On 19/03/2013 19:24, Patrick Flaherty wrote: > Hi, > > We deploy tomcat in our own folder (c:\rsi_tc\tomcat) on a WIndows > machine as a service. We use the service.bat to install > as a service. Historically to update tomcat we would remove the current > version and install the new version. There is rub in all > this which we have to change the service login to be an account that can > access files from a network share. Therefore when > we upgrade tomcat, we remove the current version and install the new > version and then someone ( the customer :-( ) has to > go into the service and change the service login back to the account > that will give them access to the network share.
What is on the network share? p > I'm looking for a way (if possible) to avoid having the customer to have > change the service login. I'm looking for suggestions > to make this easier and have the following questions about whether some > of my thoughts to make it easier are safe. > > 1. Can I *not* uninstall the service and just replace the folder > structure on the file system with the new version? I have tried it > and it seems to work but question whether or not it is safe. I know > if a major version changes I cannot do this as the service > calls tomcat6.exe vs tomcat7.exe for instance and therefore would > have to do the complete uninstall/install. > > 2. If I do the above does calling the "service.bat install" again using > the *newer* service.bat version make a difference? We are calling it > (the newer service.bat) > and it seems to be harmless and thought that it might help in case > something in the batch install changed, we would get the changes. > > Bottom line, has anyone faced this dilemma and found a successful way to > upgrade a tomcat instance that uses a unique service login. > > Thanks for any input. > Pat > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > -- [key:62590808] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
