It is required for all Tomcat 5.x unless you are using a 1.5 JVM (which ships with the javax.management.* classes). Hence the message below if Tomcat can't find a JMX implementation.
"sven morales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Am curious, this jmx.jar is required in all Tomcat > 5.x? I thought it was only for the jmxproxy servlet > under the manager webapp? > > > --- Bill Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The problem is that Tomcat isn't finding the classes >> in >> $CATALINA_HOME/bin/jmx.jar. Either this jar got >> corrupted somehow, or your >> JVM isn't honoring the classpath in the manifest. >> If the jar is there and >> looks ok, then try adding it to the classpath in the >> startup script. >> >> "Steve Delahunty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >> message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >I recently downloaded a binary version of tomcat >> version 5.0.28. I >> > configured it and everything was running fine. >> Then, a few days ago, >> > when I try to start it (using bin/startup.sh), I >> get the following >> > message in logs/catalina.out: >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Due to new licensing guidelines mandated by the >> Apache Software >> > Foundation Board of Directors, a JMX >> implementation can no longer >> > be distributed with the Apache Tomcat binaries. As >> a result, you >> > must download a JMX 1.2 implementation (such as >> the Sun Reference >> > Implementation) and copy the JAR containing the >> API and >> > implementation of the JMX specification to: >> > ${catalina.home}/bin/jmx.jar >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Tomcat exits after logging this message. I >> searched the web for >> > information regarding this issue and I did see >> someone else posting a >> > similar question, but there was no response. I >> downloaded and tried >> > running version 5.0.29, but the same thing is >> happening. I searched >> > through the archive, but I don't see any >> information regarding this >> > issue. >> > >> > I have this sinking feeling that the answer is >> obvious, or the answer is >> > posted in place that I have not searched yet. >> Thanks in advance. >> > >> > I'm running SUSE Linux 9.0 with an unmodified >> 2.4.21 kernel. >> >> >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
