Does this apply to the 'java -cp glassfish.jar' startup method, too?
Thanks,
vbk
Byron Nevins wrote:
> A new feature is now in place: Remote Server Restart
>
> How to use it:
>
> 1) start a domain with asadmin. You don't need to specify any special
> options. It will automatically start both the domain and a "watchdog"
> process. The watchdog is very lightweight. It will not block and it
> will return once it has verified that the domain has started. So
> scripts that start domains should work exactly as before.
> e.g. *asadmin start-domain
>
> *2)* *to restart the domain, run this remote command from any computer:
> *asadmin restart-domain
>
> *3) to stop the domain and the watchdog simply run
> *asadmin stop-domain
> *
> Notes:
>
> * To NOT start the watchdog you need to run start-domain with the
> "--nowatchdog" option.
> * You can start the domain with the --verbose option and it will
> be a watchdog and will echo all server log messages
> * The watchdog process owns no window and its name in jps will
> appear as ASWatchdog
> * In Verbose mode the name will appear as before and it does have
> a window and it blocks on the domain.
> * If you try the restart-domain on a domain that was started with
> no watchdog - it is (by definition) an error and the domain will
> not be stopped.
> * Killing the server always kills the watchdog automatically.
> Vice versa will be true too when the issue below is fixed.
>
> Known Issue:
>
> * If you kill the watchdog process it will not kill the server.
> It will eventually do this exactly like verbose handles ^C
> entered at the console
>
>
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