Re: 7.1 users beware of PTFs

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nether do the current versions of ACS, OSS, Web Query, and I bet their 
vendor products have also moved forward in the past decade. If you are a 
Sys Admin this is table stakes stuff.

i 7.1 was a landmark release as it delivered a lot including Technology 
Refresh technology. But it's lived too long. Its retirement is OVER DUE!!!

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/5/2018 7:56 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> I suspect that the biggest reason many 7.1 shops do not put a newer JDK on
> is that it does not ship on media.  You will not find JDK 7 or 8 for 7.1
> on physical media and it needs to be downloaded from ESS.  So someone
> pulls up their 7.1 Knowledge Center, drills into the section "Media Labels
> and their Contents" and does not see JDK 7 or 8 and assumes it's not
> available.
>
> Folks, you NEED to get these on before EOS of 7.1 and you find trying to
> download stuff untenable!
>
>
> Rob Berendt