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Deprecated items

This topic lists platform support that was deprecated in the 5.1 release of SDL Contenta.

The following items are deprecated as of SDL Contenta 5.1:
Operating systems
Sun Solaris
Web servers
Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x with corresponding mod_jk-1.2.x with Apache Tomcat 6.0.x or Apache Tomcat 7.0.x, 32-bit on Microsoft Windows Web servers
Oracle database utilities

The exp/imp implementations of the dbexport/dbimport and dbcopy utilities are deprecated in favor of the new expdp/impdp implementations, which Oracle supports on Oracle 11 and Oracle 12.

SDL recommends migrating any custom tools that rely on these database utilities to their new expdp/impdp versions, because Oracle 12, which SDL Contenta will support in a future release, only supports these new versions of the utilities.

Refer to the section called "Configuring Oracle Data Pump for use with Contenta" in the SDL Contenta Administration User Guide for details.

2.5 compatible tools

If you originally installed with Parlance 2.5 (the predecessor release to SDL Contenta 3.x), you may still be using tools that leverage Parlance 2.5 compatibility mode. These tools can be both delivered tools and, possibly, your own custom tools. You can query the database to find out which, if any, 2.5 compatible tools you use.

The 2.5 tools are deprecated as of SDL Contenta 5.1. This means that SDL will continue to support them, provided that the Contenta Server (PcmPortal) runs on a Solaris or Red Hat Linux server. (These tools have never been supported with Microsoft Windows servers.)

You will need to replace any 2.5 compatible tools with tools that use the current Contenta API before your next upgrade. If you intend to migrate from Solaris or Linux servers to Microsoft Windows servers with this release, you must replace the tools now.

SDL Professional Services are available to help with this transition.