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scatari
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On 2/22/12 10:09 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I had glassfish 2.1 installed and also 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 installed. I am on the process of formatting my PC as I have issues with the PC. I ave backed up my files including glassfish directories, by cutting files across to another drive. I can't remember but I think there was some complaints that some files name length was too long to be copied. But then after I checked, there was no files left behind. So i assumed every was copied across.
If you haven't formatted your PC, then can you do a quick validation of
the zip archives by unzipping them in new install directories?
> So, what is best practice?
Backup/Restore would just work fine as long as the followings are taken
care of
-No embedded paths in Domain configuration(ex. reference to libraries
outside of GF install)
-No Windows services are created
> Copy the glassfish directories back again or download and install fresh ones? I like to keep up to date with fixes and that. For the 2.1, I ave a cluster of it on another PC. I suspect I still need the 2.1 as I ave applications I ave developed with ejb and persistent one / 2, before ejb3 and persistent 3, new development. And so I ave not change the programming codes.
Java EE backward compatibilities are guaranteed.
> Any comments appreciated. Thanks
>
> EVE

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eve2
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The PC is not yet formatted. So I can copy / cut the dir back where it was and everything should work as usual?

EVE'S iPhone

On 23 Feb 2012, at 07:02, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:

>
>
> On 2/22/12 10:09 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I had glassfish 2.1 installed and also 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 installed. I am on the process of formatting my PC as I have issues with the PC. I ave backed up my files including glassfish directories, by cutting files across to another drive. I can't remember but I think there was some complaints that some files name length was too long to be copied. But then after I checked, there was no files left behind. So i assumed every was copied across.
> If you haven't formatted your PC, then can you do a quick validation of the zip archives by unzipping them in new install directories?
>> So, what is best practice?
> Backup/Restore would just work fine as long as the followings are taken care of
> -No embedded paths in Domain configuration(ex. reference to libraries outside of GF install)
> -No Windows services are created
>> Copy the glassfish directories back again or download and install fresh ones? I like to keep up to date with fixes and that. For the 2.1, I ave a cluster of it on another PC. I suspect I still need the 2.1 as I ave applications I ave developed with ejb and persistent one / 2, before ejb3 and persistent 3, new development. And so I ave not change the programming codes.
> Java EE backward compatibilities are guaranteed.
>> Any comments appreciated. Thanks
>>
>> EVE

scatari
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Yes it should. May be a silly question, but worth asking. Did you stop
all the GlassFish related
processes prior to doing the backup to make sure that there were no
open/locked files?

Thanks
Sathyan

On 2/23/12 8:56 AM, Eve Pokua wrote:
> The PC is not yet formatted. So I can copy / cut the dir back where it was and everything should work as usual?
>
> EVE'S iPhone
>
> On 23 Feb 2012, at 07:02, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2/22/12 10:09 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I had glassfish 2.1 installed and also 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 installed. I am on the process of formatting my PC as I have issues with the PC. I ave backed up my files including glassfish directories, by cutting files across to another drive. I can't remember but I think there was some complaints that some files name length was too long to be copied. But then after I checked, there was no files left behind. So i assumed every was copied across.
>> If you haven't formatted your PC, then can you do a quick validation of the zip archives by unzipping them in new install directories?
>>> So, what is best practice?
>> Backup/Restore would just work fine as long as the followings are taken care of
>> -No embedded paths in Domain configuration(ex. reference to libraries outside of GF install)
>> -No Windows services are created
>>> Copy the glassfish directories back again or download and install fresh ones? I like to keep up to date with fixes and that. For the 2.1, I ave a cluster of it on another PC. I suspect I still need the 2.1 as I ave applications I ave developed with ejb and persistent one / 2, before ejb3 and persistent 3, new development. And so I ave not change the programming codes.
>> Java EE backward compatibilities are guaranteed.
>>> Any comments appreciated. Thanks
>>>
>>> EVE

eve2
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The PC has now been formatted. If the name is changed, would it cause any problems to the old glassfish installation, of copied back to its original dir?

EVE'S iPhone

On 23 Feb 2012, at 17:23, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:

> Yes it should. May be a silly question, but worth asking. Did you stop all the GlassFish related
> processes prior to doing the backup to make sure that there were no open/locked files?
>
> Thanks
> Sathyan
>
>
> On 2/23/12 8:56 AM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>> The PC is not yet formatted. So I can copy / cut the dir back where it was and everything should work as usual?
>>
>> EVE'S iPhone
>>
>> On 23 Feb 2012, at 07:02, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 2/22/12 10:09 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I had glassfish 2.1 installed and also 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 installed. I am on the process of formatting my PC as I have issues with the PC. I ave backed up my files including glassfish directories, by cutting files across to another drive. I can't remember but I think there was some complaints that some files name length was too long to be copied. But then after I checked, there was no files left behind. So i assumed every was copied across.
>>> If you haven't formatted your PC, then can you do a quick validation of the zip archives by unzipping them in new install directories?
>>>> So, what is best practice?
>>> Backup/Restore would just work fine as long as the followings are taken care of
>>> -No embedded paths in Domain configuration(ex. reference to libraries outside of GF install)
>>> -No Windows services are created
>>>> Copy the glassfish directories back again or download and install fresh ones? I like to keep up to date with fixes and that. For the 2.1, I ave a cluster of it on another PC. I suspect I still need the 2.1 as I ave applications I ave developed with ejb and persistent one / 2, before ejb3 and persistent 3, new development. And so I ave not change the programming codes.
>>> Java EE backward compatibilities are guaranteed.
>>>> Any comments appreciated. Thanks
>>>>
>>>> EVE

scatari
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It shouldn't as we use localhost in our domain configuration. A quick
grep of your actual hostname under
expanded files(particularly domain.xml) will confirm that.

Thanks
Sathyan

On 2/23/12 12:58 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
> The PC has now been formatted. If the name is changed, would it cause any problems to the old glassfish installation, of copied back to its original dir?
>
> EVE'S iPhone
>
> On 23 Feb 2012, at 17:23, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:
>
>> Yes it should. May be a silly question, but worth asking. Did you stop all the GlassFish related
>> processes prior to doing the backup to make sure that there were no open/locked files?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sathyan
>>
>>
>> On 2/23/12 8:56 AM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>>> The PC is not yet formatted. So I can copy / cut the dir back where it was and everything should work as usual?
>>>
>>> EVE'S iPhone
>>>
>>> On 23 Feb 2012, at 07:02, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/22/12 10:09 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I had glassfish 2.1 installed and also 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 installed. I am on the process of formatting my PC as I have issues with the PC. I ave backed up my files including glassfish directories, by cutting files across to another drive. I can't remember but I think there was some complaints that some files name length was too long to be copied. But then after I checked, there was no files left behind. So i assumed every was copied across.
>>>> If you haven't formatted your PC, then can you do a quick validation of the zip archives by unzipping them in new install directories?
>>>>> So, what is best practice?
>>>> Backup/Restore would just work fine as long as the followings are taken care of
>>>> -No embedded paths in Domain configuration(ex. reference to libraries outside of GF install)
>>>> -No Windows services are created
>>>>> Copy the glassfish directories back again or download and install fresh ones? I like to keep up to date with fixes and that. For the 2.1, I ave a cluster of it on another PC. I suspect I still need the 2.1 as I ave applications I ave developed with ejb and persistent one / 2, before ejb3 and persistent 3, new development. And so I ave not change the programming codes.
>>>> Java EE backward compatibilities are guaranteed.
>>>>> Any comments appreciated. Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> EVE

eve2
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Ok, thank you.

Another thing I forgot to also mention is the OS of my PC was Vista, I ave completely formatted it with new Windows 7. Hope this won't be a problem. It's the same installation file for all the windows?

Thanks.

EVE'S iPhone

On 24 Feb 2012, at 20:05, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:

> It shouldn't as we use localhost in our domain configuration. A quick grep of your actual hostname under
> expanded files(particularly domain.xml) will confirm that.
>
> Thanks
> Sathyan
>
> On 2/23/12 12:58 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>> The PC has now been formatted. If the name is changed, would it cause any problems to the old glassfish installation, of copied back to its original dir?
>>
>> EVE'S iPhone
>>
>> On 23 Feb 2012, at 17:23, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:
>>
>>> Yes it should. May be a silly question, but worth asking. Did you stop all the GlassFish related
>>> processes prior to doing the backup to make sure that there were no open/locked files?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Sathyan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/23/12 8:56 AM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>>>> The PC is not yet formatted. So I can copy / cut the dir back where it was and everything should work as usual?
>>>>
>>>> EVE'S iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 23 Feb 2012, at 07:02, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/22/12 10:09 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had glassfish 2.1 installed and also 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 installed. I am on the process of formatting my PC as I have issues with the PC. I ave backed up my files including glassfish directories, by cutting files across to another drive. I can't remember but I think there was some complaints that some files name length was too long to be copied. But then after I checked, there was no files left behind. So i assumed every was copied across.
>>>>> If you haven't formatted your PC, then can you do a quick validation of the zip archives by unzipping them in new install directories?
>>>>>> So, what is best practice?
>>>>> Backup/Restore would just work fine as long as the followings are taken care of
>>>>> -No embedded paths in Domain configuration(ex. reference to libraries outside of GF install)
>>>>> -No Windows services are created
>>>>>> Copy the glassfish directories back again or download and install fresh ones? I like to keep up to date with fixes and that. For the 2.1, I ave a cluster of it on another PC. I suspect I still need the 2.1 as I ave applications I ave developed with ejb and persistent one / 2, before ejb3 and persistent 3, new development. And so I ave not change the programming codes.
>>>>> Java EE backward compatibilities are guaranteed.
>>>>>> Any comments appreciated. Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EVE

eve2
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Good question. I didn't ave glassfish running. I usual run glassfish when I need it.

EVE'S iPhone

On 23 Feb 2012, at 17:23, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:

> Yes it should. May be a silly question, but worth asking. Did you stop all the GlassFish related
> processes prior to doing the backup to make sure that there were no open/locked files?
>
> Thanks
> Sathyan
>
>
> On 2/23/12 8:56 AM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>> The PC is not yet formatted. So I can copy / cut the dir back where it was and everything should work as usual?
>>
>> EVE'S iPhone
>>
>> On 23 Feb 2012, at 07:02, "Sathyan Catari" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 2/22/12 10:09 PM, Eve Pokua wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I had glassfish 2.1 installed and also 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 installed. I am on the process of formatting my PC as I have issues with the PC. I ave backed up my files including glassfish directories, by cutting files across to another drive. I can't remember but I think there was some complaints that some files name length was too long to be copied. But then after I checked, there was no files left behind. So i assumed every was copied across.
>>> If you haven't formatted your PC, then can you do a quick validation of the zip archives by unzipping them in new install directories?
>>>> So, what is best practice?
>>> Backup/Restore would just work fine as long as the followings are taken care of
>>> -No embedded paths in Domain configuration(ex. reference to libraries outside of GF install)
>>> -No Windows services are created
>>>> Copy the glassfish directories back again or download and install fresh ones? I like to keep up to date with fixes and that. For the 2.1, I ave a cluster of it on another PC. I suspect I still need the 2.1 as I ave applications I ave developed with ejb and persistent one / 2, before ejb3 and persistent 3, new development. And so I ave not change the programming codes.
>>> Java EE backward compatibilities are guaranteed.
>>>> Any comments appreciated. Thanks
>>>>
>>>> EVE