Tunable Base Page Size

Application compatibility

HP performs Customer Usage Testing on each update. The results of that testing for HP-UX 11i v3

Update 3 are summarized below. The material in this section will be updated as the details change.

The most current version of this document is available online at

http://docs.hp.com/en/en/14670/ENW-TBPS-TW.pdf .

Oracle Database Manager

Versions of the Oracle Database Manager, both single instance and RAC, up to and including Oracle

11gR1 bundle older versions of Java that do not operate properly with non-default base page sizes.

These products should not be used with non-default base page sizes.

There were no problems with the Oracle client at any base page size.

SAP ERP product

The installation of SAP uses a Java Virtual Machine bundled in with the distribution. The version of

Java that is bundled does not work properly on a system with a base page size of 64 kB. The

workaround is to complete the installation with a system base page size of 4 kB, 8 kB, or 16 kB, and

then adjust the base page size to 64 kB, if desired.

SAS

SAS version 9.1.3sp4 works properly only when the system base page size is 4 kB or 8 kB. The SAS

will installation process will hang in the base page size is 16 kB or 64 kB. Starting with version 9.2,

SAS works properly at all base page sizes.

Tuxedo

The installation of Tuxedo uses a Java Virtual Machine bundled in with the distribution. The version of

Java that is bundled, 1.3.0.7, causes a core dump on a system with a base page size of 64 kB. The

workaround is to complete the installation with a system base page size of 4 kB, 8 kB, or 16 kB, and

then adjust the base page size to 64 kB, if desired.

Veritas Enterprise Services Administrator

The Veritas Enterprise Services Administrator, part of the Symantec VxVM product, as delivered into

Update 3, bundles in a version of the Java Virtual Machine that does not work with values of the

system base page size greater than the default. This situation is remedied by a patch to the VxVM

product that was released in October 2008. The patch, whose identifier is PHCO_37694, is now

available on the HP patch hub.

WebLogic 9.1

An installation will not install all directories when performed on a system with a base page size of 64

kB. A workaround is to complete the installation with a system base page size of 4 kB, 8 kB, or 16

kB, and then adjust the base page size to 64 kB, if desired. Alternatively, the Java stack size can be

increased, for example, java -Xss512k -jar server910_generic.jar

WebSphere 6.1

The installation of WebSphere uses a Java Virtual Machine bundled in with the distribution. The

version of Java that is bundled does not work properly on a system with a base page size of 64 kB.

The workaround is to complete the installation with a system base page size of 4 kB, 8 kB, or 16 kB,

and then adjust the base page size to 64 kB, if desired.