from what I can work out (and I'm not the sysadmin, just a concerned coder working with those servers), the patch has problems when JRUN requests large chunks of contiguous memory
here's some info from our sysadmins I'm surprised this hasn't had a big red flag waiving in the CF world ==================================== This is a followup to my earlier episode of issues with restarting Java services after patching server with the mandatory MS06-040 patch. The saga continues... Anyway, there are a number of people running JVM with the same awful experience (see http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=759413) MS realised this but made no mention in the MS06-040 patch page that there is a hotfix available, which is this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924054 In summary, what it says is: Programs that request lots of contiguous memory, such as one gigabyte or more, may fail with an unexpected error after you install security update 921883 on a 32-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer. For example, programs such as Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision 3.7 may fail. So, it depends on how much memory requested by the program, the larger the amount, the more likely it will die. In our case, all production CF servers have massive memory (2GB & more) and JVM is given a large chunk of it. Hence, the MS06-040 caused them to crash. Not so with the staging/development servers with much less memory and hence less allocation for their JVM. That explains why on some servers this patch cause problems & others it does not. I've NOT applied them to the staging/development servers because they are not causing problem there & MS said: A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows Server 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix. I've verified that after applying this & restarting, the previous service that crashes is no longer crashing (good news). I've also re-enabled all the self-test IISTEST script which were disabled earlier. ========================= On 8/25/06, altoids06 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We are also experiencing exactly the same behaviour. Any help on this > would be appreciated... > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
