WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.2 > Release notes
What's changed in IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.1.0
This release introduces the following changes to existing features. For information about new features that have been added to this release, see What's new in IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.1.0.
Improved installer
This release includes a new installer that enables you to choose either a simple or custom installation. With a simple installation, you get the same product components provided by the Express Installer in previous releases (Process Center for demonstration purposes) with the following changes:
- The embedded database is now DB2 Express Edition Version 9.7
- The embedded application server is WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0
The custom installation option always installs WebSphere Version 7.0 as the embedded application server and enables you to choose the following:
- Whether to install a Process Center or runtime environment
- The type of runtime environment to install: testing, staging, or production
- Whether to enable clustering for servers in runtime environments and, if so, whether to add the server to an existing cluster
- Database: DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle database
- Whether to create an automated installation package
In addition, the new installer automatically performs the following post-installation configuration tasks by default:
For setting advanced options such as environment type and specific ports to use for WebSphere, you can configure the install.properties file to further customize your installation
Add a runtime server to an existing cluster also requires that you configure the install.properties file for use with the automated installer and perform additional post-installation tasks. For more information, see the Lombardi Automated Runtime Environment Installation and Configuration Guide appropriate for your environment. (Process Center servers cannot be clustered. Clustering is supported only for Process Servers in runtime environments.)
Must be an administrator to install
You must be an administrator to install IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition on Windows or have root access to install on UNIX platforms.
Windows Authentication option for Microsoft SQL Server databases
The option to enable Windows Authentication for Microsoft SQL Server databases is no longer available in Lombardi installers. In previous releases, this option enabled you to authenticate access to your Microsoft SQL Server database server using Windows logon permissions. For this type of configuration for this release of WebSphere Lombardi Edition, you need to use Lombardi Automated Install and contact IBM Customer Support for assistance.
WebSphere MQ
Previous releases of Lombardi Teamworks 6 provided support for WebSphere MQ or WebSphere embedded messaging for the product's internal queues. WebSphere MQ is not supported for the product's internal queues in this release. The Java Integration component that allows process applications to interface with WebSphere MQ is still available and supported.
Improved WS-Security support
In this release, Web Services Security has been enhanced to support additional scenarios with WebSphere 7 web service end points. The following scenarios are now supported:
- XML Signature
- Encryption
- XML Signature + Encryption
- Username Token
- Username Token + XML Signature
- Username Token + Encryption
- Username Token + XML Signature + Encryption
Password encryption
In previous releases, passwords were encrypted using the Blowfish algorithm. In this release, the encryption algorithm is Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption.
Startup wrapper
In previous releases, Lombardi used a startup wrapper to control the Process Server, Process Center Server, and Performance Data Warehouse. In this release, Lombardi no longer uses the startup wrapper service written by Tanuki Software.
Configuration file directory
In this release, Lombardi configuration files are installed in the following directory: [Lombardi_home]/[process-center|process-server]/config
The 100Custom.xml and log4j.xml files are located in the top-level directory. Other configuration files, such as 99Local.xml and 80EventManager.xml are stored in the system sub-directory.
Yahoo! UI Library
Yahoo! UI Library (YUI) assets have been removed from IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition and replaced with Dojo components. Any existing customizations made directly to YUI assets (for example, in the WAR file for Lombardi Process Portal) will no longer work in release 7.1.0.
Date selector Coach control
The Date selector Coach control has changed. When the data format for a Date selector Coach control includes minutes and seconds, the resulting Date selector on the rendered Coach now includes two fields: one field for the date and a separate field for the time.
User interface elements
Many user interface elements have changed such as the startup icons for the Windows desktop, the login dialogs for Lombardi Authoring Environment, Process Portal, and Process Admin Console, and the title bars for these interfaces. All changes reflect the new product name and branding and do not affect functionality.
Windows services for Lombardi servers
In previous releases, you could create Windows services for Lombardi servers using available commands after installing. In this release, the commands to create Windows services are not available. Lombardi administrators can use WebSphere tools to create Windows services. (Note that Lombardi simple install option (see the Express Installation Guide) does create and start Windows services, but simple installation is for demonstration purposes only.)
Teamworks for Office and Teamworks for SharePoint support
Teamworks for Office and Teamworks for Sharepoint are not available with this release of WebSphere Lombardi Edition. If you upgrade from a previous release (Teamworks 7.0.1) to WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.1.0 and your data includes assets for these products, those assets may not function as expected and are not supported with this release.