CF MX 6.1 JVM Updates

[mprest]

I've been interested in updating the JVM on my CF MX 6.1 servers.

1. Is updating the Sun JVM from 1.4.2 to 1.5.x support?

2. How do you do it?

I've installed the new JVM and pointed jvm.config to it, but I get Java errors
and the CF MX service doesn't start. Thanks .

[xentrix]

At this time, 1.5 is not supported in ColdFusion. You can get it to run, but you lose features such as web services.

Andy

[mprest]

Thanks for the posting.

When you say web services, I'm assuming you mean the java-based web server
instead of connectivity to IIS or Apache.

You mentioned that you can get it to run. Do you know how to do this? I've
seen one post and it didn't work since the author was talking about a
JRUN-based server, not the pseudo JRUN server that comes with CF MX 6.1
Standard. Thanks.

[xentrix]

No, I mean Web Services as provided by the underlying Apache Axis engine. (Not
web servers, which is what IIS and Apache are).

You're better sticking with 1.4.2_x as if you get a problem after moving to
1.5 Adobe won't help you as you'll be running an unsupported system.

Andy

[mprest]

Great. Thanks for the reply.

I had wanted to update my ColdFusion servers as much as I could (while keeping
them at MX 6.1). I've done other updates, CF Updater, JDBC, etc... but updating
the JVM seemed like a good idea.

It's funny how Adobe/Macromedia has stuck with an older version of the JVM
(1.4.2_05) even with CF MX 7. With all the problems people are having with Java
and JVM, you'd think that they'd rev up the JVM.