Hi Mark, Thanks a lot for your response. I did agree with Charles regarding the usually bad idea about just replacing JARs, but in this specific case (7.0.10 to 7.0.11) I suspected it could be done just replacing JARs. I will try it definitely.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > On 11/03/2011 17:21, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > >> From: Brian Braun [mailto:brianbr...@gmail.com] > >> Subject: Fastest way to upgrade from 7.0.10 to 7.0.11? > > > >> I wouldn't like to uninstall the whole software and install 7.0.11 from > >> scratch. I would like to stop it, replace some files (some JARs, I > guess), > >> and start it again. > > > > Wrong approach. Always install a new version of Tomcat in a separate > directory, update the new server.xml with your site-specific information (do > not blindly copy the old server.xml over), and copy your webapps over to the > new appBase. > > > > If you keep your webapps outside of Tomcat's directory structure, then > the last step is not necessary. > > The simplest way is to use a separate CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE. > Upgrades take just a few minutes with that approach. > > In the specific case of 7.0.10 to 7.0.11 you should be able to just > replace the JAR files. > - Stop 7.0.10 > - Replace all the JAR files (and the docs webapp) > - Empty the work directory > - Start Tomcat > > This only works because of the very few changes between 7.0.10 and > 7.0.11. Normally, this approach would bring all sorts of problems. > > The caveat is that this is untested and you may end up with a > non-functioning Tomcat instance. > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
