What if there was a previous version already installed in the default folder when a newer executable was fired off in silent mode. Would it recognize that (stop the service, install newer version, retain settings, etc) or would it go haywire since it wasn't built to do upgrades?
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 5:09 PM To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Subject: Re: Tomcat Upgrades Ignoring Existing Installs Jonathan, On 11/11/15 4:15 PM, Barrow, Jonathan wrote: > We currently run Tomcat v7 in our environment. We use Shavlik Protect > as our patching utility. > > On all of our application servers we dedicate the C: drive to the > Windows OS then we add an E: drive for all additional program > installations such as SQL, Tomcat, etc. So, we have a decent amount of > servers with Tomcat 7 installed on the E: drive. > > When we scan these servers with Shavlik Protect, it is seeing that we > have Tomcat security patches missing, for instance we have 7.0.63 > installed now and it’s showing that we’re missing the latest 7.0.65 > patch. The problem is when we push this patch using Shavlik Protect > (which I guess uses a quiet mode) the Tomcat installer isn’t honoring > our existing install on E: drive and it installs the latest version in > the default path on C: which messes things up. > > Is this a known issue with the installer running in quiet mode? This > seems to be the only application (out of hundreds) that we can’t patch > because of this sort of installer bug. The Tomcat installer doesn't care about any other Tomcats installed: it assumes you want to install a new version in a new location. It doesn't detect old versions and attempt any upgrade. Instead, you get the new version in the new location. The installer can be told where to install. You just have to tell it whee you want to install it. I'm no expert on the Tomcat Windows installer, but I suspect when in "quiet" mode, you can easily specify the target installation location. -chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org -- Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you know or suspect that you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Any review, dissemination, use or copying of this message, or of information contained within the message, by unauthorized or unintended recipients, is strictly prohibited. --
