BEAWebLogic Server™ and WebLogic Express™ Release Notes Version 7.0 Service Pack 7 Document Revised: March 2006 Copyright Copyright © 2004 BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Restricted Rights Legend This software and documentation is subject to and made available only pursuant to the terms of the BEA Systems License Agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. It is against the law to copy the software except as specifically allowed in the agreement. This document may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in writing, from BEA Systems, Inc. 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WebLogic Server 7.0 Features and Changes What’s New in WebLogic Server 7.0 SP7. .1-2 Administration Console . 1-2 Plug-Ins . 1-2 What’s New in WebLogic Server 7.0 SP6. .1-3 Administration Console . 1-3 What’s New in WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5. .1-3 Oracle 10g JDBC Thin Driver. .1-3 JDBC MultiPool Failover Enhancements . 1-4 JDBC Connection Pool Testing Enhancements. 1-4 EJB Cache Size Trimming . .1-5 Ant Tasks for Domain Configuration. 1-5 Configurable Log Rotation Criteria. 1-5 Enhanced Server Logs . 1-5 Client Tracking . 1-6 BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 Release Notes iii Custom Auditing Provider. .1-6 New Security API. .1-6 User Configuration and User Key Files for weblogic.Admin and Ant Tasks . .1-6 Pausing and Resuming Message-Driven Beans . .1-6 WebDAV Support . .1-7 What’s New in WebLogic Server 7.0 SP4 . .1-7 What’s New in WebLogic Server 7.0 SP3 . .1-7 WebLogic Server 7.0 Service Pack 3 and WebLogic Workshop . .1-7 JDBC Vendor Connection Access from Pooled Connection . .1-8 XA JDBC Statement Caching Enhancements. .1-8 JDBC Connection Leak Detection Enhancements . .1-8 Support for Oracle Virtual Private Databases . .1-9 JTA Transaction Log Write Policy . .1-9 Support for XAResource Transaction Timeout . .1-9 Removing Passivated EJBs from Disk . .1-10 context-root Naming for Web Applications . .1-10 Controlling Access to the WSDL and Home Page of a Web Service . .1-11 Changes to Security Realm Options. .1-11 What’s New in WebLogic Server 7.0 SP2 . .1-11 Upgrade Installer Caveats. .1-12 Migrating Domains Created Using the Configuration Wizard. .1-12 Updating WebLogic Server 7.0 to 7.0 Service Pack 2 . .1-13 Performance Enhancements . .1-13 New and Changed Security Documentation . .1-14 Web Services. .1-14 Optimized JMS Topic Subscriber Message Selectors. .1-15 Extra EJB Compiler Options at the Server Level. .1-15 New Features for Installing WebLogic Server as a Windows Service. .1-16 iv BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 Release Notes New Default Version for the Oracle Thin Driver . 1-16 What’s New in WebLogic Server 7.0 SP1. 1-16 JMS. 1-16 Full Compliance with the JMS Specification 1.0.2b . 1-16 Synchronous Write Policy for JMS File Stores. 1-17 Servlets . 1-17 Web Services . 1-17 WebLogic jDriver for Oracle 9.2.0 . 1-18 New Security-Related Element for EJBs . 1-19 WebLogic Server 7.0 Platform Edition and WebLogic Server 7.0 Standalone. 1-19 Updating WebLogic Server 7.0 to 7.0 Service Pack 1. 1-19 Migrating Domains Created Using the Configuration Wizard . 1-20 What's New in WebLogic Server 7.0 . 1-25 Web Services . 1-25 Security Infrastructure. 1-26 Developer Tools. 1-26 System Administration Enhancements . 1-27 Caching . ..