Andre,
I am sorry if I got your remark from the wrong end and apologies if it
did heart you.I posted things on to the list as they unfolded.This anti
virus issue did not happen until a moment ago I made the post.From the
beginning of this issue I have not kept back any information that was
relevant to the issue and I thought relevant.
Well I did as you have instructed me
1. *Stopped the Anti virus
*
2. *Downloaded apache-tomcat-6.0.20.zip (core)*
3. *Unzipped it to the directory apache-tomcat-6.0.20*
4. *Opened a console window*
5. *Went to the directory c:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20\bin*
6. *typed the command startup.bat, it started tomcat below is what
appeared on the console window*
C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20\bin>startup.bat
Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20\temp
Using JRE_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14
7* Then typed shutdown.bat, it did stop tomcat*
C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20\bin>shutdown.bat
Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20\temp
Using JRE_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14
*8 Issued the command service.bat install, the display in the console window
was*
C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20\bin>service.bat install
Installing the service 'Tomcat6' ...
Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14
Using JVM: C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
Failed installing 'Tomcat6' service
*As always the service installation stops when using the JVM
*Varuna*
*2009/7/22 André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com>
> Varuna,
>
> I am not trying to "bully" you or anything of the kind.
> I have been watching this thread as a spectator, and I was just trying to
> convey to you the following :
> There are people here trying to help you, for free.
> To be able to do that, they need, at least :
> - that you provide all relevant information
> - that when they ask a question, you answer the question
> This anti-virus thing was valuable information, and it may be at the bottom
> of your problems. But it took about 10 posts before you mentioned these
> messages, thus leading several would-be helpers into probably bad
> directions.
> Similarly, it looks a bit like every item of information has to be pulled
> out of you bit by bit.
> In other words, much of your pain looks self-inflicted.
>
> That was the sense of my comment. Which, I admit, was made in a rather
> sarcastic way, for which I apologise if it shocked you.
>
> Now, to redeem myself, here are my suggestions :
>
> - turn off any anti-virus or similar software that might be running
> - de-install whatever Tomcat software you have installed, using the
> installer/deinstaller package
> - verify that you do not have any "remainders" anywhere of these
> installations (in the Windows "Services" display, in the disk directory
> where you installed Tomcat, and in the "Start.. Settings.. System
> ..Software" dialog).
>
> When everything is clean :
>
> - download the "zip" version of Tomcat for Windows, from the Tomcat
> website.
> - unzip it in a directory. I suggest a sensible directory name, without
> spaces in the name, like c:\tomcat6.
> This is now your "CATALINA_HOME" directory (and also, by default, your
> "CATALINA_BASE" directory). Remember this, it is important.
> - in the directory CATALINA_HOME/bin, you will then find a script called
> "startup.bat". Open a command window, navigate to that directory, and run
> that script.
> This should start Tomcat, interactively, in that command window.
> This is only to verify that nothing else is wrong on your system to run
> Tomcat (like available ports, etc..).
> - you should now be able to access Tomcat with a browser, at "
> http://localhost:8080";
> - to stop Tomcat, type "CTRL-C" in the command window.
>
> Once you have done the above, then you can try to install Tomcat as a
> service.
> For that, run the script "CATALINA_HOME/bin/service.bat install"
> (you can also edit this script, to see what it is doing)
>
> When you have run this script, you will have essentially done the same as
> what the "exe" installer package for Tomcat is doing. But you will have
> much more control and understanding of what is going on, and where things
> may get stuck.
>
> You should now be able to start and stop Tomcat using the commands
> net start tomcat6
> net stop tomcat6
> (the name "tomcat6" above to be replaced by the correct Windows Service
> name for Tomcat)
> or by using "My Computer..Manage..Services and Applications)
>
> If you want, you can then remove the Tomcat service again, by running
> "service.bat remove", and try again to install the whole thing from the
> "exe" installer version.
>
> Additional information, harder to find in the on-line documentation :
>
> - the "tomcat6.exe" program that comes with the Windows version of Tomcat,
> is a "Windows Service wrapper" for Tomcat. It is there because the JVM, on
> its own, does not handle very well the requirements of Windows Services.
> So, when later you run Tomcat, you are really running "tomcat6.exe", which
> in turn starts the JVM, which in turn runs Tomcat.
> This "tomcat6.exe" wrapper, in order to know which JVM to use with which
> parameters, takes these parameters from the Windows Registry.
> How do they get there ? that is the next section.
>
> - There is another program in the CATALINA_HOME/bin directory, named
> "tomcat6w.exe" (the same name as before, with a "w" at the end).
> The "tomcat6w.exe" is a GUI setup program, whose role is to set up the
> appropriate parameters in the Windows Registry, so that "tomcat6.exe" can
> later find them. You can run "tomcat6w.exe" by clicking on it, and you will
> get a window that shows you how to proceed.
>
> Basically, the "service.bat" script, invokes this "tomcat6w.exe" in
> command-line mode, and tells it what to do.
>
>
>
>
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