On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 12:30 PM PersonFirst PersonLast < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > I would like to check if it's safe (no potential side effects) of changing > *executable* parameter jenkins.xml config file to the path of Java on the > server itself. I know that Jenkins (on Windows) comes with its own Java out > of the box, and it uses 32bit Java. The reason for this change is that I > would like to increase memory used by Jenkins (JVM) to 2GB (-Xmx2048m) but > found that I can only go up to 1.2GB on 32bit Java (provided out of the > box). > > A 64 bit Java runs quite well on Windows. The Windows installer stopped bundling Java with the Windows installer upgrades <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2020/08/12/windows-installers-upgrade/> in Jenkins 2.235.3. You can read about the Jenkins 2.249.1 testing on Windows <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2020/09/12/new-jenkins-release-observations/> in case you want to read Windows experiences from others. > I've updated *executable* to "*C:\Program Files (x86)\Common > Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe*" and performed some quick tests. I > haven't seen any issues so far but wanted to confirm if this is an > acceptable change and I won't see any conflicts/issues in the future. > I don't expect any issues. I've not seen any reports that were specific to the transition from 32 bit Java to 64 bit Java. Mark Waite > > Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional > information. > Thank you > PF > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAKnF1n9ibDDZJb0L0WA9A5h-WFsY2vBR7a9yYngMZdAW8oNBTg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAKnF1n9ibDDZJb0L0WA9A5h-WFsY2vBR7a9yYngMZdAW8oNBTg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtHcZ7fk2%2BpOtLeXPDPJ%3DSt%3De3wF5nt8CGB_ziq2Ewj%3DCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
