On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 12:30 PM PersonFirst PersonLast < personandfri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > I would like to check if it's safe (no potential side effects) of changing > *executable* parameter jenkins.xml config file to the path of Java on the > server itself. I know that Jenkins (on Windows) comes with its own Java out > of the box, and it uses 32bit Java. The reason for this change is that I > would like to increase memory used by Jenkins (JVM) to 2GB (-Xmx2048m) but > found that I can only go up to 1.2GB on 32bit Java (provided out of the > box). > > A 64 bit Java runs quite well on Windows. The Windows installer stopped bundling Java with the Windows installer upgrades <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2020/08/12/windows-installers-upgrade/> in Jenkins 2.235.3. You can read about the Jenkins 2.249.1 testing on Windows <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2020/09/12/new-jenkins-release-observations/> in case you want to read Windows experiences from others. > I've updated *executable* to "*C:\Program Files (x86)\Common > Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe*" and performed some quick tests. I > haven't seen any issues so far but wanted to confirm if this is an > acceptable change and I won't see any conflicts/issues in the future. > I don't expect any issues. I've not seen any reports that were specific to the transition from 32 bit Java to 64 bit Java. Mark Waite > > Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional > information. > Thank you > PF > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAKnF1n9ibDDZJb0L0WA9A5h-WFsY2vBR7a9yYngMZdAW8oNBTg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAKnF1n9ibDDZJb0L0WA9A5h-WFsY2vBR7a9yYngMZdAW8oNBTg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtHcZ7fk2%2BpOtLeXPDPJ%3DSt%3De3wF5nt8CGB_ziq2Ewj%3DCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
