Re: Installing new application

Sometimes I found out that without restarting web server, application
instances somehow will not get the latest components from new application.
On safe site, I always restart the websever and app instance after new
application is applied.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Owen McKerrow" <[email protected]>
To: "Webobjects Developer" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Installing new application


> Hi THere,
>
> Hmmm I would say that that is complete overkill. You should only need  to
> stop the app under Monitor, replace the app, update the database  and then
> start it back up again. My initial guess would be that under  Java Monitor
> you have your app set to auto restart. So your steps  should be something
> like this.....
>
> - Using monitor, turn off scheduling for the instance(s).
>
> - Using monitor, turn off Auto Restart for the instance(s).
>
> - Using monitor, stop my instance(s) from running.
>
> - Now replace the application and update databases.
>
> And repeat in reverse to turn them all back on.
>
> Owen McKerrow
> WebMaster, emlab
> Ph : +61 02 4221 5517
> http://emlab.uow.edu.au
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>
> On 15/10/2007, at 4:11 PM, Webobjects Developer wrote:
>
>> If I have a running server, what is the suggested way of updating an
>> application on the server?
>> Here is my current technique (below). I run one instance at once  and
>> this
>> technique works consistently for me, but requires me to shut down  the
>> web
>> server.
>>
>> It seems like if I skip any of the steps, webobjects keeps using  some
>> cached
>> version of the old application. The sequence of steps (below)  works, but
>> it
>> is tedious and has more downtime than I'd prefer.
>>
>> Is there an easier way to do this?
>>
>>
>> Installing new webobjects application.
>>
>> - Using monitor, stop my instance(s) from running.
>>
>> - Using server admin, turn off monitor, save.
>>
>> - Using server admin, stop webobjects.
>>
>> - Using server admin, stop web.
>>
>> - Now replace the application and update databases.
>>
>> - Using server admin, start web.
>>
>> - Using server admin, start webobjects.
>>
>> - Using server admin, turn on monitor, save.
>>
>> - Using monitor, start my instance(s).
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