Re: Fresh RDi install - problems.

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gary

Your java.home is in the RDp location - so this is not affected by the 
system update. This is RDp's own JRE.

Vern

On 10/24/2013 12:01 PM, Gary Thompson wrote:
> Eric:
> I am on RDp 8.0.3
> Help - Installation Details - Configuration shows:
> java.fullversion=JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Windows 7 x86-32 . . .
> java.home=C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\jdk\jre
>
> Does that mean my install "is impacted by the system updates" ?
>
> I'm guessing "the system" is my PC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Simpson
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:36 AM
> To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fresh RDi install - problems.
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>
> RDi ships its own IBM JRE and is not impacted by the system updates.  The JRE included in RDi is updated in RDi fixpacks.
>
> Note: the Oracle/Sun JRE (probably what you are seeing with Java 7 Update
> 45) is not officially supported by RDi.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
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>    |Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>                                                                                                      |
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>    |Teresa Martinez <tmartinez@xxxxxxxxxxx>                                                                                                    |
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>    |wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx                                                                                                               |
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> Thorbjørn,
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> Thank you, for my RDi install I see:
>
> java.home=C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\jdk\jre
>
> So it would seem we will want to make sure the machine we install RDi 9 on is Java 7  Update 45 or later
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:29 AM
> To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries'
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fresh RDi install - problems.
>
> I do not have any newer RDi installed, but for newer Eclipses you can see which JVM is used for running Eclipse itself by opening Help->About, chose the "Installation Details" button, and choose the "Configuration" tab.
>
> This gives you a lot of information.  You should look for the "java.home"
> system property.
>
> For me on a stock 32-bit Eclipse, that line is:
>
> java.home=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7
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> If you have a value pointing "inside" your RDi installation you have a bundled JVM, and the update should not have affected you.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Thompson
> Sent: 24. oktober 2013 15:16
> To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fresh RDi install - problems.
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> Thorbjørn,
>
> I can barely spell Java, can you tell me more about what to look for in the Help-About box.
>
> I see 8 details for Eclipse, but no entry that starts with "Java"
>
> We are just now planning our upgrade to RDi 9.1
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 6:56 AM
> To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries'
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fresh RDi install - problems.
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> It used to be that the default installation of WDSCI brought its own JRE along (for stability reasons I suppose).
>
> Is this still the case?  You can checkwhat JRE is used inside the Help-About box.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Kern
> Sent: 24. oktober 2013 14:48
> To: WDSCi
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fresh RDi install - problems.
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> Not sure if this will help but two days ago I got a Java Update notice so I upgraded to Java 7  Update 45 and some of the random buggy-ness seems to have stopped.
>
> By random buggy-ness I mean starting RDi V9 and sometimes not having my connections appear (which requires a simple shutdown and restart), and sometimes when switching perspectives or bringing RDi into focus from the start ment, the perspective bar wasn't always visible.
> I'm running Win7 Pro 32 bit too.
>
> Hope that helps.
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