TIBCO Rendezvous Release Notes

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1 TIBCO Rendezvous Release Notes Software Release February 2016 Two-Second Advantage

2 2 Important Information SOME TIBCO SOFTWARE EMBEDS OR BUNDLES OTHER TIBCO SOFTWARE. USE OF SUCH EMBEDDED OR BUNDLED TIBCO SOFTWARE IS SOLELY TO ENABLE THE FUNCTIONALITY (OR PROVIDE LIMITED ADD-ON FUNCTIONALITY) OF THE LICENSED TIBCO SOFTWARE. THE EMBEDDED OR BUNDLED SOFTWARE IS NOT LICENSED TO BE USED OR ACCESSED BY ANY OTHER TIBCO SOFTWARE OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. USE OF TIBCO SOFTWARE AND THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOUND IN EITHER A SEPARATELY EXECUTED SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT, OR, IF THERE IS NO SUCH SEPARATE AGREEMENT, THE CLICKWRAP END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT WHICH IS DISPLAYED DURING DOWNLOAD OR INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE (AND WHICH IS DUPLICATED IN THE LICENSE FILE) OR IF THERE IS NO SUCH SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT OR CLICKWRAP END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT, THE LICENSE(S) LOCATED IN THE LICENSE FILE(S) OF THE SOFTWARE. USE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO THOSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND YOUR USE HEREOF SHALL CONSTITUTE ACCEPTANCE OF AND AN AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE SAME. This document contains confidential information that is subject to U.S. and international copyright laws and treaties. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form without the written authorization of TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO, Two-Second Advantage, Rendezvous, and FTL are either registered trademarks or trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only. THIS SOFTWARE MAY BE AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, NOT ALL OPERATING SYSTEM PLATFORMS FOR A SPECIFIC SOFTWARE VERSION ARE RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME. SEE THE README FILE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE VERSION ON A SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM PLATFORM. THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS DOCUMENT COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN; THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN NEW EDITIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT. TIBCO SOFTWARE INC. MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT AT ANY TIME. THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE MODIFIED AND/OR QUALIFIED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY OTHER DOCUMENTATION WHICH ACCOMPANIES THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY RELEASE NOTES AND "READ ME" FILES. Copyright TIBCO Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TIBCO Software Inc. Confidential Information

3 3 Contents TIBCO Documentation and Support Services...4 New Features...6 Changes in Functionality... 7 Deprecated and Removed Features...8 Migration and Compatibility...11 Known Issues...12 Closed Issues...16 Special Note for IBM i... 18

4 4 TIBCO Documentation and Support Services Documentation for this and other TIBCO products is available on the TIBCO Documentation site. This site is updated more frequently than any documentation that might be included with the product. To ensure that you are accessing the latest available help topics, please visit: Product-Specific Documentation Documentation for TIBCO products is not bundled with the software. Instead, it is available on the TIBCO Documentation site. To directly access documentation for this product, double-click the following file: TIBCO_HOME/release_notes/TIB_rv_8.4.5_docinfo.html TIBCO_HOME is the top-level directory in which TIBCO products are installed. On Windows platforms, the default TIBCO_HOME is C:\tibco. On UNIX platforms, the default TIBCO_HOME is /opt/tibco. The following documents for this product can be found on the TIBCO Documentation site: TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts TIBCO Rendezvous Administration TIBCO Rendezvous Installation TIBCO Rendezvous C Reference TIBCO Rendezvous COBOL Reference TIBCO Rendezvous COM Reference TIBCO Rendezvous C++ Reference TIBCO Rendezvous.NET Reference TIBCO Rendezvous Java Reference TIBCO Rendezvous C configuration Tools TIBCO Rendezvous z/os Installation and Configuration How to Contact TIBCO Support For comments or problems with this manual or the software it addresses, contact TIBCO Support: For an overview of TIBCO Support, and information about getting started with TIBCO Support, visit this site: If you already have a valid maintenance or support contract, visit this site: Entry to this site requires a user name and password. If you do not have a user name, you can request one. How to Join TIBCOmmunity TIBCOmmunity is an online destination for TIBCO customers, partners, and resident experts. It is a place to share and access the collective experience of the TIBCO community. TIBCOmmunity offers forums, blogs, and access to a variety of resources. To register, go to the following web address:

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6 6 New Features The following new features have been added in Release of TIBCO Rendezvous software. Adapter: TIBCO Rendezvous and TIBCO FTL An adapter daemon combines the functionality of a Rendezvous daemon and an adapter. Using the adapter, TIBCO Rendezvous applications can communicate with TIBCO FTL applications. You must explicitly configure this functionality. This feature is available only on Linux platforms on x86 64-bit hardware.

7 7 Changes in Functionality There are no changes in functionality in Release of TIBCO Rendezvous software

8 8 Deprecated and Removed Features The following tables list any features that have been deprecated or removed as of Release of TIBCO Rendezvous software. Deprecated Features Affected Component Description Deprecated Release Removed Release 32-bit Daemons 32-bit executable files for Rendezvous daemons are deprecated on all platforms. They will be removed in a future release. Use 64-bit daemons instead bit Java Secure Clients on Windows For 32-bit Java clients on Windows platforms, the secure client library archives, tibrvnativesd.jar and tibrvjsd.jar, are deprecated. (64-bit clients are not affected.) bit Support on Mac OS X All 32-bit components (libraries and executable programs) are deprecated on Mac OS X platforms bit SSL libraries are already removed. See the following table. Perl The Perl language interface is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release PGM The PGM variant is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release

9 9 Removed Features Affected Component Description Deprecated Release Removed Release 32-bit SSL Libraries on Mac OS X 64-bit SSL libraries replace their 32-bit counterparts on Mac OS X platforms. As a result, the following components run only as 64-bit: rvrd, rvsd, rvsrd, and secure client libraries If you must run these components as 32-bit, you can do so by replacing the 64-bit SSL libraries with your own 32- bit libraries. However, this action precludes running 64-bit versions on the same host computer. All 32-bit components are deprecated. See the preceding table. Browsers The HTTPS web interface no longer supports SSLv3 connections. The new minimum for secure connections is TLSv1 or greater Browsers that support only SSLv3 or earlier are now obsolete, that is, the daemon does not support them: for example, Internet Explorer 6. COM VC8 and VC9 Java Web API rva The COM API library (on Windows platforms) is obsolete. Windows API libraries no longer support VC8 and VC9 runtime environments. Migrate to VC10. The Java Web API archive file, tibrvweb.jar, is obsolete. rva and rva transports are also obsolete (as they require the Java Web API archive file) Removed Platforms Affected Platform Description Deprecated Release Removed Release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to Red Hat 6 or

10 10 Affected Platform Description Deprecated Release Removed Release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to Red Hat 6 or AIX 5.3 TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to AIX 6.1 or later HPUX on HP- PA RISC hardware TIBCO no longer supports this platform Mac OS X 10.8 and earlier Solaris 8 and 9 on SPARC hardware Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Business Edition TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to the latest release of OS X. TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to Solaris 10 on SPARC hardware. TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to Windows 7 or 8. TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to Windows Server 2008 or TIBCO no longer supports this platform. Migrate to Windows 7 or

11 11 Migration and Compatibility The following notes apply when migrating from a previous release to Release of TIBCO Rendezvous software. Rebuild.NET Applications.NET applications built with VC8, or built against earlier releases of TIBCO Rendezvous software cannot operate with the.net framework of release or later. To migrate.net applications, rebuild them using VC10 and the latest TIBCO Rendezvous release.

12 12 Known Issues The table lists known issues in Release of TIBCO Rendezvous software. Known Issues as of Release 8.4.x Key RVZ-29 Summary Summary: Reuse Port Daemons on z/os platforms do not support the command line parameter -reuseport. Workaround: None. RV-3521 RV-3431 RV-3275 RV-3274 RV-3163 Summary: OpenSSL FIPS Object Module is Incompatible with Windows 32-bit JVM TIBCO Rendevous installations include the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module as a validated implementation of OpenSSL. However, this module is incompatible with Windows 32-bit Java virtual machine (JVM). Workaround: The primary workaround is to run secure Java clients on Windows platforms only using a 64-bit JVM. A secondary and temporary workaround is to supply your own implementation of 32-bit OpenSSL that is compatible with Windows 32-bit JVM. Note that this release of TIBCO Rendezvous deprecates the 32-bit Java secure client libraries on Windows platforms. Subsequent releases will not support this secondary workaround. Summary: PGM on Mac OS X On Mac OS X platforms, the PGM variant cannot load SSL libraries. Workaround: Contact TIBCO Support. Summary: Building Samples On Mac OS X, the supplied makefiles for Perl, C and C++ samples do not work. Workaround: Edit the makefiles. Summary: Uninstallation On some platforms uninstalling the product does not remove the SSL libraries installed under TIBCO_HOME. Workaround: You may remove these files manually. Summary: Uninstallation When several releases of TIBCO Rendezvous software are installed in the same TIBCO_HOME directory, uninstalling one of them could delete files from the other installed versions. Affects Release 8.0 and later. Workaround Uninstall the damaged release, and reinstall it.

13 13 Known Issues as of Release 8.3.x Key RV-2730 (previously RV-2884) RV XXRW9 1-AADQH3 1-AWENF7 Summary Summary: Linux Delivers Multicast Data to All UDP Ports Consider two receivers, R1 and R2, which run on the same Linux host computer. R1 binds UDP service U1, and joins multicast listen group M1. Similarly, R2 binds UDP service U2, and joins multicast listen group M2. A sending program, S, runs on any other host computer across a network. S sends messages over UDP service U1 to multicast send address M2. Receiver R2 receives these messages, even though one would expect its service (U2) to preclude this behavior. The behavior is specific to Linux, and not specific to Rendezvous software. Simple multicast socket programs produce the same behavior on Linux. For more information, see Workaround: RV-3102 fixes this issue for Linux kernels and higher (for example, RHEL6). For earlier Linux kernels, use this workaround: Use distinct multicast addresses to separate message streams (do not rely on UDP services to separate message streams). Do not reuse a same multicast group address on different UDP services. Summary: rvtrace Support rvtrace requires a library that does not support the Windows 64-bit platform. Workaround: To use rvtrace, install the Windows 32-bit package (which operates correctly on 64-bit platforms). Summary: Message Access after Java Dispose After calling TibrvMsg.dispose to release a message, the Java methods TibrvMsg.getSendSubject() and TibrvMsg.getReplySubject() retrieve null rather than throwing an exception. Workaround: None. Summary: AIX rvd Does Not Receive Broadcast Data This symptom results from an operating system defect in AIX. Disabling the socket option IP_MULTICAST_LOOP disables receipt of broadcast data. Workaround: Use multicast instead of broadcast. Summary: AIX Setting LIBPATH is Incompatible with JVM Workaround: Set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead. Do not set LIBPATH at all - not even to a null value.

14 14 Known Issues as of Release 8.2 and Earlier Key 1-A3OWRP 1-8KAG2Z 1-8KW0FV Summary Summary: Secure Java Clients on HP-UX Itanium On HP-UX IA64 platforms, Java secure clients can abruptly exit when attempting to connect to a secure daemon. Workaround: None. Summary: 64-bit Secure Java Clients on HP-UX Itanium Release 8.0 does not support 64-bit secure JNI clients on HP-UX Itanium platforms. (A secure Java client is a Rendezvous program that loads either of these two libraries tibrvnativesd.jar or libtibrvjsd.jar.) This issue does not affect other platforms, except as listed in this section. Workaround: Run secure clients on HP-UX using the 32-bit JVM. Summary: 64-bit Secure Java Clients on AIX Releases 8.0 and 7.5 do not support 64-bit secure JNI clients on AIX platforms. (A secure Java client is a Rendezvous program that loads either of these two libraries tibrvnativesd.jar or libtibrvjsd.jar.) This issue does not affect other platforms, except as listed in this section. Workaround: Run secure clients on AIX using the 32-bit JVM. 1-8LNZHQ 1-8LNZH7 1-8KWJMP Summary: Host Status Messages From Managed RVDs For managed RVDs, host status messages do not show the service or network fields except for the control channel service. Workaround: None. Summary: RV Advisory Messages From Managed RVDs Using wildcard subject > does not capture RV advisory messages from managed RVDs. Workaround: Explicitly request the RV advisory messages with _RV.> or a subset of the subject name. Summary: Compatibility with TIBCO BusinessWorks, TIBCO Designer, TIBCO Hawk 4.7 and TIBCO TRA 5.5.x When TIBCO Rendezvous 8.x, TIBCO Hawk 4.7 (or older), TIBCO Designer and TIBCO BusinessWorks coexist on the same host computer, an OpenSSL version mismatch prevents correct operation of TIBCO Rendezvous activities within TIBCO BusinessWorks processes running in the TIBCO Designer debugger. TIBCO Rendezvous 8.x transports require a newer version of OpenSSL, while TIBCO Hawk 4.7 supplies an older version. Installing TIBCO BusinessWorks modifies a directory path in designer.tra, causing TIBCO Rendezvous transports to use the wrong version of OpenSSL. Workaround: In the file designer.tra, modify the value of tibco.env.custom_path. Add the directory rv_8x_home/bin to the value of this path variable, ensuring that it precedes the directory TIBCO_HOME/hawk/bin.

15 15 Key Summary Summary: Multicast Issue in Linux Kernel on x86-64 Hardware This issue affects Linux kernels earlier than , running on x86-64 hardware. These kernels exhibit a defect calculating checksums, which prevents the TIBCO Rendezvous daemon from properly joining multicast groups. (Network broadcast is not affected.) Workaround: Request the appropriate defect correction from your Linux vendor.

16 16 Closed Issues The table lists closed issues in Release of TIBCO Rendezvous software. Key RV-3039 RV-3051 RV-3096 RV-3142 RV-3291 RV-3370 RV-3376 RV-3425 RV-3430 RV-3439 RV-3443 RV-3445 RV-3452 RV-3455 RV-3456 Summary Fixed a defect in which some browsers could not toggle the state of rvcache. Fixed an API library defect that could affect vector send calls if the transport closed before the send call completed. Fixed a defect in which routing daemons erroneously allowed administrators to configure a local network with a host name longer than the maximum supported by the underlying operating system calls. The maximum length is 256 characters. Fixed a defect in the Java constructor TibrvCmTransport in which specifying an empty string ("") as the relay agent could throw an exception. Fixed a defect in which routing daemons on the same host computer and servicing the same LAN could not recover lost packets. Improved performance of the.net API method Message.GetField() when the specified field is not present in the message. Fixed a defect in which rvcache could use replacement behavior for wildcard subjects, even when configured for merge behavior. Fixed a defect in which a secure routing daemon could exit abruptly if the certificate location was configured as a directory path rather than a file path. Fixed a defect in which the Java sample programs that use the distributed queue feature could exit abruptly on IBM zlinux platforms. Fixed a defect in which the routing daemon GUI reported a neighbor backlog size smaller than the actual backlog. Fixed a defect that affected XML configuration of a routing daemon using a large XML document. Enhanced security for web GUI pages. Fixed a defect in which System Integrity Protection (SIP) could prevent TIBCO Rendezvous software from running on Mac OS X platforms, release (El Capitan). Fixed a defect in which a client could automatically start a daemon process even when specifying the loopback address ( ) as the daemon location. Fixed a defect in which a secure daemon could not read user certificates from files. (This symptom was limited to the daemon configuration GUI page "Add a New Certificate for User" and its command button "Add from File.") This issue was an artifact of upgrading to OpenSSL in RV

17 17 Key RV-3465 RV-3486 RV-3499 RV-3501 Summary Fixed a routing daemon configuration parsing defect associated with the localhost parameter. Fixed a defect that could cause routing daemons to exit abruptly during the start phase. Enhanced performance of send calls for large messages. Windows platforms only. Updated internal calls to gethostbyname to getaddrinfo and getnameinfo. RV-3507 Upgraded ZLIB version from to

18 18 Special Note for IBM i TIBCO Rendezvous software does not support the following features on IBM i (formerly i5 and AS/400) platforms: PGM variants Secure daemons (rvsd and rvsrd) Secure daemon API calls RVDM