=============== Zend Server 5.5.0 Release Notes ============== ============================= Table of Contents ============================= 1. General Notes 2. What's New in This Version 3. System Requirements 4. Installation 5. Documentation 6. Limitations 7. Resolved Issues 8. Known Issues 9. Support and Feedback ============================= 1. General Notes ============================= - This package does not include a built-in license key. You can obtain a license key at http://www.zend.com/en/products/server/license ============================= 2. What's New in This Version ============================= * Upgraded PHP 5.3 packages to version 5.3.8. Additional release information is available at http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_8.php * Introduced Zend Deployment -- new feature that enables successful PHP application deployments through integrated application packaging and automated deployment. This new functionality is available via the Zend Server GUI and Web API. * Introduced Zend Server CLI tools - set of command-line utilities to perform setup and management tasks for Zend Server and Zend Server Cluster Manager. * Upgraded Zend Framework packages to version 1.11.10. A full changelog is available at http://framework.zend.com/changelog/1.11.10 * Added MongoDB, Memcached and Cassandra PECL extensions * Upgraded Microsoft Driver for PHP for SQL Server to version 2.0.1 ============================= 3. System Requirements ============================= * Supported Operating Systems, Platforms and OS versions: - Linux x86 and x86-64: - RHEL 6.0, RHEL 5.x, CentOS 5.x, OEL 5.x and Fedora 13 and above through RPM packages - SLES 10.x, 11.x and OpenSUSE 11.x through RPM packages - Debian GNU/Linux 6.0/5.x, Ubuntu Linux 8.04, 10.04 and above through DEB packages - Generic Linux tarball for x86 and x86_64 (CE only) - Windows x86 and x86-64: - Windows XP SP 2 and above - Windows Vista (except for "Starter Edition") - Windows Server 2003 - Windows Server 2008 - Windows 7 - Mac - Apple Mac OS X versions 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 (CE only) * Supported Web Servers: - Apache 2.2 (bundled on Windows, Mac and Linux Tarball, shipped by the distribution on Linux DEB/RPM) - Microsoft IIS 5, 6, 7 (pre-installed on Windows operating systems) * Supported Browsers: - Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and above - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and above - Apple Safari 4 and above on Mac OS X - Google Chrome 8.0 and above * When using Java Bridge, Sun or IBM Java Runtime Environment, Version 5 or newer is required ============================= 4. Installation ============================= For full installation instructions please refer to the Zend Server Installation Guide, available at: http://www.zend.com/en/products/server/resources Please do not attempt to install this product version on top of any Zend Server 4.0.x, 5.0-BETA or 5.5-BETA installation. Upgrades from Zend Server 5.1.0 are fully supported. ============================= 5. Documentation ============================= Product documentation is available through the web GUI of the product, and online at http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Server/zend-server.htm ============================= 6. Limitations ============================= * The Zend Deployment feature on Windows platform is only available with Zend Server using an Apache web server. * The Memcached and Cassandra PHP extensions are only available for Linux and Mac platforms. * The MongoDB PHP extension on Windows is only available in PHP 5.3 packages. ============================= 7. Resolved issues ============================= * Zend Server on Windows with Apache web server now properly handles large (over 4kb) custom HTTP headers [35431] * XMLWriter extension now properly handles php://output stream [35673] * Event notification email messages sent by Zend Monitor now contain complete event information and are fully compatible with RFC-2822 [33359] ============================= 8. Known Issues ============================= The following issues were known to the Zend development team at the time of the release: GUI Issues ---------- * The new features added to the .ini file format in PHP 5.3 are not presently supported by the GUI page managing the .ini directives. If you use 5.3-format features of .ini files, it is strongly recommended that you only modify the .ini directives by manually editing the appropriate files. Use of the Zend Server GUI when any .ini files contain 5.3-format sections may result in unexpected behavior in those .ini files. Installation and Upgrade issues ------------------------------- * On Windows, unattended upgrade of Zend Server 5.x will not work if installed on top of IIS. A regular, non-silent, upgrade will work, as well as unattended upgrades if installed on top of Apache. * On RPM-based Linux systems with a distro-supplied PHP package installed, a webserver restart is required after installing Zend Server. * Switching between PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3 or from Zend Server CE to Zend Server packages on SUSE based distributions will cause conflicting error messages to appear, and may fail. In this case it is recommended to uninstall the old packages before installing the new packages. * When upgrading from Zend Server 5.1 to Zend Server 5.5 on SLES 10.x using zypper package manager, the package php-5.x-xmlwriter-zend-server is reported as "locked". Please select the "unlock" option presented by zypper for the upgrade procedure to complete successfully. * The Zend Server Cluster Manager package may fail to upgrade on SUSE-based distributions using command "zypper upgrade zend-server-cluster-manager". A workaround is to use alternative commands to upgrade the package: - Use the "zypper upgrade" command (may also update system packages) - Install and use the "yum" package management utility - Manually download the package and upgrade it from a local drive * On Windows XP 64-bit edition and Windows Vista Home Edition, Zend Server 5.0.x can only be installed with an Apache web server. Other Issues ------------ * On Windows XP and Windows 2003 Optimizer+ error messages may sometimes be reported in the Event Viewer. In most cases these messages don't affect Zend Server's functionality and performance, however under rare circumstances they indicate that the Optimizer+ was unable to start due to an address conflict. For a workaround, refer to the Zend Knowledgebase article at http://kb.zend.com/index.php?View=entry&EntryID=454 * An error in the SOAP extension causes PHP to crash if date.timezone is not set. For a workaround, refer to the Zend Knowledgebase article at http://kb.zend.com/index.php?View=entry&EntryID=436 * After disconnecting Zend Server on Windows from a cluster, it is recommended to restart the Apache webserver and all Zend Server services, in order to resume proper operation of Zend Deployment. * MongoDB extension crashes when IBM_DB2 extension is enabled and used. See bug http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=24013 ============================= 9. Support and Feedback ============================= * Support for Zend Server CE and evaluation support is provided via the Zend forums at http://forums.zend.com Thank you for using Zend Server ------------------------------- Zend Technologies, Inc. www.zend.com Copyright 2011 Zend Technologies, Inc. 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