users@glassfish.java.net

Re: Update tool in GF 3.1

From: Anissa Lam <anissa.lam_at_oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:53:42 -0800

> This should generally not cause issues since we are trying to keep
> domain configurations compatible but we had some reports of, for
> instance, Admin GUI not being accessible after particular update path.
For all known cases which was reported as issue relating to GUI after
update has been resolved. I am not aware of any known issue in this
regard.
If you know of any, please file a bug or let the GUI team knows.

thanks
Anissa.

On 1/5/11 12:19 PM, Snjezana Sevo-Zenzerovic wrote:
> And another data point - promoted build download bundles are generally
> available up to a day before updated IPS packages from the same build
> get pushed out to public repository so you may need to resort to
> bundle download if you just can't wait any longer for particular
> promoted build deliverable...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: snjezana.sevozenzerovic_at_oracle.com
> To: theodor.richard_at_googlemail.com
> Cc: users_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
> Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2011 12:13:52 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: Update tool in GF 3.1
>
> If your starting point is another 3.1 build and you apply all reported
> available updates once new 3.1 promoted build comes out you will end
> up with ! the equivalent of the latest promoted build. Note that you
> need to shutdown all domains and server instances before applying the
> update and it is also good idea to clean up osgi-cache directory
> content in domain and/or instance config directory before restarting.
>
> There are some exceptions to this, though: your default domain and any
> server instances will remain exactly the same after the update whereas
> you would get freshly created default domain based on updated runtime
> if you downloaded fresh distribution. This should generally not cause
> issues since we are trying to keep domain configurations compatible
> but we had some reports of, for instance, Admin GUI not being
> accessible after particular update path. So, in general you can save
> time and use updatetool to switch between promoted builds but in rare
> cases you may still need to get fresh download.
>
> HTH...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: theodor.richard_at_googlemail.com
> To: users_at_glassfish! .dev.java.net
> Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2011 7:33:56 AM G! MT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Update tool in GF 3.1
>
> When updating GF with the update tool, is it effectively the same as
> downloading the latest promoted build? In other words, do I need to
> download the latest promoted build when I use the update tool? Thanks
> Regards,
> Theodor
>