WLS 6.0 SP1 is installed -- but does not seem to

Question

I have downloaded WLS 6.0 for RedHat Linux and I am running a RedHat
distro.
I have also downloaded WLS 6.0 SP1 for UNIX, since the linux binaries do
not include SP1. Installation went fine, I have the
uninstaller_servicepack with all of the evidence that SP1 did install.
Timestamps of certain files were also modified, again proof that SP1 is
installed.
I never really checked if all of the problems that I was having were
fixed. Now I did check.
SP1 does not SEEM to be installed based on the following:
1) Running java weblogic.version returns the following:
[weblogic@jsalvo-desktop mydomain]$ sh version.sh
WebLogic Server Build: 6.0 12/13/2000 22:49:45 #94427
WebLogic XML Module: 6.0 12/13/2000 23:02:44 #94427
No proof of any SP1 in there. And SP1 is supposed to 2001, right?
2) encodeURL() returns a session ID with slashes in it. This is a bug
that existed prior to SP1 and I was one of those who reported in the
servlet newsgroup. SP1 is supposed to fix this problem (see below and
posts by BEA employees in the servlet newsgroup that this will be fixed
in SP1), but I am still having the problem.
From http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs60/notes/bugfixes2.html#1073617:
     041478 There was a change in session cookie format that also fixed
some problems with URL rewriting.
3) This one I really do not know how to describe, but the problem with
WLS 5.1 SP8 wherein you get the port 80 displayed on Netscape browsers'
URL ( like: http://testserver:80/index.jsp ) also appears with my
installation of WLS 6.0 SP1.
Lastly, I am running Apache and have also updated the shared libraries /
modules ( mod_wl.so, etc. ) accordingly from WLS 6.0 SP1 into libexec/
of Apache. Of course restarting Apache via apachtl.
So, I am sort of stumped.
Any help appreciated,
John Salvo

Answer 1

It turned out to be a corrupted SP1 download.
I just tried installing again ( using my original SP1 download ), it
said "Congratulations! <blahh...>". But the log file in
$BEA_HOME/logs/wlserver6.0/install_sp1.log did show that it failed.
So I tried installing again with the new SP1 download ( same size,
different checksum ), and everything worked okay.
John
"Jesus M. Salvo Jr." wrote:
>
I think I found out why.
Although the installer did not complain, saying it installed
sucessfully, I found a log file of the SP installation and there was an
error logged.
I'll try to reinstall.
John
"Jesus M. Salvo Jr." wrote:
Neither of the items you suggested indicate SP1 is installed .... but I
DID install SP1 and it did not complain. I did notice during the SP1
installation ( console mode ) that it took a fair amount of time
insatlling when it reached the last two dashes ( again, console install
The only proofs that I have that SP1 is installed are
* The uninstalled_servicepack directory, which is mentioned in the docs
if you want to take a peek at what files have been changed or replaced
by the service pack
* Timestamps of certain files ( .jar files, .so files in lib/linux/ )
have changed.
* Filesizes of the above files also changed.
Is this why Michael Girdley mentioned that there will be a separate WLS
6.0 SP1 for RedHat Linux? But the SP1 for UNIX does contain Linux
binaries ( lib/linux/*.so ).
Thanks,
John Salvo
Per Jessen wrote:
1. java weblogic.version:
WebLogic Server Build: Service Pack 1 03/04/2001 22:05:05 #101616
WebLogic XML Module: Service Pack 1 03/04/2001 22:16:50 #101616
2. Check the weblogic logfile - you should see something along
the lines of:
... Weblogic Server (6.0 Service Pack 1 03/04/2001 22:05:05 #101616) ...
3. check the WLS60 console under <domain>:Servers:<server> - Versions.
regards,
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