Hi Paul,
It's definitely a problem in the App Pack 3 Release Notes. On page 33, step 7, the instructions ask you to make sure that Blackboard is working ok AFTER having changed the java path in the bb.config.properties file to point to the new Java 5.0 location. This is BEFORE upgrading to 6.3. This instruction cannot be carried out because Tomcat in 6.2.x.x will not work with Java 5.0. Our TSM recommended we just continue with the upgrade. The 6.3 update will give you a version of Tomcat compatible with J2SE 5.0.
PS. If anyone else is doing this, I've heard that 6.3 was developed using J2SE 5.0 version 3. I see that version 4 is now available on the Sun site. Personally I'll be installing version 3 just to be certain there aren't any new features in version 4 that Bb doesn't like. That's my take on it! (5.0 version 3 is available from the Sun product archives.)
Good luck to all AP3 summer-upgraders!
Gerard
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Gerard Elder
VLE Systems Development Officer
Blackboard Administrator
City of Sunderland College
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-----Original Message-----
From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Kennedy
Sent: 02 August 2005 16:22
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Subject: Java problem and App Pack 3
HI. I'm testing the App 3 upgrade on our test server and seem to have a few
problems. I installed the latest JAVA SDK and ran the pushupdate .bat. All
seemed OK, however I cannot get the Tomcat service to start and hence get
the login page without the images, etc. Anyone else had this problem? I
would like to resolve this before installing the App Pack, however maybe
there is a problem with BB 6.2.x.x using the latest JAVA SDK??
Paul Kennedy
Belfast Institute of F and HE
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