Release Notes - GlassFish v3.1
- 14/06/2011 7:54 AM
Release Notes - GlassFish Server v3.1
Highlighted Features in GlassFish Server 3.1
Features
- Clustering support with Java EE 6
- Load Balancing Support
- Transparent JDBC connection pool reconfiguration
- Support for PAM
- Embedded API for EJB solution support
The official Release Notes for GlassFish 3.1 are available here - http://glassfish.java.net/docs/3.1/release-notes.pdf
How to upgrade
To upgrade the application, go to the Control Panel > System tab (if necessary, click on Select Another System (Subscription) and choose the correct subscription) > Applications > GlassFish. Click on the name of the application, and then on Upgrade To Latest.
As part of the upgrade process, a backup is made of your existing GlassFish domains. If for some reason you need to access this backup, it will be located at /opt/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains_backup060120110948/, where 060120110948 is the Month, Day, Year, and Time.
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Once the upgrade completes, you will need to restart the GlassFish server. This can be done from the Control Panel, or from the command line of the Virtual Machine. |
Control Panel
To restart GlassFish from the Control Panel, go to System tab > Service Management > Services > glassfish and click on Restart Now. This will restart the GlassFish service. The progress of the restart will be shown on the screen.
Command Line
To restart GlassFish from the command line, log in to the VPS using SSH, and then as the root user run the service glassfish restart command.
| [root@example ~]# service glassfish restart Stopping GlassFish Application Server Stoping Domain : domain1 Starting GlassFish Application Server Starting Domain : domain1 [root@example ~]# |