumem

6563558

The cshttpd process memory grows very quickly if many events or to do's are fetched in a single request

6563284

dbstore_is_archivebackup_enabled contains an incorrect return value

6561930

Update timezones.ics file with the new DST changes in New Zealand

6559166

hotbackup and archive should copy all .db files*

6558709

*The front-end system receives a "backup failed" error email even when archive and hotbackup are disabled.

6555671

The copyright for Calendar Express is still 2006

6554012

httpd crash on freebusy query uses mail if redirect is on

6548178

Alarm retry feature may result in thousands of event reminders

6546804

The icsSubscribed attribute is not removed from LDAP by cscal when deleting a calendar created by Communications Express

6546620

fetchattachment.wcap over DWP may return a corrupted file

6546549

A memory leak occurs when an event with attachment is saved

6546541

Uploaded files are not getting deleted after the attachment is saved

6546535
The cshttpd process crashes in ac_fetchattachment() if the event in the database does not have an attachid

6546532

csimport crashes when you try to import an event with an attachment

6545488

There is a crash in wcap_login on Linux

6545035

attachid is missing in fetchcomponents_by_.wcap in DWP setup*

6542989

csconfigurator.sh creates an invalid DWP configuration

6541912

fetchcomponents returns a malformed WCAP response for calendar events having an LDAP group as an attendee

6541320

The Calendar Express window title shows incorrect version 6 5

6540503

Attachment store needs to open with a hash flag to maintain only a single copy for each back end

6538972

  • Notification and reminder timings are off by an hour with the new DST dates*

6537923 \

The copy file utility function fails silently with large files

6537359

In Calendar Server 2005Q4, the timezones.ics file does not account for 2007 DST differences in Mexico

6531658

csrename returns a segmentation fault and crashes in csadm_rename_in_ldap()

6530207

csrestore is unable to restore a calendar from the backup database. It cannot connect to the watcher process.

6525791

csrename stops abruptly without renaming the LDAP database

6524804

Calendar creation begins to degrade as the number of calendars increases for a single user when using bulk load

6522147

Users can log in with icsstatus=inactive

6520001

Hide passwords

6516438

You cannot login to Calendar Server after an upgrade. You will see "Backend Host Unresolvable" on the login page

6509780

Follow new versioning policy

6505280

Introduce daylight savings for Western Australia

6500444

*There is an HTTP Request Smuggling security issue in cshttpd

6498903 There is a cshttpd crash in caldb_pvt_ReadLinkedComponent()*

6498212

The configurator throws a java exception when you choose which server to use as a back end in DWP setup

6497774

csmigrate should create the target directory with the owner icsuser:icsgroup if it is run by root

6497116

The configurator window's title shows Sun Java System Calendar Server Version 6 5

6496627

Changing the calendar event case in Calendar Express with no spaces added or removed fails the first time

6496601

Deleting the secondary calendar does not remove it from the database

6496586

When switching from December to January using the monthly view, Calendar Express displays January of current year

6496353

There are memory leaks in cshttpd

6494811

admind dumps core when JMQ is enabled

6494557

There is a WCAP problem replacing X-properties on recurring components

6494514

All-day events are shifted by one day after importing a .ics file*

6489729

Calendar Server's HTTP server crashes while accepting invitations

6486422

Calendar Express does not display all-day events in some views (Day/Overview)

6480935

Recovery function for databases failed

6479810

There are session database issues

6475187

WCAP deleteevents_by_id returns non-published iErr -5010

6475106

cshttpd uses too much memory

6474557

Database handles remain open during environment close

6472348

The csadmind process is spinning and using 100% CPU

6461762

Change the absolute path to relative path in the post install script

6456901

watcher.log date/time stamp diverge from the standard used in other log files

6442769

Calendar Server should add the X-Sun-calendar-msg: ITIP Method in calendar notifications

6442476

User calendars automatically created at login have auto-provisioning turned off resulting in calendars not being created on the server

6422917

Notification of an event contains garbled multi-byte characters

6407790

Use the output "This command is not valid for schema 2" message for csattribute, csuser, and csdomain with any option

6406628

JMQ notifications are not triggered for advanced options

6391858

csstats is no longer reporting authentication, alarm, disk, or response statistics*

6378975

Online Help is not available for new panels in the Calendar Server configurator

6331404

Exception invitations do not show up in Outlook using the connector

6289810

By default, invitations should be "Accepted" for resource calendars

6282134

Some strings need to be translated in event notifications in zh-CN and zh-TW versions of Communications Express

6280808

*The title of the tasks List in the Spanish version is corrupted.

6280710

Month names should begin with lower case letters in the Spanish version

6279597

The text for introducing the time in the new-task dialog in the Spanish version is incorrect

6279591

The initials for the days in the Calendar Server web client are incorrect in the German, Spanish, and possibly the French versions*

6278714

There is an unnecessary tilde in the message warning about deletion of repeating tasks

6278698

The copyright year 2003 on the Calendar Express login page is incorrect

6275914

The Calendar Server configurator online help is out of sync with the Spanish GUI

6236637

The version of the administration tools displays the wrong build date

6214765

The string in the Spanish versio of the "Create Group" window is corrupted

5109953

The createcalendar.wcap command writes errors to the directory server logs

5069988

cscomponents -e date removes all tasks after the end date

4924536

HTML is not rendered under the "Preview" tab of "Edit Event" dialog

Known Issues and Limitations in Calendar Server

This section contains known issues at the time of this Calendar Server 6.3 release:

Calendar Server Issues

Calendar Server Upgrade on x86 Platforms Using the Installer is Not Supported

Upgrading Calendar Server using Communications Suite 6 installer (specifically commpkg upgrade) is not supported on x86 platforms. Instead follow the manual steps to upgrade Calendar Server on x86 platforms.

6688858

*There are some issues when upgrading Calendar Server HA and SC_SCHA via the Communications Installer."
Workaround: After the upgrade, mount the config directory and run csconfigurator.sh -nodisplay -noconsole -novalidate.

6695856

./csconfigurator fails to create the values from ics.conf to the cspassword file during upgrade from Calendar Server 6.2 to 6.3

6568622

httpd does not start when running Message Queue 3.7 on Linux

Calendar Server Doesn't Start After Patchadd Because New Parameters Are Added to ics.conf With value UNKNOWN (CR 6722736)

At some sites, the calendar server might not start during a patch process. If this problem occurs, use the following procedure. This procedure needs to be performed only once.

1. Set the configutil parameters below to valid values in ics.conf. For example:

caldb.berkeleydb.archive.maxdays="6"
caldb.berkeleydb.archive.mindays="3"
caldb.berkeleydb.hotbackup.maxdays="6"
caldb.berkeleydb.hotbackup.mindays="3"

2. Run the following:

./csconfigurator.sh -noconsole -nodisplay -novalidate

Contact regular support channels if this procedure does not solve the problem.

Documentation Issues in Calendar Server

Incorrect Description of icsAllowedRights Values

This issue occurs in the Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide, in the following section: D.9.3.1 icsAllowRights Attribute: csdomain Utility.

This section describes the icsAllowRights attribute and properties that you can set with the csdomain utility. The following statement is incorrect:

"If a bit corresponding to a specific right is set (value=1), the right is not allowed. If the bit is not set (value=0), the right is allowed."

The correct statement is as follows:

"If a bit corresponding to a specific right is set (value=1), the right is explicitly allowed. If the bit is not set (value=0), the right is determined by the corresponding ics.conf parameter value."

In addition, in Table D-15, icsAllowRights LDAP Directory Attribute and Properties, the values documented for the individual attribute bits are incorrect.

For example, this statement is incorrect: "allowCalendarCreation: If set (bit 0=1), do not allow calendars to be created."

This statement should read as follows: "allowCalendarCreation: If set (bit 0=1), allow calendars to be created."

Redistributable Files for Calendar Server

Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 contains the following set of files for which Sun Microsystems, Inc. grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to reproduce and distribute in binary form.

In addition, you may copy and use but not modify the listed header files and class libraries solely to cause your resulting binaries to be able to interface with Sun’s software APIs.

Sample code is provided solely for reference purposes pursuant to creating the above mentioned binaries.

All the redistributable files for Calendar Server are for the plug-in API, known as CSAPI. The API is described in the Sun Java System Calendar Server 6 2005Q4 Developer's Guide.

In the following files, cal-svr-base is the directory into which Calendar Server was installed. The default for Solaris is /opt/SUNWics5/cal, for Linux it is /opt/sun/calendar

Redistributable files are found in various subdirectories of cal-svr-base/csapi :

authsdk Redistributable Files

The following are the redistributable files in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/authsdk/):
cgiauth.c
expapi.h
login.html
nsapiauth.c

bin Redistributable Files

The following are the redistributable files in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/bin/):
libcsapi_xpcom10.so
libicsexp10.so

classes Redistributable Files

The following are the redistributable files in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/classes/):
ens.jar
jms.jar

include Redistributable Files

The following are the redistributable files in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/include/):
IIDS.h
csIAccessControl.h
csIAuthentication.h

csICalendarDatabase.h
csICalendarLookup.h
csICalendarServer.h
csIDBTranslator.h
csIDataTranslator.h
csIMalloc.hplugins
csIPlugin.h
csIQualifiedCalidLookup.h
csIUserAttributes.h
mozIClassRegistry.h
mozIRegistry.h
nsAgg.h
nsCOMPtr.h
nsCRT.h
nsCom.h
nsDebug.h
nsError.h
nsHashtable.h
nsIAtom.h
nsICaseConversion.h
nsICollection.h
nsID.h
nsIEnumerator.h
nsIEventQueueService.h
nsIFactory.h
nsIPtr.h
nsIServiceManager.h
nsIServiceProvider.h
nsISizeOfHandler.h
nsISupports.h
nsISupportsArray.h
nsMacRepository.h
nsProxyEvent.h
nsRepository.h
nsString.h
nsTraceRefcnt.h
nsVector.h
nsUnicharUtilCIID.h
nsXPComCIID.h
nsXPComFactory.h
nscore.h
pasdisp.h
publisher.h
subscriber.h
xcDll.h
xcDllStore.h

plugins Redistributable Files

This directory (cal-svr-base/csapi/plugins/) has redistributable files in the following subdirectories:

accesscontrol Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/plugins/accesscontrol/ ):
csAccessControl.cpp
csAccessControl.h
csAccessControlFactory.cpp

authentication Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/plugins/authentication/ ):
csAuthentication.cpp
csAuthentication.h
csAuthenticationFactory.cpp

datatranslator Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/plugins/datatranslator/ ):
csDataTranslator.cpp
csDataTranslator.h
csDataTranslatorFactory.cpp

userattributes Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/plugins/userattributes/ ):
csUserAttributes.cpp
csUserAttributes.h
csUserAttributesFactory.cpp

samples Redistributable Files

This directory (cal-svr-base/csapi/samples/) has redistributable files in the following subdirectories:

samples/authentication Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/samples/authentication/ ):
authlogon.c
authlogon.h
authtest.c
csAuthenticationLocal.cpp
csAuthenticationLocal.h
csAuthenticationLocalFactory.cpp

samples/datatranslator Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/samples/datatranslator/ ):
csDataTranslatorCSV.cpp
csDataTranslatorCSV.h
csDataTranslatorCSVFactory.cpp

samples/ens Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/samples/ens/):
apub.c
asub.c
rpub.c
rsub.c

samples/userattributes Redistributable Files

The following redistributable files are found in this subdirectory ( cal-svr-base/csapi/samples/userattributes/ ):
csUserAttributesDB.cpp
csUserAttributesDB.h
csUserAttributesDBFactory.cpp

Chapter 4 Sun Java System Messaging Server 7.0 Release Notes

These Release Notes contain important information available at the time of the general release of Sun Java System Messaging Server 7.0 including:

About Messaging Server 7.0

Messaging Server is a high-performance, highly secure messaging platform that can scale from thousands to millions of users. It provides extensive security features that help ensure the integrity of communications through user authentication, session encryption, and the appropriate content filtering to reduce spam and viruses. With Messaging Server, enterprises and service providers can provide secure, reliable messaging services for entire communities of employees, partners, and customers.

Messaging Server provides a powerful and flexible solution to the email needs of enterprises and messaging hosts of all sizes by using open Internet standards.

What's New in This Release of Messaging Server

See the Communications Suite 6 What's New document.

Deprecated and Removed Features for Messaging Server

Support for the following features may be eliminated in a future release, have already been removed in this release, or were removed in a previous release:

Messenger Express

The Messenger Express webmail interface has been removed from this release. During upgrade or migration, any existing Messenger Express files will be saved off in a backup directory and must be manually restored after downgrade. The default port for mshttpd has been changed from 80 to port 8990 to signify the removal of web page serving function of mshttpd. For an upgrade or migration, the mshttpd port will be set to the existing value.

Note

This removal also includes the removal of the Messenger Express Mail Filter User Interface (msg-svr-base /SUNWmsgmf/MailFilter.war ).

NSS Security Tools

The NSS security tools (certutil, modutil, pk12util, and ssltap are no longer distributed with Messaging Server. Instead, these tools are bundled with the new Communications Installer.

Administration Console

The Sun Java System Administration Console has been removed from the Messaging Server product.

Administration functions should be performed through the Messaging Server command-line interfaces or configuration files. References in the documentation to using the console haven't yet been corrected.

DIGEST-MD5

When clients connect via IMAP, POP or SMTP to the Messaging Server, they must use a SASL (RFC 2222) authentication mechanism or a simple password to prove their identity to the server. When the LDAP directory is configured to store user passwords in the clear, all user passwords are migrated to this format and the sasl.default.ldap.has_ plain_passwords option is set on the Messaging Server, then three additional authentication mechanisms are enabled: APOP, CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5. All three of these mechanisms transmit a one-way encoding of the password over the wire rather than the password itself. Due to its limited deployment and complexity, the DIGEST-MD5 mechanism is deprecated leaving only the APOP and CRAM-MD5 mechanisms.

LMTP Native Channel

The LMTP native channel for delivery to /var/mail (tcp_lmtpn_server) has been removed in this release. LMTP is now only supported for delivery to the message store.

Messenger Express Multiplexor

The Messenger Express Multiplexor has been removed in favor of the Webmail Server. See: Webmail Server Supports IMAP.

imsimta refresh

This command has been deprecated. Use imsimta cnbuild in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Reference and imsimta restart in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Reference instead, as appropriate.

imsimta stop and imsimta start

New start-msg and stop-msg commands have replaced imsimta start and imsimta stop, which are deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

See start-msg in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Reference and stop-msg in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Reference for more information.

MMP Section and Instance features

The optional SECTION and INSTANCENAME features of the ServiceList MMP configuration parameter are deprecated and will be removed in a future release. These features make the MMP configuration more complex than necessary and it is believed the more commonly used virtual domain feature of the MMP provides sufficient configuration flexibility.

Direct Editing of MTA Databases

MTA access to database files and the imsimta tools to manipulate MTA database files are deprecated.

Netscape Browser Support

Netscape browser support will be removed at a future date.

Red Hat Linux 3 Support

Red Hat Linux 3 platform support has been deprecated in this release and will be removed in a future release. Communications Suite 6 continues to be supported on Red Hat Linux 4.

Event Notification Service (ENS)

In this release, there are two notification services for event notifications and alarms: Sun Java System Message Queue (JMQ) and Event Notification Service (ENS). For this release, Messaging Server, Calendar Server, and Instant Messaging still have internal dependencies to ENS. By default, ENS is not enabled in this release. To enable ENS, set local.ens.enable to 1.

Prior to Messaging Server 7, if you wanted to use IMAP IDLE, you had to configure an ENS notification plug-in. In this release you can use JMQ to provide IMAP IDLE notifications.

You can use JMQ for message notifications by configuring a JMQ notification plug-in. (Messaging Server allows you to configure multiple notification plug-ins.) To enable JMQ notifications, see "How do I enable JMQ event notifications?" on MsgServerDocWiki.

Ignored imta_tailor settings

As part of a future project to support an XML configuration, the MTA's tailor file is in the process of being deprecated. As previously documented, some options in that file should not have been edited or otherwise changed. With this release of Messaging Server, only eight options in that file are honored. All other options specified in the tailor file are ignored, even if they were set to non-default values. The eight options which are still honored are IMTA_LANG, IMTA_RETURN_PERIOD, IMTA_RETURN_CLEANUP_PERIOD, IMTA_RETURN_SPLIT_PERIOD, IMTA_TMP, IMTA_USER, IMTA_USER_USERNAME, and IMTA_WORLD_GROUP.

Obsolete configutil Parameters

The configutil parameters listed in the following table are obsolete and have been removed from the Messaging Server product.

Note

If Messaging Server is upgraded from an earlier release to Messaging Server 7.0, the parameters listed in the following table are deleted from the configuration after upgrade. Before upgrading, Sun recommends that you save the configutil output to a file.

Certain options have been removed from the configuration, specifically local.serverroot and local.installeddir.

Because you may have used these options to detect the location of the installed server, configutil has been modified always to return the current server installation directory for these options when queried. You can now only use configutil to query these options. The configutil command still permits you to set values for these names (as it allows any unrecognized option name while generating a warning), but such a value is ignored. The configutil command always returns the correct install directory when your request the value of one of these options.

Deleted configutil Parameters
Parameter Comment
alarm.msgalarmnoticetemplate Too prone to format errors, support dropped in 6.3 release.
encryption.fortezza.nssslactivation Removed in Messaging Server 6.0. No replacement.
encryption.nscertfile Use local.ssldbpath and local.ssldbprefix instead.
encryption.nskeyfile Use local.ssldbpath and local.ssldbprefix instead.
encryption.nsssl2 No longer relevant with SSL v2 support obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
encryption.nsssl2ciphers No longer relevant with SSL v2 support obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
encryption.nsssl3 No longer relevant with SSL v2 support obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0). SSL v3 is now always enabled.
encryption.nsssl3ciphers Removed in Messaging Server 6.0. Replaced by local.ssladjustciphersuites.
encryption.nsssl3sessiontimeout Removed in Messaging Server 6.0. Use service.*.sessiontimeout instead.
encryption.nssslclientauth Removed in Messaging Server 6.0. SSL now always asks for client cert if there is a valid certmap.conf and a valid CA for client certs in the cert database.
encryption.nssslsessiontimeout Removed in Messaging Server 6.0. Use service.*.sessiontimeout instead.
encryption.rsa.nssslactivation Removed in Messaging Server 6.0. Replaced by local.ssladjustciphersuites.
encryption.rsa.nsssltoken Removed in Messaging Server 6.0. Use encryption.rsa.nssslpersonalityssl and local.*.sslnicknames instead. The token name can be provided as a prefix to the SSL nickname: e.g., token-name:nick-name.
gen.configversion Never used.
local.cgiexeclist No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.dbstat.captureinterval Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. Use alarm.serverresponse.msgalarmstatinterval instead.
local.defdomain Use service.defaultdomain instead.
local.dsame.auth.enable Never used. AM SSO will be enabled so long as local.webmail.sso.amnamingurl and related parameters are defined.
local.enduseradmincred Use local.ugldapbindcred instead.
local.enduseradmindn Use local.ugldapbinddn instead.
local.enduseradminpwd Use local.ugldapbindcred instead.
local.enduseradminuid Use local.ugldapbinddn instead.
local.imta.catchallenabled No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.ldsearchtimeout Use the LDAP_TIMEOUT MTA option instead.
local.imta.lookupandsync No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.lookupfallbackaddress No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.lookupmaxnbfailed No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.lookupreturnwhenfound No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.nsmsglog.enable Use the LOG_MESSAGES_SYSLOG MTA option instead.
local.imta.reverseenabled No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.scope No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.sims_migrate No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.ssrenabled No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.statssamplesize No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.ugfilter No longer relevant with dirsync obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.0).
local.imta.vanityenabled Use the DOMAIN_MATCH_URL MTA option instead.
local.installeddir No longer used as of Messaging Server 7.0.
local.instancedir No longer used as of Messaging Server 7.0.
local.lastconfigfetch No longer used as of Messaging Server 7.0.
local.ldapbasedn No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapcachefile No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapconfigdn No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldaphost No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapisiedn No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapport No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapsiecred No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapsiedn No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapuselocal No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.ldapusessl No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.report.counterlogfile.expirytime Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.interval Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.level Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.logdir Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.loglevel Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.maxlogfiles Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.maxlogfilesize Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.maxlogsize Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.minfreediskspace Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.rollovertime Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.counterlogfile.separator Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.job.desc.sample Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.job.range.sample Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.job.schedule.sample Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.job.target.sample Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.job.type.sample Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.reportercmd Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.runinterval Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.type.cmd.listmbox Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.report.type.desc.listmbox Removed in Messaging Server 6.2. No replacement.
local.rfc822header.fixcharset No longer relevant in Messaging Server 6.x and later versions.
local.rfc822header.fixlang No longer relevant in Messaging Server 6.x and later versions.
local.servername Use local.hostname instead (as of Messaging Server 7.0).
local.serverroot No longer used (as of Messaging Server 7.0).
local.servertype Never used (removed as of Messaging Server 7.0).
local.service.http.forceasciifrom No longer necessary.
local.service.http.proxy MEM is obsoleted now that webmail communicates with the store via IMAP (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.sharedfoldersforcedsubscription No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.store.expire.workday Use local.schedule.expire instead.
local.store.maxlogs Use local.store.maxlog instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.deletemsg.jenable Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.deletemsg.enable instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jdebuglevel Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.debuglevel instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jmaxbodysize Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.maxbodysize instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jmaxheadersize Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.maxheadersize instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jmqhost Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.jmqhost instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jmqport Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.jmqport instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jmqpwd Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.jmqpwd instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jmqtopic Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.jmqtopic instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.jmquser Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.jmquser instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.loguser.jenable Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.loguser.enable instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.newmsg.jenable Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.newmsg.enable instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.noneinbox.jenable Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.noneinbox.enable instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.purgemsg.jenable Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.purgemsg.enable instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.readmsg.jenable Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.readmsg.enable instead.
local.store.notifyplugin.updatemsg.jenable Use local.store.notifyplugin.*.updatemsg.enable instead.
local.store.serversidewastebasket Never used.
local.ugldapdeforgdn Never used.
local.ugldaphasplainpasswords Use sasl.default.ldap.has_plain_passwords instead.
local.ugldapuselocal No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
local.webmail.sieve.host Unused. Web browser security requires that the sieve reside on the same host as the web page server.
local.webmail.smime.cert.enable Use local.webmail.cert.enable instead.
local.webmail.smime.cert.port Use local.webmail.cert.port instead.
local.webmail.uwcrppsupport Use local.service.http.ims5compat if necessary.
logfile.http.logname Calendar Server parameter. Not used in Messaging Server.
logfiles.admin.alias No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
logfiles.default.alias No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
logfiles.http.alias No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
logfiles.imap.alias No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
logfiles.imta.alias No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
logfiles.pop.alias No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
logfiles.snmp.alias No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
nsclassname No longer relevant with Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3).
sasl.default.transition_criteria Use sasl.default.auto_transition instead.
service.http.allowadminproxy Use the LDAP attribute mailAllowedServiceAccess instead.
service.http.proxydomainallowed Use the LDAP attribute mailAllowedServiceAccess instead.
service.ldapmemcache Removed in Messaging Server 5.2p2. Use service.experimentalldapmemcache instead.
service.plaintextloginpause Removed in Messaging Server 5.0. No replacement.
service.pop.popminpoll Removed in SIMS 4.0. No replacement.
service.sslcertbasedn Removed when Administration Server obsoleted (as of Messaging Server 6.3). Use msgcert to manage certificate database instead.
service.sslcertfile Use local.ssldbpath and local.ssldbprefix instead.
service.sslkeyfile Use local.ssldbpath and local.ssldbprefix instead.
service.sslpasswdfile Use local.ssldbpath and local.ssldbprefix instead.
service.sslrequestcert Use msgcert request-cert instead.
store.defaultacl Removed in Messaging Server 6.3.
store.diskflushinterval Use local.store.*synclevel instead.
store.expirestart Use local.schedule.expire instead.

Requirements for Messaging Server 7.0

See Requirements for Communications Suite 6.

Note

For information about upgrading to Messaging Server 7.0 from a previous version of Messaging Server, see Messaging Server Installation Notes.

Messaging Server Installation Notes

These installation notes pertain to the Messaging Server 7.0 release. This section contains the following subsections:

Installation Overview for Messaging Server

Use the Communications Services installer to install Messaging Server.

For installation instructions, see the Communications Suite 6 Installation Guide.

Next, you must configure Messaging Server by:

  • Running the Directory Server Preparation Tool, comm_dssetup.pl .
  • Running the Messaging Server configuration program.

For configuration instructions, see the Communications Suite 6 Initial Configuration information.

comm_dssetup.pl Changes for this Release

The following changes were implemented in the latest version of comm_dssetup.pl, the program that prepares Directory Server for Messaging Server use:

  1. Silent Installation: password change
    -w dirmanager_passwd has been deprecated in favor of -jpasswd_file
  2. See Messaging Server Compatibility Issues for more changes to the comm_dssetup.pl program.

Upgrade Instructions for Messaging Server

If you are upgrading to Messaging Server 7.0 from an earlier release, follow the upgrade instructions in the Communications Suite 6 Upgrade Guide.

Checking the /etc/hosts file entry

If you are installing Messaging Server for the first time or upgrading from an earlier version of Messaging Server, ensure that you have your host's IP address in the /etc/hosts file, for example:

129.158.230.64 budgie.siroe.varrius.com budgie

Note

On Solaris OS 10 U3 and earlier platforms, you not only have to add the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to the /etc/hosts file, but also to the /etc/inet/ipnodes file. Otherwise, you will get an error indicating that your host name is not a Fully Qualified Domain Name. From Solaris OS 10U4 onwards, the contents of the /etc/inet/ipnodes and /etc/hosts files have been merged together into just the /etc/hosts file. Applying kernel patch 120011-14 on any Solaris 10 system will also perform the merge, and subsequent removal of the /etc/inet/ipnodes file.

Increasing ulimit For Files After Upgrade

Due to bug 6767802 (Store daemons fail to start under cluster control due to file descriptor limits enforced by cluster), fixed in Messaging Server 7.0P3, after upgrading to Messaging Server 7.0, you must increase the number of file descriptors by setting the ulimit as follows:

ulimit -n number_of_file_descriptors

For example:

ulimit -n 100000

For more information about the upgrade procedure, see the Communications Suite 6 Upgrade Guide. For more information on Solaris tunable parameters, see Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual.

This is fixed in Messaging Server 7.0P3

Messaging Server Compatibility Issues

To purge users with iPlanet Delegated Administrator when you are running Messaging Server 6.3, see Purging Users with iPlanet Delegated Administrator and Messaging Server 6.3.

The following table describes compatibility issues with Messaging Server:

Incompatibility Workaround Comments
comm_dssetup.pl, the program that prepares the directory server for Messaging Server (Calendar Server and Delegated Administrator) has been modified to work with both Directory Server 6.0 and Directory Server 5.x: Interactive Mode: Server-root and Directory Server Instances Directory Server instance(s) reside in the server-root, or an explicit Directory Server instance directory Previous versions of Directory Server used the notion of a server-root where multiple instances and configuration info would be housed. Directory Server 6 no longer uses a server-root. Instances may be anywhere. In this question, a user needs to: 1) specify the instance directory. Or, if the user is using previous versions of Directory Server, the user can: 2) specify the server-root directory where the instances are housed. You will be prompted with an additional question to pick an instance from the server-root. Or, 3) a user who has used Directory Server 5x and is now using Directory Server 6 might manually put all of her Directory Server instances under a parent directory (what we used to call a server-root).
Note

Server-root terminology has been removed from Directory Server 6.

no additional comments
comm_dssetup.pl, the program that prepares the directory server for Messaging Server (Calendar Server and Delegated Administrator) has been modified to work with both Directory Server 6.0 and Directory Server 5.x: Silent Installation: server-root directory In previous versions of Silent installation, you would specify both a server-root and an instance directory. If you are using Directory Server 5.x, this still holds true. Since there is no server-root directory in Directory Server 6.0, you will need to specify the parent directory of the Directory Server instance. no additional comments
The location of the Directory Preparation Tool (comm_dssetup.pl) has changed. comm_dssetup.pl is now in its own package installed in /opt/SUNcomds for Solaris, and /opt/sun/comms/dssetup for Linux
Existing scripts that specify the old path need to be updated.
To install the package, be sure the Directory Preparation Tool is selected in the appropriate installer panel.
In Messaging Server 5.x, an administrator could use the IMAP listcommand to display all folders in the message store. In a typical message store, this caused the server to display an unusually long list.
In Messaging Server 6.x, when an administrator runs the IMAP list command, it displays only the explicitly shared folders.
To list all folders in the message store, use the mboxutil utility. For more information on the mboxutil utility, see the Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide.
The configuration program for the Delegated Administrator has changed. Install Delegated Administrator and run the configuration program. The current program is located at:
for Solaris, /opt/SUNWcomm/bin/config-commda
for Linux /opt/sun/comms/config-commda
Upgrade to the new Delegated Administrator when installing this version of Messaging Server.
Upgrading Messaging Server with Webmail over IMAP protocol change (6397425, 6397451, 2137362) The back-end server must be upgraded before upgrading the front-end server. Both the Webmail over IMAP protocol as well as the back-end message stores must be the same product version. See the Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Upgrade Guide for details. no additional comments
This release of Communications Express is incompatible with the previous version of Messaging Server. If you upgrade Communications Express, you must also upgrade Messaging Server. This also applies to Calendar Server.
For more information on Communications Express, see Chapter 6, Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 Release Notes.
Clarification is needed on RTF/HTML editing and browser compatibility for Messenger Express and Communications Express.
(6311363)
  • On Messenger Express, you are able to use RTF/HTML editing for Internet Explorer browsers. You are unable to use RTF/HTML editing with Mozilla or Netscape browsers.
  • In the JES 2004Q2 version of Communications Express, you are able to use RTF/HTML editing for Internet Explorer browsers. You are unable to use RTF/HTML editing with Mozilla or Netscape browsers.
  • In the JES 2005Q1 version of Communications Express, you are able to use RTF/HTML editing for Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Mozilla 1.3 or later, or Netscape 7.2 or later.
No additional comments.
"session.timeout Login Again" pop-up error displays when you click Communications Express in Portal Server. (6417988) Ignore the pop-up error, close the window, and continue to use Communications Express. No additional comments.
If you use Messaging Server with Access Manager Single Sign-on, it does not support Java Enterprise System 2004Q2 Access Manager Server. However, Access Manager 6.3 and later is supported. The specific versions of Messaging Server that do not support Java Enterprise System 2004Q2 Access Manager Server are:
  • Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 and later
  • Messaging Server 6.3
Upgrade Access Manager (JES 2004Q2) before upgrading Messaging Server.
Access Manager now has two installation types: Realm (version 7.x style) and Legacy (version 6.x style). If you are installing Access Manager with Messaging Server, Calendar Server, Instant Messaging, Delegated Administrator, or Portal Server, you must select Legacy mode (version 6.x style). See: Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Release Notes If the wrong Access Manager is installed, you will not be able to run Delegated Administrator.

Messaging Server Documentation Updates

Messaging Server Compatibility Issues

Problems Fixed in This Release of Messaging Server

6676443

Messaging Server configure utility reports an installation task failure if SNMP is not installed

4991650

Messaging Server does not support a staged rolling upgrade with minimum downtime in a symmetric HA environment

Known Issues and Limitations in Messaging Server

This section describes known issues in the Messaging Server product.

6686339

When imap.numprocesses is set to 10, IMAP flag updates are not working in an IDLE session
When service.imap.numprocesses is set to 1 (default), FLAG updates in an IDLE session can be seen. But if service.imap.numprocesses is set to 10, then flag updates are not seen.

Workaround: Change the MaxNumProducers setting to -1 when using JMQ with IMAP.

6648157

Messaging Server upgrade from 6.3 to 7.0 has one diff3 error in the imta_tailor.new file.
This problem is present in the beta, but is resolved in the beta refresh. If a pre-existing 6.3 or below installation is upgraded to 7.0, patch-config will report a diff3 error in the imta_tailor.new file. The workaround is to manually merge these changes. Open imta_tailor.new in an editor, delete the line beginning with "<<<<<<<" and every line up to and including "=======" except the "IMTA_WORLD_GROUP" line, then leave in any remaining lines which remain except the "IMTA_WORLD_GROUP" line. Finally, and delete the line starting with ">>>>>>>".

For example, if this is the file you begin with:

! $Revision: 1.33 $
!
IMTA_USER=mailsrv
IMTA_USER_USERNAME=nobody
<<<<<<< /opt/sun/comms/messaging/install/migrate/from-6.3-0.15/save/config/imta_tailor.new
IMTA_WORLD_GROUP=mail
IMTA_ROOT=/opt/sun/comms/messaging
[...]
IMTA_HOLD=/opt/sun/comms/messaging/config/hold_list
=======
IMTA_WORLD_GROUP=<local.servergid>
>>>>>>> /opt/sun/comms/messaging/install/migrate/from-6.3-0.15/backout/lib/config-templates/imta_tailor.new.sed

You should edit it manually to become:

! $Revision: 1.33 $
!
IMTA_USER=mailsrv
IMTA_USER_USERNAME=nobody
IMTA_WORLD_GROUP=mail

6569452

The following mailbox database error message can be displayed: "Environment reference count went negative."
The message store processes do not call the underlying database method that generates this error. The error message is thus irrelevant.

Workaround: Ignore the error message.

6654364

The IMAP server closes down a client's connection after the fetch command.
The client's connection to the server should remain open.

No Issue ID

After an upgrade, when you restart the server, the Berkeley Database issues a log version error, issuing the following message: 'Skipping log file...historic log version.'
This is expected behavior. Ignore this message. The Berkeley Database creates a new log file and continues logging into the new file. For example, it creates log.0000000002 and continues.

Redistributable Files for Messaging Server

The following redistributable files are provided with Messaging Server 6.x:

  • You can redistribute the following files in source (HTML and Javascript) or binary form (GIF files) within a licensed Messaging Server distribution only:
    • msg-svr-base/config/html (and subdirectories)
    • msg-svr-base/install/config/html (and subdirectories)
      You are not permitted to distribute these files by themselves.
  • You can copy and use (but not modify) the following header files solely to create and distribute programs to interface with Messaging Server APIs, to compile customer written code using the documented API to interoperate or integrate with Messaging Server, and only as expressly provided in the Messaging Server documentation:
    • msg-svr-base/examples/meauthsdk/expapi.h
    • msg-svr-base/examples/tpauthsdk/authserv.h
    • All files in the msg-svr-base/include directory (default location)
  • The following files are provided solely as reference for writing programs that use the documented API to integrate with Messaging Server:
    • msg-svr-base/examples/meauthsdk/
    • msg-svr-base/examples/tpauthsdk/
    • msg-svr-base/examples/mtasdk/

Chapter 5 Sun Java System Instant Messaging Software Version 7.3 Release Notes

This chapter contains important release information about Sun Java System Instant Messaging Software version 7.3. The release notes contain the following sections:

About Instant Messaging Version 7.3

Sun Java System Instant Messaging software delivers secure presence and extended real-time messaging, enabling user communities to communicate and collaborate instantly and securely. It combines the instant-messaging capabilities with conferences, alerts, news, polling, and file transfer, to create a rich collaborative environment. It leverages an existing community that can be managed by using LDAP, Sun Java System Access Manager, or Sun Java System Portal Server.

What's New in This Release of Instant Messaging

See the What's New in This Release of Communications Suite 6 document.

Deprecated and Removed Features for Instant Messaging 7.3

Instant Messaging 7.3 does not have any deprecated features or removed features for this release.

Requirements for Instant Messaging 7.3

See Requirements for Communications Suite 6 and Requirements for Instant Messaging.

Instant Messaging Installation and Uninstallation Notes

This section contains important information about installing and uninstalling Sun Java System Instant Messaging software. If you are using Sun Java System Access Manager with Instant Messaging, install the Legacy (version 6 style) Access Manager by using the Sun Java Enterprise System installer. This version of Instant Messaging is not compatible with the Realm (version 7 style) Access Manager.
If you use Access Manager to store policies when configuring Instant Messaging, the following policies are created:

  • Ability to administer Instant Messaging and Presence Services
  • Ability to change your own Instant Messaging settings
  • Ability to manage Instant Messaging Conference Rooms
  • Ability to manage Instant Messaging news channels
  • Ability to send Instant Messaging alerts
  • Ability to watch changes on other Instant Messaging users
  • Default Instant Messaging and presence access

Instant Messaging Documentation Issues

This section contains information about known issues in the documentation.

Instant Messaging Administration Guide

This section lists information that is not documented in the Administration Guide.

6357162

Adding new users to Instant Messaging does not provision them for other Sun Java Enterprise System products.

By default, Instant Messaging new user registration facility does not enable users to access other components such as email or calendar. As a result, a user entry that has been provisioned by using the Instant Messaging new user registration facility does not contain object classes and attributes. As email and calendar services require object classes and attributes, a new user entry does not receive archive emails or calendar pop-ups.

Workaround: Modify the user entries or the registration.ldif file manually to specify information for user entries that you add by using the new user registration facility. Alternatively, use the provisioning tools supplied with the other Sun Java Enterprise System products.

Instant Messaging Online Help and Quick Reference

The following information is not described in the product online help or the quick reference guide.

No ID

Help page for the Instant Messaging Start screen.

The Start Screen invokes Instant Messenger. If you are using Java Web Start, click the Start button in the center of the Start screen. If you are using a Java plug-in technology (for Windows users only), click the Java Plug-in button at the top of the Start screen. The Online Help and Quick Reference buttons display end user product help.

6480136

Procedure for creating and managing conference rooms in the Quick Reference points to wrong menu.

The Quick Reference incorrectly states that to create and manage a conference room, you need to select Manage Conferences from the File menu. Select the Manage Conferences menu option from the Tools menu and not from the File menu.

Instant Messaging Compatibility Issues

The following table lists the compatibilities issues in Instant Messaging 7.3.

Table 5-1 Instant Messaging 7.3 Compatibility Issues

Incompatibility Impact Comments
Versions of Instant Messenger prior to 2006Q1 do not support XMPP redirection. Issue Number: 6401743. If you use the Instant Messaging redirect server with Instant Messenger, use version 2006Q1 or later of Instant Messenger. If you use a third-party client, ensure that the client supports XMPP redirection before deploying the Instant Messaging redirect server.
The Instant Messaging SDK Java packages are renamed in Sun Java System Instant Messaging software 7 2005Q4 to match the open source community naming conventions. For example, org.netbeans.lib.collab. Instant Messaging will use the new naming scheme exclusively and deprecate the old scheme.  
Instant Messaging 7.3 is incompatible with Sun Java System Access Manager version 7 2005Q4. The supported version of Sun Java System Access Manager is version 7.1  
Instant Messaging 7.3 is incompatible with the 2004Q2 versions of Portal Server and Messaging Server. The supported version of Sun Java System Portal Server are versions 7.1 and 7.1 update 1. The supported version of Sun Java System Messaging Server is version 7.0.  
Due to a protocol change the Instant Messaging 7.3 server cannot communicate with a server of a version older than 7.2 in federated deployments. Instant Messaging federated deployment sites should upgrade all the servers. The existing deployments who do not wish to upgrade the server should explicitly set the property of collaboration session factory object to use the legacy protocol implementation. Perform the upgrade to limit the length of time during which the servers cannot communicate with each other.
Client-Server Communication Due to a protocol change the older versions of the client and server (2004Q2 and earlier) cannot communicate with the new versions of client and server. Upgrade both the client and server at the same time.
Sun Java System Instant Messaging software 7 2005Q4 and 2006Q1 are incompatible with the shared components that ship with Sun Java System Instant Messaging software 7.3. Instant Messaging depends on the Instant Messaging SDK. The Instant Messaging SDK is installed with the shared components. Upgrade the shared components and then upgrade Instant Messaging. The Communication suite installer upgrades Instant Messaging SDK before installing Instant Messaging version 7.3.
The Instant Messaging SDK implementation of the legacy Instant Messaging Presence protocol is now co-packaged. By default, the Instant Messaging SDK APIs use the implementation based on the XMPP protocol. Applications should explicitly set the property of the collaboration session factory object to use the legacy Instant Messaging Presence protocol implementation.  
The SDK component includes additional JAR files. The Instant Messaging SDK uses the JSO (JABBER Stream Objects) libraries. To use the XMPP protocol effectively, modify the classpath parameter for older applications that use the Instant Messaging SDK.  
The Instant Messaging 6 2004Q2 server is incompatible with the default behavior of the latest version of the SDK. To use the 6 2004Q2 server with the current Instant Messaging SDK, set the property of the collaboration session factory object to use the legacy protocol implementation. See Issue Number 6200472 under Known Issues and Limitations in Instant Messaging for instructions.  
The Instant Messaging 7.3 Multiplexor does not work with the older versions of the server. Issue Number: 6396790. Due to a change in the internal protocol used between the Multiplexor and the server, the Multiplexor does not immediately detect the failure of a previous version of the server. Clients that use a Multiplexor connected to a previous version of the server that has failed might not be aware of server failure within a reasonable amount of time. Use Instant Messaging 7.3 for both the Multiplexor and server. Upgrade or patch systems on which the server is installed and then upgrade systems on which only the Multiplexor is enabled.
Instant Messaging 7.3 server does not work with the previous versions of the Instant Messaging SDK. Issue Number: 6439781. You cannot start the Instant Messaging 7.3 server after upgrade if you do not upgrade the Instant Messaging SDK. Use the 7.3 version of the server and the SDK.
Require URL to the default codebase URL since release 6 2004Q2. The default URL for the codebase is http://server:port/im.  
Require default port numbers since release 6 2004Q2 The default server port number is 45222 and the default Multiplexor port number is 5222.  
Instant Messaging 7.3 server does not support Multiplexor version 7.2.   Upgrade the Multiplexor to version 7.3.
Although the 7.2 client is supported on 7.3 server, all functionalities might not work.   Upgrade the client to version 7.3.

Problems Fixed in This Release of Instant Messaging

This section describes the problems fixed in the Instant Messaging version 7.3 release.

6531861

Server loses channels if different Multiplexors are configured to use different maximum session values.

2150967

The JUD search returns all attributes of a user, including the roster and private settings of the user.

6534319

The certificate used to sign-in the Instant Messaging client has expired.

6635378

Presence of an online contact is not sent to a new resource after bind and First Available Presence (FAP).

6470399

Instant Messaging sends invalid presence packets when joining a multiuser chat.

2150966

The XMPPPersonalContact.getPrincipal() function does a JUD search each time.

6358741

An option to change password using the GAIM client should be supported.

6553653

The Instant Messaging server does not handle password expiry warning with Access Manager correctly.

6504585

The Instant Messaging client should rejoin all existing open chats on client reconnection.

6487570

An option to completely turn off the emoticon conversion should be provided.

6649478

The file transfer feature does not work in the Alert window.

6477227

Client does not display time stamps that the server provides with history.

6577636

All client sessions hosted on a proxy component session should be terminated when the proxy server fails.

6577729

When a user copies text from a web page or any other source and paste the text in a chat window, the font settings of any subsequent text that is typed in the chat window changes drastically.

Known Issues and Limitations in Instant Messaging

This section contains a list of known issues at the time of release of Instant Messaging version 7.3.

Instant Messaging Installation, Upgrade, and Uninstallation Issues

6440300

Executing the imadmin start command fails to start services after upgrading from Java Enterprise Server version 4 to Instant Messaging 7.2.
A change was made to the watchdog in this release that causes the imadmin functionality from Java Enterprise Server version 4 to fail when used with the most recent version of the shared components.

Workaround: You must upgrade the Instant Messaging server and components to version 7.2 if you upgrade the shared components to Sun Java Communications Suite 5. In addition, before upgrading Instant Messaging, update the shared components.

6493939

The -migrate option of the imadmin utility is no longer supported.

6498428

The Configurator tool fails if you specify any userid and groupid other than root.
If you use any user ID other than root to install Instant Messaging, the user does not have permission to modify the iim.conf file. In this situation, when you invoke the Configurator tool after installing the Instant Messaging components, the tool fails.

Workaround: After installing and before starting the Instant Messaging components, you need to manually set permissions for imuser and imgroup. To do this, type:

chown -R imuser:imgroup /var/opt/sun/comms/im/default
chown -R imuser:imgroup /etc/opt/sun/comms/im/default

imuser and imgroup are the user and group respectively that you use to install Instant Messaging.

6518514

(Linux Only) Upgrade to Instant Messaging 7.2 fails with file conflict error.
If you upgrade the sun-im-install-7.2-24 package before the sun-im-ident-7.2-24 package, the existing versions of the packages are not overwritten. The existing versions are sun-im-install-7.0-13 and sun-im-ident-7.0-13. This upgrade results in the following error:

file /opt/sun/im/lib/imService.ldif from    \
install of sun-im-install-7.2-24 conflicts with    \
file from package sun-im-ident-7.0-13

The versions of these packages that should be installed with Instant Messaging 7.2 are sun-im-ident-7.2-24 and sun-im-install-7.2-24.

Workaround: Uninstall the sun-im-ident-7.0-13 package and then upgrade Instant Messaging. During upgrade, ensure that you apply sun-im-ident-7.0-24 before applying sun-im-install-7.2-24.

6729367

(Linux Only) Upgrading or uninstalling Instant Messaging version 7.2 by using the Communication Suite 6 installer does not remove older Instant Messaging L10N RPM Package Manager (RPMs).

Workaround:
To upgrade to Instant Messaging 7.3 by using the Communication Suite 6 installer commpkg upgrade command, perform the following steps:

  1. Remove the previous L10N RPMs from the system manually.
    The following L10N RPMs exist in the system if you have installed Instant Messaging using the Communication Suite 5 installer. Use the rpm -e command to remove the L10N RPMs.
    sun-im-client-l10n-<version>
    sun-im-ident-l10n-<version>
    sun-im-install-l10n-<version>
    sun-im-olh-l10n-<version>
    
  2. Invoke the commpkg upgrade command.

To uninstall the previous version of Instant Messaging, perform the following steps:

  1. Remove the previous L10N RPMs from the system manually.
    The following L10N RPMs exist in the system if you have installed Instant Messaging using the Communication Suite 5 installer. Use the rpm -e command to remove the L10N RPMs.
    sun-im-client-l10n-<version>
    sun-im-ident-l10n-<version>
    sun-im-install-l10n-<version>
    sun-im-olh-l10n-<version>
    

Instant Messaging Server-to-Server Communication Issues

5051299

News channel access rights do not work in a server-to-server setup.
In a server-to-server communication, news channel access rights do not work for end users. For example, a user whose access is set to none has read access.

5051369

In a server-to-server communication, an end user subscribed to a news channel on a different server is unable to chat with the creator of the news channel.

Instant Messaging Configurator Tool Issues

6431614

Command-line help for the Configurator tool is incorrect.
When using the Configurator tool, prefix the long options with two hyphens. For example, type configure --nodisplay and not configure -nodisplay. The command-line help for the Configurator tool incorrectly states that you need to use a single hyphen.

6444431

The Configurator tool shows options for configuring Access Manager even though it is not installed.
After successful installation of Instant Messaging without Access Manager, the User Management Options panel incorrectly enables you to choose settings for using Access Manager for single sign on and policy.

Instant Messaging XMPP/HTTP Gateway Issues

6354757

The location of the httpbind log is not correct in the httpbind_log4j.conf file.Log file.
On the Solaris OS or on the Linux platform, if you choose to use a location for log files other than the default location and regardless of the path you choose, modify the location of the default log file for the XMPP or HTTP gateway in the httpbind_log4j.conf file.

Workaround: In the httpbind_log4j.conf file, set the value of the log4.appender.appender_ID.file parameter to the location where the log files are stored. On Linux, the default value is /var/opt/sun/im/default/log. If you choose another location for the log files when you invoke the Configurator tool, type that path as the value for the parameter.

Instant Messaging Redirect Server Issues

6401743

Cannot use Instant Messenger 2005Q4 or earlier with the redirect server.
Previous versions of Instant Messenger do not support XMPP redirection.

Workaround: Upgrade Instant Messenger to 2006 Q1.

Instant Messaging News Channel Issues

5050973

News message properties are not sent with the news messages.
As a result, the following client capabilities might be affected:

  • Subject is not displayed along with the news message.
  • Cannot change lines in the news message so that the message appears collapsed.
  • Format of news messages might be lost.
  • Unable to send attachments.
  • Unable to send images.

6213223

Messages appear to be lost in news channel.
If a user posts a message to a news channel and then log out without viewing the message that is posted, the message appears to be lost. The messages exist but are not visible.

Workaround: User should view any messages that is posted to news channels before logging out of Instant Messenger or unsubscribe and resubscribe to the news channel.

6217766

Alerts and news channel messages not displayed on relogin.
If the user sends an alert and then logs out without viewing the alert that is posted, the alert appears to be lost. The alerts exist but are not visible.

Instant Messenger Issues

This section contains a list of known issues at the time of release of Instant Messenger version 7.3.

Instant Messenger General and Usability Issues

4632723

Idle detection is not implemented on the Mac operating system.
If a user stops or terminates an Instant Messenger chat session, the absence of the user is not automatically detected.

Workaround: Prior to terminating the chat session, Mac operating system users should explicitly set their presence status as Away.

4841572

Custom statuses cannot be removed.

Workaround: The least used statuses are eventually removed. To remove a status, add five new customized statuses and the oldest status is automatically removed.

5104840

Canceling changes for the Privacy tab should not save the changes to settings.
The changes that users make on the Settings dialog box Privacy tab are saved as the changes are made and not when the user clicks OK. For this reason, if a user clicks Cancel after making changes on this tab, the changes are still saved.

6192611

Users cannot set priority for Idle or Away status when Instant Messenger is invoked from the Java plug-in.
The options for setting priority for Idle and Away status are not displayed in the user interface when Instant Messenger is invoked using the Java plug-in. However, the options are displayed when Instant Messenger is invoked by using Java Web Start.

Workaround: To set the priority, perform the following steps:

  1. Start Instant Messenger by using Java Web Start.
  2. Select Tools->Settings.
    The Settings dialog box appears.
  3. Select the Advanced tab.
  4. Set priority for Idle and Away.
    For more information about these options, see the Instant Messaging online help.

6477618

(Windows only) The Desktop Integration Settings option is missing when the client is invoked by using the Java plug-in on the Windows operating system.
The Java plug-in does not support desktop integration. As a result, the Desktop Integration Settings option is missing from the General tab of the Settings dialog box.

Workaround: Invoke the application by using Java Web Start.

Instant Messenger Login, Logout, and Connectivity Issues

5087303

The Instant Messenger Login dialog box does not display the name of the end user who last successfully logged in to the server.
This behavior is inconsistent with the behavior for username, where the last successfully used username is displayed in the Login dialog box.

Workaround:

  1. Click the More Detail button on the Login dialog box.
  2. Select the appropriate server from the Server drop-down list.

6292212

If a client connected over SSL is disconnected and attempts to reconnect, the user is prompted to accept the certificate again.

6302273

Instant Messenger disconnects unexpectedly.
In deployments with Access Manager, if Access Manager times out, Instant Messenger disconnects and cannot reconnect until the Instant Messaging server is restarted.

Workaround: Download the product patch from http://sunsolve.

6419542

User connections that are terminated by Access Manager do not log users out of Instant Messenger.
If Access Manager terminates a user's current session, the user is still logged in to Instant Messenger.

Instant Messenger Chat Issues

6186465

An additional carriage return might be added when cutting and pasting text in Instant Messenger.

Instant Messenger Printing Issues

4846542

On the Mac operating system, trying to print from the Java Web Start client hangs Instant Messenger.

Workaround: Copy the message that needs to be printed, paste it in any other application, and print the information.

Instant Messenger Policy Management Issues

4929295

When multiple Instant Messaging policies are applied to a user, the policies can contradict one another.
For example, when the Regular and Conference Room Administrator policies are attributed to a user, the user is unable to manage conference rooms.

Workaround: Edit the regular user policy by unchecking the Ability to manage conference rooms check box to ensure that the two policies do not conflict.

Instant Messenger Conference Room Issues

6205657

Changes made to the access permission do not take effect in conference rooms.
If you change access permissions for users who are present in a conference room, the changes do not take effect until you restart the conference room window.

Workaround: Close and restart the conference room window to update access permissions.

6354184

You cannot enter the same conference room from multiple concurrent Instant Messaging sessions.

Instant Messenger Alerts Issues

4806791

Alerts with embedded images are not displayed correctly.

Instant Messaging Single Sign-On (SSO) Issues

6536721

Multiple session validation fails.
Due to an issue in the SSO provider interface, Instant Messenger allows only a single session per user.

Other Known Issues

6643628

The Configurator tool does not connect to the Directory Server SSL port 636.

Workaround: Add the configuration values directly to the iim.conf file.

6661405

The Configurator tool checks for Application Server packages even though the container is Web Server. Similarly, the tool checks for Web Server packages even though the container is Application Server.

6664693

The Configurator tool displays the Application Server Administration port (4849) even though the container is Web Server.

6665839

Voice chat status shows Connected even after the server shuts down.

6652740

When a third user joins a group of two users in a group chat, the voice chat option is not inactivated. That is, a group of more than two users can start a voice chat, which is not the expected behavior.

6665277

Chat messages are not delivered in a sequence when CIR is restarted.

6646341

Voice chat is enabled after inviting other users to chat although the user is able to chat.

6665258

The roster subscription does not function correctly between the Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS) clients.

6667139

User status shows online in others' contact list even when the user logs out.

6592012

Users are added twice in the recipient list of the Add Recipients dialog box.

6664744

Chat window is not updated when the other users log out.

6661538

User is unable to stop the voice chat once the chat session enters a group chat.

Workaround: To close the voice chat, close the Chat window.

6647520

The termination information query is not displayed correctly if a voice chat session terminates when the user status is busy.
The log entry corresponding to a termination information query is not generated correctly when a voice chat session is initiated. For example, if a user has initiated a voice chat with another user and receives a voice chat request, the new chat session is not initiated as the user is busy. The reason code parameter in the log file does not show the termination information query for this action.

6652192

Moderate conference does not work when httpbind is configured and the user logs in without httpbind.
The HTTP bind feature does not work as expected when a users create a moderated conference. Even though the conference is moderated, the message is sent to all the users without being accepted by the conference owner.

6576575

Authorize Contact is not sent to the added user when a user is added from Alert or Chat.
The authorization of contacts does not work when users try to add other users by sending an alert from the chat window. To add other users, choose Tools->Alert or select Tools from the Add to Contact list. The contacts are displayed in the user's roster with a status of Authorization Pending. However, the authorization is not sent to the invited user.

6667213

The Manage news channel online help shows the incorrect version of Instant Messenger.

6536165

Unable to close the chat window when the start multiple chats in new windows option is selected and deselected.
When a user enables and disables the option start multiple chats in new windows, multiple chat sessions are started in the same window. Every chat session appears in a separate tab. Users cannot close the chat window by clicking on the cross button on the chat window.

Workaround: Close the chat window by using the File->close or File->Leave option.

6635211

Consolidated Issues in News.
The Instant Messaging client enables users to subscribe to various news channels created by the news administrator. This feature has the following list of issues.

  • Scenario: Instant Messaging is configured by using httpbind.
    • When a news channel is subscribed, the news tab contains special characters when it appears for the first time. An exclamation mark is prefixed in the window that displays the news.
    • News channel subscription exists only for the session when it is subscribed to.
    • The order in which the news items are displayed does not match the order in which they are created.
    • The news window does not appear when a user with no contacts tries to view the news channel.
  • Scenario: Instant Messenger is configured in a hosted domain setup.
    • New news channels are not displayed immediately in the New Channel Administration window for users in both the default and non default domains.
    • New news channels that are created are not displayed in manage news channels.

6543861

Invited users do not get calendar reminder alerts.
When users enable the calendar reminder feature that is provided by Instant Messenger, the reminder is sent to the user who has created the event and not to the users who are invited for the event. Reminder alerts for the events are not sent to all the recipients of the event.

6545003

Stream error sent through httpbind has a blank error condition value.

6628423

Conference search fails with third party client in server-to-server setup.
When Instant Messengers are configured in a server-to-server setup, and third-party clients such as GAIM, Pidgin, and Exodus are used, a "Remote server or component not reachable" error appears when users try to search for a conference room.

6519053

Instant Messaging server allows the user to specify an invalid domain.
If a client is configured to the wrong domain, Instant Messaging server allows the client to log in. Subsequently, at resource binding, the server sends the correct domain to the client.

6634719

Fatal error is displayed on a terminal when Instant Messaging server is started.
When the Instant Messaging server is started on a command line terminal, the following errors appear.

Starting Server                      [OK]
Starting Multiplexor                 [OK]
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Premature end of file.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Premature end of file.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Premature end of file.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Premature end of file.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Premature end of file.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Premature end of file.

6649550

Status Unknown is displayed for offline users after relogin in a server-to-server setup.
In a server-to-server setup users add contacts from different domains. After logging in and reloging in, Instant Messenger displays the status of the contacts from the same domain correctly. However, the status of the offline contacts for different domains are displayed as Status Unknown.

6302312

Instant Messaging client is not completely functional after reconnecting to server.

6626931

Authorization pending issues with client for self-jid.
The Instant Messenger client enables adding self-jid for a new user who logs in for the first time with no contacts in the user's roster. The self-jid user status is Online with Authorization Pending. The Instant Messenger server should not enable the user to add a self-jid.

6628502

Usage of the imadmin migratepropstore command is incorrect in the CLI help.
The command-line usage help for the migratepropstore command is incorrectly displayed. When the migratepropstore command is executed with the -h help option, the help is displayed as follows:

/opt/sun/comms/im/sbin/imadmin [options] migratepropstore \\
[error_log]

The correct usage is:

/opt/sun/comms/im/sbin/imadmin migratepropstore \\
[options] [error_log]

6632080

Unable to join conference rooms on another server in a server-to-server setup with TLS enabled.
In a server-to-server setup with Transport Layer Security (TLS) enabled, when users try to invite users in another domain to a conference, the invitation is not sent. Users are unable to invite users from other domains to a conference.

6644703

User status is not updated when a two-side subscription occurs in a server pool setup.
When Instant Messenger is configured in a server-to-server setup in server redirect mode and users try to subscribe to each other's roster, the subscription request is performed correctly. The subscription process also performs the authorization. The server requests for a reauthorization, in spite of the subscription performed successfully.

Workaround: Set the subscription after a reauthorization.

6646034

The imadmin assign_services command fails when Instant Messenger interacts with LDAP in the SSL mode.
When users try to use the imadmin command with the assign_services subcommand, an error is displayed when Instant Messenger is configured to interact with the LDAP server in the SSL mode.

Workaround:

  1. Edit the iim.conf file and set the LDAP port to a non SSL mode.
  2. Type the imadmin command and assign services.
  3. Reset the LDAP port to SSL mode in the iim.conf file.

6646048

New users can register even if a new user registration is not enabled on the server-side schema 1 and schema 2.

6620273

Migration fails for user IDs with uppercase characters.
The imadmin migratepropstore command does not migrate user IDs with uppercase characters.

6540801

Calendar pop-ups are sent even when the sysSendAlerts.acl parameter is set to false.

6531502

The imadmin command fails to bind and takes the Directory Manager password as input.

Workaround:

  1. Include the iim_ldap.usergroupbindcred = password parameter in the iim.conf file.
  2. Type the ./imadmin assign_services command to assign services to users in the LDAP directory.

6641777

Stop Moderating conference room does not remove the moderate conference pane.

4868028

Users cannot easily change their status in the Mac operating system.
Users cannot change their status by using the status bar of the Instant Messenger client when using JDK software version 1.5.0_09, in the Mac operating system Safari. This issue, however, does not exist in JRE implementation, version 1.4.2_03 and on Mac version 10.3.4.

Workaround: To change the status, select the File->Change Status option from the client menu.

4960933

On Windows, the task bar menu labels that contain multibyte characters are not displayed correctly in some locales. The menu functionality is not affected.

5080586

The status text should not be displayed in the label for the status button.
Users are given the option to change the current status when Instant Messenger is not connected to the server. Any modifications made to status when Instant Messenger is disconnected do not take effect.

5097513

Outstanding issues in Calendar and Instant Messenger integration.
Integration of Instant Messenger and Calendar messages has the following issues:

  • The from attribute of the Calendar reminder messages appends the domain name to the calendar Instant Messenger bot.
  • The server stores the calendar reminders messages of users whose status is offline.

5107645

Client cannot add the LDAP group to the privacy list.
Users can create a privacy profile on the client by selecting Tools-> Settings. For example, if users try to add an LDAP group to the profile for Show My User Status to: -> Only These Users, the LDAP group is displayed in the recipient's list. However, after clicking OK, the LDAP group is not displayed in the New Profile screen. This error occurs when the LDAP group is not in the user's roster.

6319382

Emoticons cannot be pasted in the horizontal line.

6482265

While upgrading from Sun Java Enterprise Server version 4 with Access Manager to Sun Java Enterprise Server version 5, Access Manager policies do not get reflected in the Instant Messaging client.
When users are granted the administrator permission to manage conference rooms in a Sun Java Enterprise Server version 4 setup, the permission does not get reflected when Instant Messenger is upgraded. Though Access Manager indicates that the users have administrator permission for conference, Instant Messenger does not recognize the permission.

6506541

Unable to choose a different user ID or group ID during configuration by using the state file.
The Instant Messenger Configuration tool enters a loop when configuring as root with a non root group ID. This situation occurs if the Configuration tool is executed using the configure command with a state file. This happens when Instant Messenger is configured with Access Manager or when Instant Messenger is configured with LDAP.

6463394

The Format menu options do not work as expected.

6663115

A user who is logged in to a chat for the first time is unable to post messages to the moderator of the conference.

Workaround: Close the conference window and reinvite the user.

6646374

MSN Web Messenger user ID is shown as xxx%hotmail.com@<jid> in the Instant Messaging client.

6665277

Chat messages are not delivered in a sequence when CIR shuts down and restarts.

6631538

If a user name contains the Ñ character, the user name is displayed incorrectly when the users logs in through a gateway.

6626943

The Tools->News->Subscribe news channel option displays an error in a hosted domain schema 2 setup.

6671892

Instant Messaging does not work through the portal gateway.

6676055

Single Sign On (SSO) cannot be enabled unless the policy is identity.
The Configurator tool enables users to select SSO even if the policy is non identity. This selection causes a conflict in the configuration. Even if the Configurator tool shows a successful configuration, the server does not start and user gets the following log message: SSO Configurations are conflicting.

Workaround: When SSO is selected, select identity as the policy.

6646394

In IMPS, the Client Capability Response should support any content type but the supported content type is text/plain.
When a file is transferred between an IMPS client and an XMPP client, the content type in the IMPS logs (sender) says it as "image/jpeg" while the Instant Messenger console logs (receiver) says it as "text/plain".

6698101

Event message is not displayed in the client pop-up window. Instant Messenger alerts the user to check the Calendar instead.

Workaround:

  1. Add the following line in the iim.conf file:
    agent-calendar.serveralarms.contenttype="text/plain"
  2. Restart the server.

6688458

Unable to start the Instant Messaging client using Firefox on a Solaris platform Sun Ray machine.

Workaround: If the Instant Messaging client is deployed on a Solaris platform by using Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Update 1 as the web container, the client machines must have JDK software version 1.6.0.

6646704

Offline alerts functionality does not work when alerts are sent from the Instant Messaging client to users on the MSN and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) clients
Sending an offline alert from the Instant Messaging client to users on MSN and AIM clients does not result in the message display when the users on MSN and AIM are back online.

6646722

The AIM contact group does not show up in the Instant Messaging client.

6688131

The Participation list option does not work from the View menu of the chat window.

6689323

The redeploy command gives an error after upgrade.

6676559

Null pointer exception is displayed when a JWChat user subscribes to an Instant Messenger user.

6651540

Unable to get import the roster information with a JWChat client.

6688472

The imadmin migratecerts command does not migrate the certificate chain.
The imadmin migratecerts command should migrate the certificate from the NSS store cert8.db/key3.db to the JKS (Java Key Store) file. When the command migrates the certificate key, it does not migrate the certificate with its chain. The SSL service does not send the proper SSL chain when users connect.

Workaround:

  1. Export the certificate from the keystore.
  2. Append the Certificate Authority (CA) chain.
  3. Reimport to the same server-cert name.

6671297

Service Management Facility (SMF) does not support starting or stopping of multiple Instant Messaging instances.

6673225

The imadmin start server and imadmin stop server commands starts and stops the server and the Multiplexor.

Workaround: Disable SMF if not required by typing the following command:
svccfg delete application/sunim

6661426

The stack trace should not be displayed in the INFO level log.

6693804

The uninstaller does not remove the SMF related files. The status is shown as online even though the product is uninstalled.

Workaround: Type the following command:
svccfg delete svc:/application/sunim:default

6691049

Instant Messaging server sends conference history timestamps with its own timezone rather than the universal time clock.

6678951

Voice chat does not work correctly when users do a side chat in a conference.

6677110

The Configurator tool should not provide an option to specify the SSO and the property store as ldap/file.

6686494

The Instant Messaging Configurator tool does not have an option to provide the default domain name for the server.

6686514

The Instant Messaging Configurator tool should have an option to configure voice for hosted domains.

6688466

Web Container configuration issues.

  • Webcontainer Path should be changed to Web Container Path. Note the space between the words Web and Container.
  • The default web container path should not be /opt. The path should use the default path /var/opt/SUNWwbsvr7/https-<HOSTNAME> or should not contain any value

6684303

The File attachment button is inactive or is disabled.
The File attachment button in the chat window of Instant Messaging client is inactive or is disabled in the following scenario.

  • User 1, a Instant Messenger user, sends a message to another user, User 2 who is another user on the Instant Messenger client.
  • User 1 closes the chat window.
  • User 2 sends a message to User 1 through the chat window that is open.
  • The file attachment button in User 2's client is inactive.

6685534

Issues with chat session.
Issue 1 - Consider the following:

  1. Log in to the Instant Messaging client as User1 and User2.
  2. User1 starts a chat session with User2 and User1 closes the chat window. In User2 chat window participation list, User1 still exists. A message "User2 has left" is displayed.
  3. User2 sends a chat message to User1 by using the original chat window that is open.

If User1 closes the chat window once again, User1 is added one more time in the participation list of the User2 chat window. The message "User1 has left" is not displayed.

Issue 2: Consider the following.

  1. Two users, User1 and User2, log in to the Instant Messaging client.
  2. User1 starts chat session with User2 and User2 closes the chat window. Before sending any text message User1 sends a VoIP initiation request to User2.
  3. The User2 chat window displays the VoIP status "Incoming call from User1".
  4. User2 accepts the VoIP call and send the text message.

In the User1 chat window, the client opens a new tab for text messages.

6672605

The migratepropstore command takes the source only from the iim.conf file and not from the command-line interface.

6685874

Error while inviting the user to join the openfire conference.

6656388

An error "Cannot get the default privilege" is displayed when the Instant Messaging client connects to openfire.

6684713

A new chat tab is opened during chat initiation while chatting with any third-party client.

6687295

An incorrect and incomplete user status change alert message is displayed when the MSN user logs off the MSN client.

6697992

Some handsets that use IMPS version 1.2 might not work correctly with the IMPS service.

6689918

Voice chat does not work correctly on a Sun Ray machine.

6514509

L10N: Apostrophes missing in four pages of the Configurator tool online help.

6649450

If the Instant Messaging client is invoked with a plug-in, the client does not enable the user to log out by using the Close button.

6634660

Redirect Server displays an resource constraint error even if another node instance exists.

6626366

After making changes to properties in the iim.conf file, the user is able to add a contact only once.

6653020

Authorized contact does not exist after changes are made to the sysWatch.acl policy.

6687284

User status alerts in the Instant Messenger client does not reflect the actual status of the user on the MSN client.

6647122

Setting the privacy profile to "Invisible to All" in Instant Messenger shows the user as online in the AIM client.

6646712

Cannot detect the AIM or MSN user who logs in to the transport in the Instant Messaging client.
In the Instant Messenger client, the MSN or AIM transport credentials that a user provides to log in are not displayed. It is not possible to detect the MSN or AIM user credentials provided to log in to the transport.

6646707

MSN user status "Appear offline" results in messages not being delivered.
If a user on the MSN client changes the status to "Appear offline" and then if a Instant Messaging client user sends a message to the MSN user, the message is not delivered. No error or information indicating that the message was not delivered is displayed to the client user.

6646702

The subject of the alert sent from the Instant Messaging client to the MSN client is not displayed in the MSN client.
When an alert is sent from the Instant Messaging client to the MSN client user, the subject of the Alert message does not appear in the MSN client. Only the content of the alert message is displayed.

6646700

An alert is sent as a chat conversation and the delivery status of the alert is not updated correctly.
Sending an alert from the Instant Messaging client to a user to a MSN client results in an alert being delivered in a chat window as a chat conversation. Also, the delivery status of the alert is not updated correctly. For example, although the user of MSN client has read the message, the status is not updated as read.

6646379

The poll functionality does not exists between the Instant Messaging client and AIM, MSN or Yahoo.

6646375

Text formatting changes made in the Instant Messaging client do not appear in AIM or MSN.

6646372

Alerts sent to the AIM client has extra spaces. The extra spaces affect the message display.
Extra spaces appear in alerts sent from Instant Messaging client to the AIM client. When alerts are forwarded to the AIM client, additional spaces tend to be appended to the message affecting the message display.

6641280

The font size of messages sent to the AIM user from the Instant Messaging client is inappropriate.

Workaround: In the config.xml file of the gateway, disable XHTML by uncommenting the line <disableXHTML/>.

6621474

Cannot kick the participants from conference room.
When a user tries to kick another user through the Kick option, a message "Not Allowed Text" is displayed in the conference window.

6634205

The IMPS gateway does not handle multiple resource login correctly.

6634210

Notification about users joining and leaving the chat room should be displayed with IMPS.

6645826

Conference communication does not work between users with the same username on different domains with schema 1 setup.

Workaround: Users must log in with a different username.

6486498

Alerts that contain a message and a URL image cannot be sent.

6511487

Configuring Instant Messenger by using the state file should not pop any questions.

6513448

The Configurator tool hangs in case of an incorrect ID while configuring using the state file.

6514018

Unable to choose different ports while configuring Instant Messenger by using the state file.

Workaround: Stop the Instant Messaging server and Multiplexor during configuration.

6532048

The configure utility should have all help options beginning with -- sign.

6642652

(Windows Vista only) Some options are missing in the Instant Messaging client Settings window in the Windows Vista operating system.

6669561

imadmin assign_services does not register the Instant Messaging services to the domain in the identity realm.

6568622

(On Linux only) httpd does not display with 3.7 Java Message Queue on the Linux operating system.

Redistributable Files for Instant Messaging

Sun Java System Instant Messaging software 7.3 does not contain any files which you can redistribute.

Chapter 6 Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 Release Notes

A Note About This Release

Delegated Administrator 6.4 released with Communications Suite 6 is functionally the same version as the Delegated Administrator 6.4 released with Communications Suite 5. (However, bugs have been fixed since the Communications Suite 5 release.)
These Communications Suite 6 Release Notes contain new information not included in Chapter 5: Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 Release Notes in the Communications Suite 5 Release Notes.

These Release Notes contain important information available at the time of the general release of Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 including:

About Delegated Administrator 6.4

Delegated Administrator 6.4 enables you to provision organizations (domains), users, groups, and resources in an LDAP directory used by Communications Suite applications such as Messaging Server, Calendar Server, and Instant Messaging.

The Delegated Administrator has two user interfaces:

  • A utility (a set of command-line tools) invoked with the commadmin command.
  • A console (a graphical user interface) accessible through a Web browser.

Online help in the Delegated Administrator console describes how administrators can use the GUI to provision users in an LDAP directory.

With Delegated Administrator 6.4, you can provision users in an LDAP Schema 2 directory only. To provision Messaging Server users in an LDAP Schema 1 directory, you must use iPlanet Delegated Administrator, a deprecated tool.

For information about configuring and managing Delegated Administrator, see the Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 Administration Guide. For a description of the Delegated Administrator commadmin command-line tools, see Delegated Administrator Utility (commadmin) Reference.

What's New in This Release of Delegated Administrator

See the Communications Suite 6 What's New document.

Deprecated and Removed Features for Delegated Administrator 6.4

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Deprecated Platforms: Version 3 of Red Hat Linux (effective in Communications Suite 6)

Support for Communications Suite (including Delegated Administrator) on the following versions of Red Hat Linux has been deprecated and may be removed in a future release:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server (32– and 64–bit versions), version 3 (all updates)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server (32– and 64–bit versions), version 3 (all updates)

For information on currently supported versions of Red Hat Linux, see Operating System Requirements.

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iPlanet Delegated Administrator (effective in Communications Suite 5)

iPlanet Delegated Administrator has been deprecated in favor of the Communications Suite Delegated Administrator console and utility. Sun Microsystems, Inc. will announce an end-of-life time line for iPlanet Delegated Administrator at a future date.

Note

Although iPlanet Delegated Administrator has been deprecated, the iPlanet Delegated Administrator imadmin user purge command has been updated to be compatible with Messaging Server 6.3. For more information about the updated command, see Purging Users with iPlanet Delegated Administrator and Messaging Server 6.3.

Delegated Administrator Server Log "Debug servlet"

As noted in What's New in Delegated Administrator 6.4, the url used in previous releases can no longer be used for this purpose.

Delegated Administrator Installation Notes

For a detailed steps required to install and configure Delegated Administrator, see “Chapter 2: Planning for Installation and Configuration” in the Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 Administration Guide.

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ACI Consolidation

For large-scale installations with Access Manager, Messaging Server, and an LDAP Schema 2 directory, you might want to consolidate the Access Control Instructions (ACIs) in your directory.

When you install Access Manager with Messaging Server, a large number of ACIs initially are installed in the directory. Many default ACIs are not needed or used by Messaging Server. You can improve the performance of Directory Server and, consequently, of Messaging Server look-ups, by consolidating and reducing the number of default ACIs in the directory.

For information about how to consolidate and discard unused ACIs, see Consolidating ACIs for Directory Server Performance.

Delegated Administrator Documentation Updates

In this release of Delegated Administrator, Sun Java System Delegated Administrator Administration Guide describes how to enforce unique values for mail attributes when running Directory Server 5.x. This task appears as a “Post-Configuration Task” after you run the Delegated Administrator configuration program.

If you are running Directory Server 6.x, you must follow the procedure described here to enforce unique mail attribute values:

To enforce the uniqueness of mail attributes when running Directory Server 6.x

Messaging Server uses the following mail attributes to identify a user's email address and alternate email addresses:

  • mail
  • mailAlternateAddress
  • mailEquivalentAddress

Each user's mail attributes should be unique across the directory.

  1. Install the following Directory Server plug-in: 6.1_PR_6573440.

    To install the plug-in, follow the instructions in the plug-in README file.

    The plug-in is available with Directory Server 6.x patches on SunSolve.

    This plug-in provides a hotfix patch to Directory Server to enforce mail attribute uniqueness. Although the plug-in is labeled “6.1”, it applies to other Directory Server 6.x releases such as Directory Server 6.0.
  2. Create the plug-in for Delegated Administrator by using the Directory Server configuration utility, dsconf.

    For example:
    dsconf create-plugin -h host -p port 
    -H /opt/SUNWdsee/ds6/lib/uid-plugin.so -F NSUniqueAttrSet_Init 
    -Y preoperation -G attributeset=mail,mailalternateaddress,mailequivalentaddress 
    -G "ugldapbasedn" "Uniqueness in Attrbute Set"
    

    where

    host and port are the host name and port number of the machine where Directory Server is installed

    /opt/SUNWdsee/ds6/lib/uid-plugin.so is an example of the library path where uid-plugin.so is located on Solaris. (For Linux platforms, use the appropriate Linux library path.)

    ugldapbasedn is your root suffix. Uniqueness checking is performed on all entries underneath this suffix.

  3. Enable the plug-in for Delegated Administrator.

    For example:
    dsconf enable-plugin -h host -p port "Uniqueness 
    in Attribute Set"
    

    For more information about using the dsconf utility to enforce attribute value uniqueness, see the following chapter in the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Administration Guide: Directory Server Attribute Value Uniqueness.

  4. Restart Directory Server.

Delegated Administrator Compatibility Issues

The following table lists the known incompatibilities between Communications Suite Delegated Administrator 6.4 and earlier versions.

Incompatibility Impact Comments
Access Manager in Realm Mode (version 7.x style)
Note: Access Manager has two install types: Realm Mode (version 7.x style) and Legacy Mode (version 6.x style). Legacy Mode is the default.
At installation, you must choose Legacy Mode as the install type on the following panel:

Access Manager: Administration (1 of 6)
If the Realm Mode install type of Access Manager is installed, you will not be able to run Delegated Administrator.
Directory Server releases 5.2.4 and earlier The Directory Server feature that enforces unique values for mail attributes is not available with versions earlier than 5.2.4. Solution: Upgrade to Directory Server 5.2 patch 6 or later.

You also can install Directory Server 5.2.4, but you must apply patch 5.2_Patch_4_6313027. For detailed instructions, see Enforce Unique Values for Mail Attributes

Problems Fixed in This Release of Delegated Administrator (since Communications Suite 5)

This list describes the issues fixed in Delegated Administrator.

6679372

Getting inconsistent results of organization searches for adding icsExtendedDomainPreds in DA console.

6587572

Delegated Administrator creates new mail groups with mgrpBroadcasterPolicy=NO_REQUIREMENTS

6587520

Delegated Administrator creates new users with mailAutoReplyMode=echo

6553328

There is no longer a Manager Field available in the Delegated Administrator tool like the one in iPlanet Delegated Administrator 1.2.

6525830

The Delegated Administrator online help for the Editing Group Properties page incorrectly documents the following UI fields: Add Header Field and Remove Header Field.

6525829

The Delegated Administrator online help incorrectly describes the Message Prefix Text field in the Create New Group wizard and Group Properties page.

6512161

The Delegated Administrator online help incorrectly defines the Attachment Quota value in the Create New Organization wizard and Organization Properties page.

6507859

Delegated Administrator online help erroneously states that you can use “>” and “<” signs when searching for organizations.

6483254

Delegated Administrator online help does not explain that the Login ID must be in ASCII characters.

6454001

Can not display icsExtendedDomainPrefs entry properly on Delegated Administrator console.

6431459

Although IMAPS is enabled for a service package, it shows "IMAP: disabled"

6317850

Attributes passed with the –A option of the commadmin command are ignored if the command also calls an input file containing attributes passed with –A.

6314711

An Organization Administrator (OA) can remove himself as an OA by modifying the organization Properties page.

6218713

Values in the resource.properties files are overwritten when Delegated Administrator is reconfigured with the config-commda program.

5107441

If the first part of the default organization name created in the Delegated Administrator configuration program (config-commda) matches the root suffix name, the organization cannot be created.

4934768

Cannot modify non-ASCII groups.

Known Issues and Limitations in Delegated Administrator

This section describes known issues in Communications Suite Delegated Administrator. The section includes the following topics:

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Delegated Administrator Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration Issues

6434047

You cannot upgrade Delegated Administrator from version 2004Q2 to version 6.4 (the current release) when Access Manager is deployed to an Application Server node agent.

This issue occurs when Delegated Administrator is deployed to Application Server and you upgrade Application Server from version 7 to version 8.x. The asupgrade utility migrates the Application Server 7 server1 instance into the Application Server 8.x server1 target running under a nodeagent. However, asupgrade changes the value of the virtual server from server1 in Application Server 7 to server in Application Server 8.x.

Workaround:

When you run the Delegated Administrator configuration program, config-commda , in the Application Server Preferences panel, specify these values for the target and virtual server:

  • Target: server1
  • Virtual Server: server

6376896, 6294603

Upgrading to Access Manager 7.0 without upgrading Delegated Administrator to version 6.4 (the current release) will cause user creation to fail.

Note

This issue occurs only if you are currently running Delegated Administrator 6 2005Q1 (Java ES Release 3) or earlier. If you have installed Delegated Administrator version 6 2005Q4 (Java ES Release 4) or have already upgraded Delegated Administrator to version 6.4, this issue does not occur.

When you upgrade to Java Enterprise System Release 5, if you upgrade Access Manager from version 6.x to 7.0 but do not upgrade Delegated Administrator to version 6.4, user creation with mail or calendar service will fail.

The recommended way to solve this issue is to upgrade Delegated Administrator to version 6.4. If you have a compelling reason not to upgrade Delegated Administrator, take the steps described in the following workaround.

Workaround:

  1. Update the UserCalendarService.xml file, located by default in the following directory:
    /opt/SUNWcomm/lib/services/UserCalendarService.xml
    

    In the UserCalendarService.xml file, mark the mail , icssubscribed, and icsfirstday attributes as optional instead of required.

  2. In Access Manager, remove the existing xml file by running the amadmin command, as in the following example:
    amadmin -u amadmin -w netscape -r UserCalendarService
    
  3. In Access Manager, add the updated xml file, as in the following example:
    amadmin -u amadmin -w netscape  
    -s /opt/SUNWcomm/lib/services/UserCalendarService.xml
    
  4. Restart the Web container.

6310711

The Delegated Administrator configuration program allows you to enter invalid values in the Domain Separator field.

In the configuration program, config-commda, you can enter invalid characters such as ^ in the Domain Separator field. You cannot log into the Delegated Administrator console using a login ID with the invalid domain-separator character.

Workaround: Edit the value of the commadminserver.domainseparator property in the daconfig.properties file, located in the following default path:

/var/opt/SUNWcomm/da/WEB-INF/classes/
com/sun/comm/da/resources/daconfig.properties

Use a valid value such as @, -, or _.

Redeploy the edited daconfig.properties file to the Web container used by the Delegated Administrator console.

Before the change can take effect, you must run the script that deploys the customized daconfig.properties file to your Web container.

For instructions on how to deploy a customized properties file to a particular Web container, see To Deploy a Customized Configuration File in Delegated Administrator 6.4 Administration Guide.

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Delegated Administrator Console and Command-Line Utilities

6760564

In the Delegated Administrator console, the Calendar service Advanced Rights interface is missing the calendar group double-booking option.

When the group calendar account functionality was added in Calendar Server 6.3, a new bit was added to the icsAllowRights LDAP attribute:

bit 15 : allowGroupDoubleBook : "Double booking of group calendars"


The Delegated Administrator console is missing a field to "Allow double booking for new group calendars" by setting bit 15 of the icsAllowedRights attribute. (The Advanced Rights fields are in the Calendar Service section of the Organization Properties page in the Delegated Administrator console.)

Workaround:

Use the commadmin domain create -R or commadmin domain modify -R command to set the advanced rights properties (bits) in the icsAllowRights attribute.

6677194

Local Organization Administrators and Service Provider Administrators can change the disk space quota attribute of their domains when the service package assigned to the domains restricts the disk space quota.

An Organization Administrator can use the Delegated Administrator console to change the value of the Disk Space Quota option for the domain, overriding the service package restrictions.

Workaround: Edit the Security.properties file, as follows:

1. To prohibit an organization administrator from editing the disk space quota field, add the following line to the Security.properties file:

OrganizationAdminRole.UserProperties.MailQuotaValue=NONEDITABLE

For a Service Provider Administrator, add the following line:

ProviderAdminRole.UserProperties.MailQuotaValue=NONEDITABLE

Be sure to update the Security.properties file in the Delegated Administrator configuration directory. For example:

/var/opt/sun/com/da/WEB-INF/classes/com/sun/comm/da/resources/Security.properties

Note: If you are running Communications Suite 5 version of Delegated Administrator 6.4, the default path on Solaris would be:

/var/opt/SUNWcomm/da/WEB-INF/classes/com/sun/comm/da/resources/Security.properties

2. You also must deploy the updated Security.properties file to the web container's configuration directory. For example, if you have deployed Delegated Administrator to Web Server 7.x, the default path would be:

/var/opt/SUNWwbsvr7/<https-Host_name>/web-app/<Host_name> \
/da/WEB-INF/classes/com/sun/comm/da/resources/Security.properties



3. Restart the web container.

6430018

If service packages are displayed across multiple pages in the Delegated Administrator console, only changes to the last page are saved.

This issue affects three functions:

  • Allocating service packages to an organization.
  • Changing the quantities of service packages allocated to an organization.
  • Removing service packages from the list of service packages allocated to an organization.

Workaround:

If the services packages are displayed on multiple pages, click the icon that displays multiple pages pointing to a single page.

This icon appears above and below the list of service packages. If you place your cursor over the icon, a message says: Show Data in a Single Page.

You must display all service packages on a single page to save your all of your changes. If the service packages are displayed on multiple pages, only the changes made to service packages on the last page are saved.

6300923

When you add Dynamic members to a group In the Delegated Administrator console, you cannot test a manually constructed LDAP URL.

When you create a new group and add dynamic members to the group, you can either manually construct an LDAP URL or use the fields available in the drop-down menus to construct the LDAP URL. If you use the drop-down menus, you can click the Test LDAP URL button. If you manually construct the LDAP URL, this feature is disabled.

6292610

Using the browser or system controls in the Delegated Administrator console can generate unexpected results.

Workaround: Navigate only by using the built-in Delegated Administrator controls, such as the tabs, buttons, and navigation links provided on the page itself. Do not use browser or system controls, such as your browser's Back button or the Close icon on dialog windows.

6234660

No indication when a User, Organization, or Group list page has finished loading.

If you click a button while a list page is loading, an error occurs.

Workaround: While the page is loading, a message asks you to wait. Do not click any buttons or links until the page is ready.

5094680

The advanced search feature does not return correct results for organizations.

This issue occurs if you perform the following steps:

  1. Select the Advanced Search feature.
  2. Select “Organizations” from the drop-down list.
  3. Click the Match All or Match Any radio button.
  4. Select an organization name from the drop-down list.
  5. Enter valid values in the text field.
  6. Click Search.

Instead of returning only the organizations that match the search criteria, Delegated Administrator displays all organizations.

Workaround: None.

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Delegated Administrator Localization and Globalization Issues

This section describes Delegated Administrator localization problems. No localization issue exist for this release.

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Delegated Administrator Documentation

This section describes errors or incomplete information in the Delegated Administrator books and online help.

6760559

In the Delegated Administrator console, the Calendar service advanced rights (icsAllowRights) GUI interface can easily be misinterpreted.

This issue is described in the following page: Setting Calendar Server Advanced Rights with Delegated Administrator.

6693218

The Delegated Administrator online help displays the current version as Communications Suite 5 Delegated Administrator instead of Delegated Administrator 6.4 or Communications Suite 6 Delegated Administrator.

6607494

The Delegated Administrator online help describes nested groups, although nested groups are not supported in Delegated Administrator.

For example, the online help describes how to add a nested group (add a group as a member of an existing group) by choosing from a drop-down menu and searching/selecting a group. These options do not exist in the UI. You cannot added nested groups.

651216

The Delegated Administrator online help incorrectly defines the Attachment Quota value in the Create New Organization wizard and Organization Properties page.

The online help describing the Mail Service Details panel in the Create New Organization wizard and the Mail Service section of the Organization Properties page states that the Attachment Quota field displays the “attachment size per message.” The online help tells the user to enter a maximum attachment quota size in kilobytes. This is incorrect.

The Attachment Quota sets the maximum number of attachments for each email message. For example, setting a value of 2 would allow users to attach no more than two files to a message. The size of each attachment is not affected by this attribute.

Redistributable Files for Delegated Administrator

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Requirements for Delegated Administrator

See Requirements for Communications Suite 6 and Requirements for Delegated Administrator.

This section describes the following platform, client product, and additional software requirements for this release of Delegated Administrator:

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Important Patch Information for Delegated Administrator

At the time of general release of the Sun Java Communications Suite 6, the following Delegated Administrator 6.4 upgrade patches are available:

Platform Patch Number (English)
Solaris, SPARC 121581–18
x86 121582–18
Linux 121583–18

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Delegated Administrator Operating System Requirements

This release of the Communications Suite products, including Delegated Administrator, is supported on the following platforms:

  • Solaris 10 Operating System (SPARC™ and x86 Platform Editions) including Zones Support
  • Solaris 9 Operating System Update 2 (SPARC™ and x86 Platform Editions)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server (32– and 64–bit versions), version 4 (all updates) and 5 (all updates)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server (32– and 64–bit versions), version 4(all updates) and 5 (all updates)
Note

Delegated Administrator is no longer supported on HP-UX or Windows platforms.

For detailed information about Solaris and Linux requirements, including required upgrade patches and kernel versions, see the Sun Java Communications Suite Installation Guide and Sun Java Communications Suite Release Notes .

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Sun Java System Software

The following Sun Java System Software, tools, and LDAP schema version are required for this release of Delegated Administrator:

  • Directory Server 5.x or 6
    To enforce unique values for mail attributes, you must install one of these releases:
    • Directory Server 6
    • Directory Server 5.2 Patch 6 or later
    • Directory Server 5.2.4, and you must apply patch 5.2_Patch_4_6313027
  • Access Manager 6.2 or later
  • Either Messaging Server 6 or Calendar Server 6, or both
  • Java System Web container. You must deploy Delegated Administrator to one of the following Web containers:
    • Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 or higher
    • Sun Java System Web Server 7 or higher
    • Sun Java System Application Server 7.x
    • Sun Java System Application Server 8.x
    • Sun Java System Application Server 9.x
  • Directory Server Preparation Tool (Setup script): comm_dssetup.pl version 6.4–0.03
    comm-dssetup.pl version {{6.4-2.01} is provided in Communications Suite 6.
  • LDAP Schema 2
    This release of Communications Suite Delegated Administrator is designed for provisioning users in an LDAP Schema 2 directory.

For information about requirements for Directory Server, Access Manager, Web Server, and Application Server, see the current release notes for these products.
For installation instructions for the Java Enterprise System components listed in this section, see the Sun Java Enterprise System Installation Guide.

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Delegated Administrator Hardware Requirements

The memory and disk space requirements for Delegated Administrator are the same as those of the Web container to which Delegated Administrator is deployed.

For information about the Web container's hardware requirements, see the current release notes for this Java Enterprise System component.

Supported Browsers for Delegated Administrator

See Client Requirements for more information.

Chapter 7 Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 Release Notes

The Release Notes document contains important information available at the time of the patch release of Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 including:

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.

Note

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party Web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

What's New in This Release of Communications Express

See the What's New document.

About Communications Express

Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 provides an integrated web-based communication and collaboration client that consists of three client modules - Mail, Calendar, and Address Book. The Mail, Calendar, and Address Book client modules are deployed as a single application on any web container and are collectively referred to as Unified Web Client (UWC).

Deprecated and Removed Features for Communications Express

Sun Java System Communications Express does not have any deprecated features or removed features to announce for this release.

Communications Express will only support use of Directory Server on Solaris and Linux; not on Windows or HP-UX or any other platform.

Communications Express Browser Requirements

Communications Express 6.3 requires a JavaScript-enabled browser. See Supported Browser Versions for Communications Express Clients for more information.

Communications Express Compatibility Issues

The following table lists the known incompatibilities between Communications Express 6.3 and earlier versions

Incompatibility Impact Comments
The User Interface for creation of a new calendar event has been changed from earlier versions of Communications Express 6.3 release. In this release, when users create new calendar events, the Start Time, and End Time of the event has to be supplied. In previous releases, only the Start Time and Duration had to be supplied (6305790).   The change has been made only in the User Interface. The behavior of the way events are created is not affected.
Java Enterprise System (Java ES) 4 release of Communications Express is incompatible with Java ES3 version of Messaging Server Multiplexor (6328658). A HTTP 502 error is displayed when users log in with valid credentials when Communications Express is upgraded with the Java ES 4 version. If you upgrade Communications Express to Java ES 4, you must also upgrade Messaging Server Multiplexor to Java ES 4.
Java ES 4 release of Communications Express is not compatible with the Communications Suite version 5 version of Messaging Server. This incompatibility is seen in a setup containing a Java ES 4 version of Messaging Server, Communications Express, Calendar Server, and Access Manager are installed on the same machine, if only Messaging Server is upgraded to the Communications Suite 5 version, some functionality in Communications Express is broken (6395931). Some of the Communications Express functionality such as compose mail, search, and folder management do not work. If Messaging Server is on one machine and Webmail, Messaging MultiPlexor, and UWC are on different machines, Messaging Server can be upgraded to Communications Suite 5 version. If you upgrade only Webmail and Messaging Multiplexor without upgrading Communications Express, some of the Communications Express functionality do not work.

Problems Fixed in This Release of Communications Express

This list describes problems fixed in Communications Express 6.3.

6639632

Some of the rich text icons are not working.

6640775

Delete, Save, Cancel and Help buttons are not displaying in Default Calendar window.

6652350

Communications Express configuration tool displays the AS9.1EE Administration password on console as well as in the log.

6682153

Not able to subscribe a folder due to missing drop-down(All shared and searched shared folders).

6690663

mshttp server crashes when we attach a file with size 7 MB: Solaris SPARC Only.

6690745

Cannot move a file to the subscribed folder having read and write permissions.

6691836

Copyright still shows 2007 in the login page and version link page.

5008104

Fully Qualified Host Name Required in URL Even When the User is Authenticated.

6282382

Java ES 3:Messaging Server 6.2: Incorrect page header for logout user from MS, connected via multiplexor

6263554

Invalid Path Information Provided in config-uwc Configuration File on Linux.

5086083

Calendar Does Not Allow Users to Select Any Year Beyond 2006 in All the Views.

6233746

Cannot View Calendars with Availability or Invite Permissions Only.

6306958

Error Displayed when Trying to Get Options for Calendar Server.

6260646

Communications Express Mail Tab Not Visible When User has mailAllowedServiceAccess: +ALL:*

6217929

Forwarded Message Saved as Draft Appears to Lose the Forwarded Attachment.

6314465

New Content Shown Twice When Forwarding Messages.

6264555

Text in the New Message Text Area is Replaced by the String “undefined” When Editing Messages in Plain Text on Mozilla Browser on Solaris.

6315048

Dynamic Migration of Personal Address Book Does Not Work.

6295293

UWC/Webmail Need the Ability to Change the Source Encoding from the Browser

Known Issues and Limitations in Communications Express

This section contains a list of the known issues with Communications Express 6.3. The following product areas are covered:

Generic Issues

6398159

Communications Express Login Screen Does Not Honor CSS Definition in themes.properties

The login.jsp file in Communications Express has hard-coded style— sheet information. As a result of this, new skin-definitions cannot be applied for the style-sheets used with the login page.

6691303

View Group Details link does not work properly

When you create a new group and click the View Group Details link, you are directed to the same page instead of the Group Details page.

6272426

UWCAuth Servlet Throws a NullPointer Exception

In a deployment scenario where the dependent components of Communications Express (deployed on Sun Java System Application Server) are deployed across multiple nodes, the Communications Express UWCAuth Servlet throws a NullPointer Exception.

Workaround: Restart the Application Server.

6527879

Communications Suite Installer Does Not Permit Installation in a Local Zone

An attempt to install Communications Express with and Access Manager using the Communications Installer 14a into a sparse zone results in the following message regarding shared components:

Unsupported components in zone.
Following components required by the selected components, are not supported in local zone and they can not be 
installed directly into the local zone.
Please install these components from the global zone before proceeding this installation.

Workaround: Install the shared components in the global zone using the pkgadd command. This allows the installation to proceed without any problems.

6482226

Communications Express Online Help Contains JavaScript Error.

When accessing to Communications Express Online Help using Internet Explorer 6.0, JavaScript errors are displayed.

6517599

Java ES 5-B14a: Linux RH4.0: Unable to load Communications Express Login Page in a Multi-tiered Deployment

The login page fails to load even if the user logs in with valid credentials in a Multi-tired deployment topology. This issue is seen in the following scenario:

  • Communications Express and webmail host are installed on one node
  • Directory Server, Calendar Server on separate nodes
  • Calendar Server, Messaging Server, and Communications Express configured with SSO
  • Access Manager is enabled in the uwcauth.properties by setting the property auth.identity.enabled to true

The web container logs a series of exceptions indicating a problem with Access Manager when Communications Express tries to execute code that makes calls to Access Manager SDK. This happens when a user tries to log on to Communications Express.

6717711

Communications Express Online Help Window Titles Do Not Show Correct Information.

The Communications Express Online Help windows display incorrect title information.

6728756

zh_TW and zh_CN UI is in English after freshly installing Communications Express through the Communications Suite 6 Installer for Linux.

This is a known issue with zh_TW and zh_CN locales for Linux customers who choose to do a fresh installation using the Communications Suite 6 Installer.

On a fresh install on Linux using the Communications Suite 6 Installer, the directory name changed to /opt/sun/comms/ce from the older /opt/sun/uwc. This causes the links to break for these locals. The workaround is to manually create the links.

After installation, you must create the following symbolic links prior to configuring Communications Express. Otherwise, the UI displays English instead of Chinese.

  1. Change to the Communications Express base installation directory, for example:
    cd /opt/sun/comms/ce
    
  2. Change to the help directory.
  3. Run the following commands to create the symbolic links.
    ln -s zh-CN zh
    ln -s zh-TW zh-tw
    
  4. Change to the ce-base-dir/lib/config-templates/WEB-INF/domain/defaultps/ directory.
  5. Run the following commands to create the symbolic links.
    ln -s dictionary-zh.xml dictionary-zh-CN.xml
    ln -s dictionary-zh.xml dictionary-zh-cn.xml
    ln -s dictionary-zh-TW.xml dictionary-zh-tw.xml
    
  6. Change to the ce-base-dir/lib/config-templates/WEB-INF/domain/ directory.
  7. Run the following commands to create the symbolic links.
    ln -s zh-CN zh
    ln -s zh-TW zh-tw
    
  8. Change to the ce-base-dir/lib/config-templates/WEB-INF/ui/html/abs/.
  9. Run the following commands to create the symbolic links.
    ln -s dictionary-zh.xml dictionary-zh-CN.xml
    ln -s dictionary-zh.xml dictionary-zh-cn.xml
    ln -s dictionary-zh-TW.xml dictionary-zh-tw.xml
    
  10. Change to the ce-base-dir/lib/locale/resources/ directory.
  11. Run the following commands to create the symbolic links.
    *{{ln -s UwcCfgResources_zh_CN.properties UwcCfgResources_zh-CN.properties}}*
    *{{ln -s UwcCfgResources_zh_TW.properties UwcCfgResources_zh-tw.properties}}*
    

Configurator Tool Issues

This section contains a list of known issues in the Configurator tool for Communications Express.

6415155

Communications Express Does Not Allow Users to Log in After a Patch is Backed Out

Communications Express brings back the login page when users try to log on to Communications Express with valid credentials, after a patch is backed out. This issue is seen when users upgrade Communications Express by installing a patch using the patch-config and install-newconfig commands but later run the backout-newconfig to back out of a patch. The backout-newconfig utility does not warn users that some of the JSP files may have been cached by the web container.

Workaround: Remove the ClassCache directory for your web container and restart the web container on which Communications Express is deployed. The ClassCache directories for Web Server and Application Server are:

Web Server: /opt/SUNWwbsvr/https- <servername>/ClassCache/https- <servername>, where <servername> is the domain on which Communications Express is deployed.

Application Server: /var/opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain1/generated/jsp/j2ee-modules/ <uwc_module_name>, where <uwc_module_name> is the name of the module deployed on the Application Server.

5104756

Configurator Tool for Communications Express Does Not Support the `Unconfigure' Option

The Communications Express Configurator does not allow you to undeploy, remove files at the time of configuration, and remove files created during runtime.

Workaround: To Unconfigure Communications Express:

  1. Remove the Communications Express package. For example on Solaris type:

    pkgrm SUNWuwc
  2. Remove the deploy directories.
  3. Remove the WEBAPP entry from Web Server or Application Server server.xml file.

5028906

Communications Express Configurator: devinstall Dumps Core for Unresolved Host Aliases

Communications Express configuration wizard fails to complete the configuration process if your system is not configured for host name aliases.

Workaround: Ensure that you have configured one or more host name aliases for your system.

To configure one or more host name aliases on UNIX systems:

  1. Provide the configuration for the hosts in /etc/nsswitch.conf file:
    hosts: files dns nis

    This configuration indicates to the name service the lookup order it should use to resolve host names and host aliases. The name service lookup order is: files, dns, and nis.
  2. Ensure that the /etc/hosts file contains two or more host names defined against your machine’s IP address.

    For example, if your system IP address is 129.158.230.64, then in /etc/hosts file, you can configure the IP address as:

    129.158.230.64 budgie.siroe.varrius.com budgie
    or

    129.158.230.64 budgie.siroe.varrius.com budgie loghost

    Example of an incorrect IP address:

    129.158.230.64 budgie

4996723

GUI Configuration Input Fields are Truncated because Input Fields are Right Aligned

The field names and browser buttons are truncated or not visible when the configuration wizard is invoked in a language other than English.

Workaround: Resize the configuration panels to view its contents properly.

4982590

The Components for Communications Express are Shown to be Zero Bytes

The configurator tool for Communications Express shows the component size as 0 bytes while displaying the Mail and Calendar components for Communications Express.

6283991

Java Exception on Web Server Startup after Configuration of Communications Express

In an installation scenario where Communications Express and Access Manager are installed and configured on separate nodes, the Web Server installed on the node containing Communications Express throws a Java exception on restart. This is due to the incorrect settings in the Web Server's classpath (on the node where Communications Express is installed).

Workaround: Edit the web-svr-base /config/server.xml file on the Web Server instance of the node where Communications Express is installed, and ensure that the following entries are available in the Web Server's classpath:

opt/SUNWam/lib:/opt/SUNWam/locale:/etc/opt/SUNWam/config:
/opt/SUNWam/lib/am_sdk.jar:/opt/SUNWam/lib/am_services.jar:
/opt/SUNWam/lib/am_logging.jar

6298931

Communications Express Configurator Fails to Validate Application Server Port and as a Result the Configuration Hangs

The Communications Express configurator does not validate the Application Server port during configuration and thus the configuration hangs if a wrong Application Server port number is specified.

6264589

Configuration of Communications Express Hangs if Web Server is Running

The configuration of Communications Express hangs when the Web Server is running. This is due to an UnsatisfiedLinkError error.

Workaround: Gracefully shutdown the Web Server by executing the command /web-svr-base/web-svr-domain_name /stop. This will allow the Communications Express configuration to proceed.

Calendar Issues for Communications Express

6723521

Cannot Create an Event That Spans More Than Two Years.

When you create an event in the Calendar that spans more than two years, the following error is displayed:

The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

6199523

Cannot Edit Imported Events and Tasks in Calendar.

If you create calendars A and B and provide permissions to edit both of them, and try importing events and tasks to one of these calendars, the Edit button is not displayed restricting you from editing the events.

5039728

The View and Edit Tasks Show Notes and Reminder Messages That Span Multiple Lines in a Single Line.

While adding Task notes and Remainder messages in a calendar, the notes or messages are displayed in a single line even if the user intends to have them in multiple lines.

6199523

Cannot Edit Imported Events and Tasks in Calendar

Communications Express does not allow editing of Events and Tasks that are imported from one calendar to the other (with allow... permissions set on both), for the same calendar owner.

6528031

Communications Express Calendar Web Exception When Searching Calendar Groups for an Event

The Communications Express calendar client displays an exception if a user searches a calendar group consisting of owned and subscribed calendars for events of interest. If a user creates a calendar group and wants to search this group for a particular event, the Communications Express client returns with an error that the page cannot be displayed. As a result, a user cannot search the calendar group for an event and will need to search each calendar individually.

This problem depends on the alphabetical ordering of the event names. If the event in the owner's calendar is alphabetically before the event in the subscribed calendar, the problem may not occur. This problem occurs when the event in the subscribed calendar begins with a letter that is alphabetically before the event in the owner's calendar.

Mail Issues for Communications Express

6695436

Message Body is Lost When You Reply or Reply All to a Message From a Nondefault Sent Folder

When a user reply to a message from a folder that the user creates, the message body gets lost.

Workaround: Log out and log in back to reply to the message leaving the message body intact.

6425114

Direct Delivery of Mails to a Multi-byte Shared Folder Corrupts the Recipients Email Address

When mails are sent to a multi-byte shared folder, the recipient's email address is corrupted and the mail is not delivered to the multi-byte shared folder, instead it is delivered to the inbox of the user where the multi-byte shared folder is created. It only works if the recipient's shared folder is created using IMAP-MUTF 7

Workaround: Disable the popup blocker for this URL in your browser.

6691269

Multi-byte data becomes garbled for Folder names and in Search field in Mail tab(Safari only)

Case1: While being logged in as Non-English user, when you create a new folder in the Mail tab, the Non-English folder name gets garbled.
Case2: When you enter Non-English search text in the Search field in the Mail tab, the characters get garbled.

Workaround: None.

6691274

Cannot open or share "Sent" folders in Non-English versions

While being logged in as Non-English user, when you try to open (by clicking) or share a "Sent" folder in the Mail tab, an error "Folder does not exist" is displayed.

Workaround: None.

6329862

Communications Express Does Not Behave as Desired when Popup Blockers are Enabled in Browsers

When users enable the pop-up blocker feature in their browsers, the Compose, Reply, Reply All, Forward, and Forward Inline windows of Communications Express are not displayed even though they are valid pop-ups with respect to the application. Communications Express does not let the browsers know that this is a valid pop—up.

6501841

When User Logs in Through a Domain Specific URL Without Providing @virtualdomain.com, the Mail Tab is Missing

This bug is seen when users log on to Communications Express that is configured with hosted domain support. In a hosted domain scenario, users should log on using the uid along with the virtual domain name. For example uid@virtualdomain.com. If the user logs on to Communications Express without specifying the hosted domain, the Mail tab does not appear.

*Workaround:*While logging on to the virtual domain, provide the virtual host URL on the browser, for example <virtualdomain>.siroe.com, and then log on to the virtual domain using uid@virtualdomain.com the mail tab is shown. Here:

  • <virtualdomain> is the configured virtual domain name under the default domain (siroe.com in the example)
  • uid is the user id of the user on the virtual domain

Address Book Issues

6383327

The Address Book Component of Communications Express Does Not Validate the Format of the File That is Being Imported

Communications Express does not validate the file formats when trying to import already exported address book contacts. As a result of this, if a file exported in one file format is imported as another file format, inappropriate error messages are displayed, and in certain cases incorrect contact data is imported.

  • For example, if users try to import an LDIF file by selecting the Import Format as Microsoft CSV or Address book CSV type from the Import and Export Address Book window of the Address Book component, the following error message is displayed:
    The file selected for import is empty or does not exist
    

    The Address Book component does not validate the file format that is being imported.

  • If an LDIF format type file is imported as a Thunderbird CSV format, Address book creates 10 contacts for the one contact exported.
  • If a Microsoft CSV format type file is imported as a Thunderbird CSV format, Address book creates multiple contacts.

6355706

Communications Express Displays a Configuration Error When Users Try to Search in the Corporate Directory With a Valid Keyword

Communications Express displays the following error message when users try to search the corporate directory with a valid keyword:

&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Your server is not configured properly or your search query has exceeded the limit. 
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Please check server configuration

6337537

Compose Window is Not Displayed to the User When Popup Blocker is Enabled in the Browsers

This issue is seen when users enable the popup blocker feature in their browser. On enabling popup blockers, when users click on the email address of their contacts in the Address Books, Communications Express does not open the mail compose window even when this is a valid pop up window.

Workaround: Disable the pop-up blocker feature for the domain.

4995472

The Address Book Name Cannot be Localized by defaultps/dictionary-<lang\>.xml for Every Session

The address book name cannot be localized because the localized value which is based on the resolved session language and the domain specific defaultps/dictionary-<lang\>.xml is assigned when the address book is accessed for the first time.

The “Name” and “Description” entered in the Address Book Options page are also not displayed in the current Address Book drop-down list that appears on the Address Book tab page.

6540765

The Sequence of Phone Numbers Changes When The Exported File is Imported in Microsoft Outlook CSV Format

When you import an exported file in Microsoft Outlook CSV format, the sequence of phone numbers changes.

6308706

Importing Data from Outlook CSV Format Creates Invalid Birthday and Anniversary.

When users try to import Microsoft Outlook data in CSV format into Communications Express, the entries for Birthday and Anniversary are incorrectly set to 00/00/00.

Options Issues

6693973

User Cannot Log In to Communications Express Immediately After Changing the Password.

When you try to login to Communications Express after changing your password, the following error message is displayed:

Authentication Failed.
Reenter your username and password.

Workaround: Wait for about 2minutes before you login again.

Localization Issues for Communications Express

6387130

Users Unable to Localize Date Format in Event View and Check Availability View

Communications Express allows users to define localized date and time formats. The localized date and time formats can be defined in the i18n.properties files. However, the localized date and time cannot be displayed for the following views and pages: There is no corresponding properties for these pages in the i18n.properties file.

  • Event View
  • Check Availability View
  • Mini Calendar.

6186520

Importing CSV from Localized Microsoft Outlook Express Version 6.00.2800.1123 Does Not Work

Communications Express cannot import CSV data from a localized Microsoft Outlook Express.

6472240

Communications Express Calendar, Multi-byte Attachment Filename will be Garbled when it is Opened in Internet Explorer 6.0.

This bug is seen when users try to create a task or event in Communications Express using Internet Explorer 6.0. When users try to attach a file with a multi-byte name and save the attachment, the file name in the save dialog box is gets garbled.

6480589

Opposite First Name and Last Name Entry when Adding a Contact in Japanese

Communications Express does not add contacts in Address book based on the locale. When users try to add a Japanese contact in Japanese locale, the contact is added as per the rules of English. The contacts are added in the order of First Name and Last Name. Japanese locale requires that the user's last name appears before the first name.

6480593

Cannot Add Proper Name to Address Book from 'Add Address' Button.

When users try to add email address to address book using the 'Add Address' button from a received message, the view name is duplicated the contact does not get added properly.

6494315

Communications Express does not Handle Password Policies as Desired

Communications Express has the following issues when setting up password policies:

  • When a password lock is set on entering a wrong password, say for three consecutive tries, on the next correct entry, Communications Express displays a Server Error (500) Page instead of displaying an appropriate message.
  • When users try to log in with an expired password, the following error is displayed.
    Authentication Failed Reenter your username and password.
    

    This message is ambiguous and is not correct.

  • When users try to login to Communications Express with a policy 'Need to reset the password at the first login', the user is not prompted to reset his password.

SMIME

6225672

Certification Revocation List Not Working

Communications Express does not display any error message when encrypted messages are sent to users whose certificates have been revoked.

Documentation Updates

Communications Express supports only UTF-8 encoded files for import and export of vCards in the Address Book. To configure Address Book to support import and export of files with other encoding:
For importing, in the following file:

/var/opt/sun/comms/ce/WEB-INF/config/import/import.properties

change

import.vcard.encoding = utf-8 to import.vcard.encoding = <required-encoding>

For exporting, in the following file:

/var/opt/sun/comms/ce/WEB-INF/config/export/export-vcard.xsl

change

<xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

to

<xsl:output method="text" encoding="<required-encoding>" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

You must restart the container for the changes to take place. Currently, Communications Express does not support multiple encoding formats for vCard.

Note:

Both the settings are application wide, and will be enforced for all users in all locales. Changing from UTF-8 may not be suitable if different locales are to be supported.

Chapter 8 Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3 Release Notes

These Release Notes contain important information available at the time of the general release of Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3. These Release Notes contain the following sections:

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.

Note

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party Web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

About Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3

Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook enables Outlook to be used as a desktop client with Sun Java Communications Suite.

Connector for Microsoft Outlook is an Outlook plug-in that must be installed on the end-user's desktop. Connector for Microsoft Outlook queries the Sun Java System Messaging Server for folder hierarchies and email messages. It converts the information into Messaging API (MAPI) properties that Outlook can display. Similarly, it uses WCAP to query the Sun Java System Calendar Server for events and tasks which are then converted into MAPI properties. With this model, Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook builds an end-user Outlook view from three separate information sources: mail from Messaging Server, calendar information from Calendar Server, and contacts from the address book server.

When users create and modify items through Outlook, Connector for Microsoft Outlook passes the new message along to the appropriate server depending on its message type. It sends new outgoing email to an SMTP mail server for delivery, and sends modified email messages back to the user's IMAP folder for storage. New calendar events and tasks are converted into a standard format to be stored in the Calendar Server database.

The address book service makes use of WABP and allows a user to have their personal address book accessible from both Outlook and Sun Java System Communications Express.

Note

Please note, the package that is Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook does not include any migration tools. You need those tools if you have users that are currently on Microsoft Exchange and would like to use Outlook with Sun Java Communications Suite. Sun provides a migration service to help move data and users from an existing Exchange deployment to Sun Java Communications Suite.

What's New in This Release of Connector for Microsoft Outlook

See the What's New document.

Deprecated and Removed Features for Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3

  1. Support for Microsoft Outlook 2000.
  2. Support for Microsoft Outlook 2002/XP.

Requirements for Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.3

See Requirements for Communications Suite 6 and Requirements for Connector for Outlook.

Connector for Microsoft Outlook Installation Notes

Connector for Microsoft Outlook is an Outlook plug-in that requires installation on the end users' desktop. A deployment and configuration program is provided to aid the organization in deploying Connector for Microsoft Outlook.

Note

Before you install Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook, please check the SunSolve website (http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patchpage) for the latest information about any required patches.

The installation and deployment is a three-step process.

Installing Connector for Microsoft Outlook
  1. Install the administrator package.
  2. Create an installation package for the end user.
  3. Deploy the installation package.

    The Connector for Microsoft Outlook packages ships an installer for the administrator package. The system administrator should prepare a special installation package called the Setup Wizard for the end user. The Setup Wizard installs and configures the Connector for Microsoft Outlook software on the end user's desktop. This installation package is designed to simplify and automate the installation process.
    For installation, configuration, and deployment instructions please see the following:

Converting Data

One of the optional steps that can be performed during setup and configuration of Connector for Microsoft Outlook is the conversion of data that resides on the desktop. This conversion process is invoked only if the administrator checks the Convert existing profile option during the creation of the end user installation package. Please note, this conversion process is not intended to, nor does it replace the need for server-based migration. Sun provides a migration service to help move data and users from an existing Exchange deployment to Sun Java Communications Suite.

LDAP Attributes

In order for Connector for Microsoft Outlook to function correctly, the following LDAP attributes in the Sun Java System Directory Server should be indexed for at least presence and equality to improve the overall performance:

  • icsCalendar
  • mail
  • mailalternateaddress

For more information on these attributes, see the Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide and the Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide.

Connector for Microsoft Outlook Compatibility Issues

Please refer to the following Technical Notes for information about compatibility issues with Connector for Microsoft Outlook and other products or applications:

Problems Fixed in This Release of Connector for Microsoft Outlook

For a complete list of problems fixed in this release, see the README file delivered with the Connector for Microsoft Outlook core software patch.

Known Limitations and Issues in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

This section describes the limitations and known issues that exist in this release of Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook.

Limitations in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

Some limitations exist in this release of Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook. The key limitations are:

  • Every distinct identity in the Directory Server (for example, users, resources, conference rooms) must have an email address.
  • Rich text in the appointment and meeting description field is lost once the same calendar event is modified in the Communications Express client.
  • Message recall functionality is not available.
  • Description of events is not available when checking availability.
  • Free/Busy lookup does not display TENTATIVE or OUT-OF-OFFICE color coding.
  • The properties for Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook cannot be modified using the Tools→Services option from the Outlook menu. To modify the properties:
    1. Exit Outlook.
    2. Right click the Outlook icon and select Properties.

      The Properties dialog appears.
    3. Select Folders - < your user name>from the list of services.
    4. Click Properties.
  • Free/busy lookup using SSL is not supported.
  • Installing Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook on Exchange servers is not supported.
  • Recurring tasks are not supported.
  • Offline limitations:
    • During an offline session, if any item in a Calendar, Task, mail, or Contact folder is modified using Outlook, and then another client on the server is used to modify the same item, the changes made offline are lost when the user returns to online mode in Outlook. The changes made by the other client on the server remain.
    • When creating a new event in offline mode, the invitation is saved to the user's Outbox. If, while still in offline mode, the user opens the invitation, the invitation disappears from the Outbox once it is closed.
  • Junk Mail Filter does not work for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

    The Junk Email feature available in Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 (select Tools→Option) does not function with Connector for Microsoft Outlook. Senders that are set to be filtered using this tool are not filtered.

    Because Outlook's Junk Email feature relies on the client to filter unwanted messages, Sun recommends using a server-side solution. In client filters, like the one Outlook utilizes, the messages arrive in the user's Inbox, which is then moved to the Junk folder. This could potentially create unnecessary network traffic and slower response time.

    Users may use the Tools→Mail Filter option, which utilizes the server-side filtering function. A more efficient solution would be to use a server-side virus or junk mail filter that is compatible with Sun Java System Messaging Server. Unsolicited email may be rejected at the MTA (message transfer agent) level and never arrive in the user's Inbox, saving resources and disk space. For a list of third-party partners, see http://www.sun.com/software/products/communications/partner&#95;library/index.xml

Known Issues in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

This section describes the known issues at the time of this release of Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook. If known, IDs are included in parentheses.
The categories of issues discussed in this section are:

General Issues in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

6550994 and 6766033

Non Default Contacts Folder Not Getting Deleted in Communications Express and Convergence
Workaround: Delete the contacts folder from the Deleted Items list in addition to deleting it from Outlook.

6689448

Close button on Mail Filters Page Does Not Work in Mozilla Firefox
Workaround: If the Close button on Mail Filters page or on the Out of Office Message page does not work in Mozilla Firefox browser, go to the Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs folder. Edit the all.js file by setting the value of the dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows preference to true.

6570441

Vista: Not able to create user profile using silent installation
Workaround: Able to proceed with silent installation after enabling hidden administrator. With Administrator account, this issue is not reproducible. This is Windows Vista specific. This behavior is not seen in other flavors of Windows.

Steps to enable default administrator account in Vista:

  1. Run the command compmgmt.msc.
  2. Select Local Users and Groups from Left side Tree View.
  3. Select Users. This will show all the users present on the machine.
  4. Right click on "Administrator".
  5. Click properties. Administrator Properties dialog box will be displayed.
  6. Clear the option "Account is Disabled".(By default, this option is selected so the administrator account is disabled).

6604704

Outlook 2007: Not able to create profile using installation package
When you run the installation package to create a new profile, you get the following error and the profile is not created.

"Outlook is not installed on this machine. Please install Outlook 2000 with the Office 2000 Service Pack 3 or Outlook 2002 with the Office XP Service Pack 2, and then run this program again."
Issue is because of the missing registry sub-key.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Outlook.Application

You may experience this issue if you install a Microsoft Office 2003 program after the 2007 Microsoft Office system is installed. For example, you experience this issue in the following scenario:

  1. You install the 2007 Office system.
  2. You modify the 2007 Office system installation to remove Microsoft Office Word 2007.
  3. You install Microsoft Office Word 2003.


Workaround:

  1. Exit all 2007 Office programs.
  2. Click Start, click Run, enter appwiz.cpl in the Open box, and then click OK.
  3. In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click Microsoft Office Version 2007, and then click Change.
  4. In the Microsoft Office Version 2007 dialog box, click Repair, and then click Continue.

For other details see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930010

Note

Outlook 2000 and Outlook XP/2002 are not supported.

Installation and Upgrade Issues in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

4930092

Unauthenticated Shared Drive Path Displays Warning.
For fields requiring a shared drive path, or UNC (Universal Naming Convention) be entered (for example, the shared path to the location for Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard on the Processes Tab of the Deployment Configuration Program), a validation warning is displayed that states the path does not exist if the user is not authenticated for the specified shared drive.
Workaround: The specified shared drive should be accessible by anonymous authentication, allowing anybody to access the shared drive.

No ID

Upgrade defaults to previous servers and ports.
When upgrading from the Connector for Microsoft Outlook 6 2004Q2 version to the Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.2 version, if the server names and port numbers have changed, the upgrade only takes into consideration the old server names and port numbers.
Workaround: None.

6547273

Error Message Is Displayed On Upgrade of Outlook Connector After Upgrading Microsoft Outlook
When you perform the following procedure:
1. Install Outlook 2003 with Outlook Connector 7.2.
2. Upgrade Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007.
3. Upgrade to Outlook Connector 7.3.

The following error message appears:

Installation of Sun Java System MAPI Service Providers has failed
Workaround: Uninstall the existing version of Outlook Connector. Reinstall Outlook Connector whenever you upgrade Outlook.

Calendar Issues in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

The following issues relate the calendar portion of Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook:

6589461

Outlook 2007 Cannot Open the Internet Calendar (.ics) File When a Nondefault Calendar Is Shared Through Email.
When you open an Internet Calendar email attachment in Outlook 2007, for example, Sample.ics, the following error message is displayed:

The file "Sample" is not a valid Internet Calendar file. You cannot create a new folder here.

Workaround: Perform the following steps:

  1. Save the Sample.ics file from your email on your desktop.
  2. From Outlook Connector File menu, select Import and Export.
  3. Select the Import an iCalendar (.ics) or vCalendar file (.vcs) option from the actions list and click Next.
  4. Click the Sample.ics file that you have saved on your desktop.
    The Do you want to open this calendar as a new calendar or import its items into your calendar? dialog box appears.
  5. Click Import.
    The contents of the Internet Calendar file are imported to the default calendar folder.

6680260/6690282

Inconsistency in Passing Ownership Permission to Other Users
Consider the following scenario:

  1. Login as user1 in Communications Express.
  2. Grant ownership permission of a calendar to user2 by clicking Edit button in the Manage Calendars tab.
  3. Login as user2 in Outlook Connector and subscribe to the calendar of user1.
    You will not be allowed to grant ownership permission to user3.

Workaround: Use the Communications Express client and grant permissions to user3.

6595737

When a Resource is Double Booked, Outlook Incorrectly Shows The Second Event as Created
When a resource is booked for two recurring events in the same time slot, and the first instance of the recurring event is deleted, the event is not created in the Calendar Server. However, Outlook 2003 displays the event in the calendar.
The following error message is displayed:
Operation failed. Double Booking is not allowed.
Workaround: None.

5104189

Creating a new calendar profile brings up the old calendar reminders.
When logging in for the first time to a newly created calendar profile in Outlook that is set to your default Calendar Server, Outlook alarms pop up for old events as well as for future events. This applies only for recurring events where the entire series does not take place in the past.
Workaround: None.

6190293

Names of subscribed calendars not visible in Calendar view.
When you first subscribe to a calendar, the calendar name is labeled as "Calendar", not the name of the subscribed calendar.
Workaround:
To see the name of the subscribed calendar, log off Outlook and then log back into Outlook. The subscribed calendar's name should be displayed.

6292026

Opening a shared calendar link does not hook into subscription (Outlook 2003).
In Outlook 2003, clicking the calendar icon at the bottom of the left pane, displays the calendar view. Within that calendar view, clicking "Open a Shared Calendar" displays a dialog that allows the user to enter the user name of a shared calendar. When the user name of a known shared calendar is entered, the error "Unable to display the folder. Your profile is not configured to support this operation for this user." is displayed. This occurs also with contacts and tasks.
Workaround:
To view a shared calendar, select the shared calendar folder in the folders list.

6409671

Unable to remove attachment from an instance of a recurring event.
If a user creates a recurring event that includes an attachment, then attempts to remove the attachment from a single instance of the recurring event, the attachment is not deleted because an attachment usually gets created for a series and not for a single occurrence.
Workaround: None.

6723948

Microsoft TNEF messages are sent when sending calendar attachments.
Sending iTIP and iMIP calendar attachments are not supported.
Workaround: None.

No ID

The following are additional issues related to the calendar portion of Connector for Microsoft Outlook that do not have IDs:

  • If delegate accepts or declines an invitation from the organizer's Shared Inbox, the calendar event is added to delegate's calendar, but not to the organizer's calendar.
  • All Day events may become a non-All Day events (one event scheduled from 12:00am until 12:00pm) if the desktop time zone is different from the Calendar Server calendar time zone.
  • Changing permissions of a calendar requires restarting Outlook for the new permission setting to take effect for the Calendar folder in the Shared Calendar.
  • Tasks displayed in Shared Calendars are the login user's tasks, not the subscribed user's tasks. The calendar view always shows the login user's tasks.
  • If you create a recurring invitation in Outlook, but delete a single instance of that event, the recipients (attendees) will not see the deleted invitation if Calendar Server has not processed the initial recurring invitation before the deletion.

Mail Issues in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

The following issues relate the mail portion of Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook only:

2142968 and 6482360

Message recall does not work.
When a sender attempts to recall a message that was sent, the recall attempt fails. The recalled message is not deleted from the receiver's mailbox.
Workaround: None

Address Book Issues in Connector for Microsoft Outlook

The following issues relate to the Address Book portion of the Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook.

6225049

Deleting a contact from Communications Express does not delete it from Outlook.
The Communications Express configuration parameter delete_perm in the db_config.properties file needs to be set to false in order for Outlook to capture contact entries which have been deleted from Communications Express. The entry should be:
delete_perm=false
The default is true. The entry can be found at /var/opt/SUNWuwc/WEB-INF/config/ldapstore/db_config.properties .
Workaround: Manually fix the entry.

6752539

Cannot Delete a Contact Photo from Outlook Connector
When you right-click the contact photo and select Remove Picture, the photo is not deleted from the contact.
Workaround: None.

6228253

Login to Address Book Server Through Outlook Fails When Address Book is in SSL Mode.
Workaround:
Open Communications Express or Convergence (depending on which address book server you have configured your profile) in Internet Explorer and permanently accept the self-signed certificate.

6267180

Shared contact does not get removed from Address Book after you have unsubscribed.
After you have unsubscribed to a shared contact, it is not removed from the "Show Names from the" list of the Address Book.
Workaround: There are two workarounds:

  • If the subscribed contact has been added to the "Show Names from the" list of the Address Book," you should clear the "Show this folder as an email Address Book" option from the "Outlook Address Book" property page before you unsubscribe from the contact.
  • Remove the contact directly from the address book properties.
    In Outlook 2003:
    Select Tools > Email accounts.
    Choose "View or Change Existing Directories or Address Books" and select "Outlook Address Book" to change.
    Select the item to remove from your address book.
    In Outlook 2007:
    Select Select Tools > Account Settings.
    Click on Address Books.
    Select "Outlook Address Book" from the list of services set up in your profile.
    The Microsoft Outlook Address Book properties window is displayed.
    Select the item to remove from your address book and click Close.
    Note that user must logout and login again for the change to reflect.

Localization Issues for Connector for Microsoft Outlook

The following issues affect the localized versions of Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook:

6767897

Cancel Button in the Edit Filter Window Does Not Work in the French Locale
In the French locale, when you click Cancel in the Edit Filter window, the Cancel button does not work.
Workaround: Click the Close button to cancel the Edit operation.

6648138

English Names Are Displayed For IMAP Folders in French Locale
In the French locale, when you create a profile with Communications Express or Microsoft Outlook style folder mappings, folders such as Deleted Items, Sent Items, and Drafts are displayed in English. Only the Inbox folder name is displayed correctly.
Workaround: None.

6777127

Help Button Does Not Work in Korean Locale
In Korean locale, when you click the Help button from Out of Office Message or Mail Filters window, the Help page is not displayed.
Workaround: To view the Help, go to the following location and click the required topic from the contents:

Help --> Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook Help

6306873

Cannot Enter Non-ASCII Characters In The Full Name Field In The Install Wizard in Korean Locale
In the Korean Install wizard, when you enter non-ASCII characters in the Full Name field, the characters are displayed incorrectly.
Workaround: None.

6767893

Deplacer vers le haut (Move Up) Button in the Mail Filters Page is Not Displayed Correctly in French Locale
Workaround: None.

6672540

Multibyte Shared Calendar Name is Displayed as Question Marks
When you subscribe and query the multibyte shared calendar of another user, the calendar name is displayed as question marks.
Workaround: None.

6313321

Cannot convert IMAP profile name in Japanese.
If an IMAP profile already exists, and this profile has never been used by Outlook, the conversion fails.
Workaround: None.

6541324

After Deploying Outlook Connector in Traditional Chinese, Folder Names in Outlook 2007 Do Not Display Correctly
When you install Outlook Connector on a machine running Windows 2003 with Outlook 2007, the folder names are garbled.
Workaround: None.

6742345

Message Received in Simplified Chinese With HZ Encoding Is Garbled
When you send a message in Simplified Chinese with HZ encoding, the message is garbled on receipt.
Workaround: Choose from the following outgoing message encoding options:

  • Plain Text format – GB2312 or GB18030 combination
  • HTML or RTF format – any combination

Communications Express Interoperability Issues for Connector for Microsoft Outlook

The following issues relate to the interoperability between Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook and Sun Java System Communications Express:

6752413

Contact Folder Named "Calendar" Created in Communications Express Replaces the Default Calendar in Outlook Connector
When you create a contact folder named "Calendar" (case-sensitive) in Communications Express, it replaces the default calendar folder in Outlook Connector. Thus, all data in the calendar folder is lost.
Workaround: None.

4949659

Address Change in From: header
The name in the From: header changes if an attendee replies to an event invitation and attaches the winmail.dat calendar invitation. For example, Joe (using Outlook) sends an invitation to an event to Bob. Bob replies to Joe, using an email client that automatically sends the original winmail.dat calendar attachment back to Joe. When Joe opens the reply, the From: header is changed to Joe.
Workaround: None.

4969029

Email ID is a must for Outlook.
If a person with a calendar ID but no email ID is invited to an event in Communications Express, this person is not displayed as an attendee in Outlook. An email ID is required for Outlook.
Workaround: None.

5032872

When you unsubscribe, the calendar does not get removed from the folder list.
If you subscribe to or unsubscribe from a calendar in Communications Express, the information is updated in Outlook only after Outlook has been restarted. Additionally, if the LDAP configured for lookup is a replica, the subscription list is not updated until the replica is updated.
Workaround: None.

6175103

Error generated when Outlook synchronizes with server.
If a task is created (either in Outlook or Communications Express) while Outlook is synced with the server, then the task is deleted and the user attempts to switch to the Tasks folder in Outlook, an "Unable to display all cells due to low memory" error is generated.
Workaround: Switch to another folder and then back again to the Tasks folder.

6229276

Configuration parameter needs to be set in order for address book server contacts to be properly synchronized.
Workaround: The Communications Express configuration parameter delete_perm in the db_config.properties file needs to be set to false in order for Outlook to capture contact entries which have been deleted from Communications Express. The entry should be:
delete_perm=false
The default is true. The entry can be found at /var/opt/SUNWuwc/WEB-INF/config/ldapstore/db_config.properties .

6351914

Limitations in calendar alarms.
Because of the difference in how Outlook and Communications Express handle alarms and reminders, changes in one interface are not reflected in the other. Outlook utilizes pop-up windows as alarms, while Communications Express (Calendar Server) sends email reminders. In order to not replicate alarms when both interfaces are used (having both a pop-up and email reminder sent), Connector for Microsoft Outlook allows alarm synchronization upon creation of events in a single direction only. For example, when a new event is created using Communications Express, the alarm is copied to the Outlook event (as a pop-up). But when creating an Outlook event, the alarm is not set on the server.
Workaround: To allow the synchronization to work from Outlook to Communications Express, a registry value can be set in outlook: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sun Microsystems\Outlook Connector\Sync Cal To turn this on, set the value to 1, and to turn it off, set the value to 0 (or remove the key. Note that setting the registry value will only have effect when creating new events. Modifying existing events only affects the alarm type associated with the client performing the modification.

No ID

The following are additional issues related to Communications Express interoperability that do not have IDs:

  • RTF formatting in Outlook is not preserved if the description text is edited using Communications Express.
  • Differences exist in privacy classes between Outlook and Communications Express.
    Outlook has two privacy classes (Private and Public), while Communications Express has three classes (private, Date and Time only, and Public). In Outlook, a private event is created as a "Date and Time only" event in Communications Express. A public event in Outlook maps to the public event in Communications Express. Similarly, a Communications Express "Date and Time Only" event maps as a private event in Outlook, and a public event maps as a public event in Outlook. A Communications Express private event also maps to Outlook as a private event. To create a private event in Outlook so it appears as a private event in Communications Express, select "Free" from the "Show time as:" field. The Communications Express private event cannot be seen in a shared Calendar folder by another user.
  • There are differences in the way free/busy is implemented in Outlook and Communications Express.
    The default private event is free in Communications Express. If the event is to be included for free/busy lookup, then it should manually be set to busy. In Outlook the default events are busy for both private and public events.
  • If you export an event from Communications Express to a file in Outlook format, you cannot import the event from the same file into Outlook.
  • Incompatibilities exist in how recurring tasks are implemented in Outlook and Communications Express.
    Recurring tasks in Outlook do not conform to RFC 2445 while Communications Express is specifically designed to work with RFC 2445-compliant information. This causes problems when recurring task information is passed between Outlook and Calendar Server.
    Information stored locally by Outlook does not always match information which is stored on the Calendar Server. Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook, for example, does not transfer any information dealing with the recurrence of a task to the Calendar Server. Any tasks created in Outlook (recurring or non-recurring) appears in Communications Express as single tasks. A task that is created in Communications Express only uses the recurring information from the Calendar Server when that task is written for the first time in the Outlook client and not during any modification of any existing task on Outlook.
    For these reasons, recurring tasks viewed in Outlook and tasks viewed in Communications Express appear different in many cases. We recommend that users who work with recurring tasks choose either Outlook or Communications Express and not attempt to work with recurring tasks in both clients interchangeably.
  • If a message is sent from Outlook in Rich Text format, the message contains a plain text body with no formatting and a WINMAIL.DAT attachment.
    The WINMAIL.DAT attachment contains the Rich Text message along with any other attachments that may have been added. Because the format is Microsoft proprietary, only Outlook can read the WINMAIL.DAT attachment. Communications Express (and any other client) sees only the unformatted text message and a WINMAIL.DAT attachment. It is recommended that HTML format be used instead of Rich Text format to send messages.
  • If contacts groups in Outlook contain external SMTP mail recipients or other contacts groups, they are not seen by Communications Express.
    Communications Express and Convergence cannot send mail to these recipients.
  • Communications Express and Convergence cannot decode and display Microsoft TNEF format.
    Outlook saves calendar events and tasks (any calendar folder not under the Calendar folder tree), contacts (any contacts folder not under the Contacts folder tree), notes, and journals in the Messaging Server. Because the data is saved as Microsoft TNEF format, Communications Express and Convergence cannot decode and correctly display them.

Microsoft Exchange Interoperability Issues

The following issues relate to the interoperability between Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange:

6174201

Free Busy Proxy for Exchange does not return complete Free/Busy information.
Workaround: None.

6255190

Cannot recover deleted items.
After selecting "Empty Deleted Items Folder," Connector for Microsoft Outlook does not allow for recovery of deleted items.
Workaround: None.

No ID

Receipt of a message with embedded OLE objects and HTML in RTF from Exchange (versions 5.5, 2000, and 2003) to Connector for Microsoft Outlook does not work.
Workaround: None.

Microsoft Outlook Issues

The following are issues with Microsoft Outlook:

Note

These issues are general issues with Microsoft Outlook, and are not specific issues with Connector for Microsoft Outlook.

6365369

Limitations for non-default calendars.
Limitations exist when attempting to perform operations on a non-default calendar with Outlook:

  • Free/Busy information is not displayed.
  • Reminders cannot be set on an event.
  • Attendee responses to invitations from non-default calendars are not tallied.
    Workaround: None.

Redistributable Files for Connector for Microsoft Outlook

Connector for Microsoft Outlook does not use any redistributable files.

Chapter 9 Communications Sync 3.1

Note: The following link directs to you the Sync 3.0 Release Notes. Sync 3.1 is the same as 3.0 with additional fixes.

http://docs.sun.com/source/819-4706/index.html

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