Following on from a discussion with one of my colleagues - who hit the precise same problem that I outlined here: -
/opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories /mnt/SWGRepo/WAS85/Base/Product -features -long
/mnt/SWGRepo/WAS85/Base/Product : com.ibm.websphere.BASE.v85_8.5.0.20120501_1108 : IBM WebSphere Application Server : 8.5.0.0 : core.feature,ejbdeploy,thinclient,embeddablecontainer,samples,liberty,com.ibm.sdk.6_32bit,com.ibm.sdk.6_64bit
In other words, we only have the 32-bit and 64-bit Java 6 SDKs with which to play.
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when creating some JEE code for IBM Operational Decision Manager (ODM), I thought I'd add a bit more detail about the Java version supplied with a popular IBM product, IBM Business Process Manager 8.5.0.1.
So we have BPM Advanced 8.5.0.1 deployed here, on top of WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.2 as evidenced here: -
/opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/versionInfo.sh
…
Name IBM Business Process Manager Advanced
Version 8.5.0.1
ID BPMPC
Build Level 20131107-140634
Build Date 11/7/13
Package com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.5.1.20131107_1830
Architecture PPC64
Installed Features Business Process Manager Advanced Process Server Non-production
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
…
Name IBM Business Process Manager Advanced
Version 8.5.0.1
ID BPMPC
Build Level 20131107-140634
Build Date 11/7/13
Package com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.5.1.20131107_1830
Architecture PPC64
Installed Features Business Process Manager Advanced Process Server Non-production
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Version 8.5.5.2
ID ND
Build Level cf021414.01
Build Date 4/8/14
Package com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5002.20140408_1947
Architecture PPC64
Installed Features IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java
WebSphere Application Server Full Profile
EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules
Embeddable EJB container
Stand-alone thin clients and resource adapters
….
ID ND
Build Level cf021414.01
Build Date 4/8/14
Package com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5002.20140408_1947
Architecture PPC64
Installed Features IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java
WebSphere Application Server Full Profile
EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules
Embeddable EJB container
Stand-alone thin clients and resource adapters
….
Therefore one might assume that we also have the latest available Java JDK/JRE, namely Java 7 aka Java 1.7.0 ??
Nope, as evidenced here: -
/opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/bin/java –version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pap6460_26sr7fp1ifix-20140220_01(SR7 FP1+IX90136+IX90137))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.6.0 AIX ppc64-64 Compressed References 20131230_180580 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580
JIT - r11.b05_20131003_47443.02
GC - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580_CMPRSS
J9CL - 20131230_180580)
JCL - 20140107_01
/opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/java –version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pap6460_26sr7fp1ifix-20140220_01(SR7 FP1+IX90136+IX90137))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.6.0 AIX ppc64-64 Compressed References 20131230_180580 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580
JIT - r11.b05_20131003_47443.02
GC - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580_CMPRSS
J9CL - 20131230_180580)
JCL - 20140107_01
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pap6460_26sr7fp1ifix-20140220_01(SR7 FP1+IX90136+IX90137))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.6.0 AIX ppc64-64 Compressed References 20131230_180580 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580
JIT - r11.b05_20131003_47443.02
GC - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580_CMPRSS
J9CL - 20131230_180580)
JCL - 20140107_01
/opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/java –version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pap6460_26sr7fp1ifix-20140220_01(SR7 FP1+IX90136+IX90137))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.6.0 AIX ppc64-64 Compressed References 20131230_180580 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580
JIT - r11.b05_20131003_47443.02
GC - R26_Java626_SR7_20131230_1725_B180580_CMPRSS
J9CL - 20131230_180580)
JCL - 20140107_01
Easy when you know :-)
Furthermore, this shows you what SDKs are available: -
/opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/managesdk.sh -listAvailable
CWSDK1003I: Available SDKs :
CWSDK1005I: SDK name: 1.6_64
CWSDK1001I: Successfully performed the requested managesdk task.
This is the GUI alternative: -
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and this shows what's available to install: -
CWSDK1003I: Available SDKs :
CWSDK1005I: SDK name: 1.6_64
CWSDK1001I: Successfully performed the requested managesdk task.
This is the GUI alternative: -
and this shows what's available to install: -
/mnt/SWGRepo/WAS85/Base/Product : com.ibm.websphere.BASE.v85_8.5.0.20120501_1108 : IBM WebSphere Application Server : 8.5.0.0 : core.feature,ejbdeploy,thinclient,embeddablecontainer,samples,liberty,com.ibm.sdk.6_32bit,com.ibm.sdk.6_64bit
In other words, we only have the 32-bit and 64-bit Java 6 SDKs with which to play.
Java 7 can be downloaded as part of WAS 8.5.5.X, as per this: -
However, it's not clear to me ( and I've not investigated ) whether IBM BPM, ODM etc. actually support Java 7.
In other words, Your Mileage May Vary (YMMC)
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