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February 7, 2011
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ColdFusion 8 - Verifying Hotfixes

  • February 7, 2011
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I have several servers running CF8 and it appears eash system has different hotfixes and updates installed.  I want to patches these system with the latest updates and hotfixes.  What is the best way to verify what updates/hotfixes are installed and what I need to installed.

Also, if ColdFusion 8.0.1 Cumulative Hot Fix 4 is installed, do I need to install ColdFusion 8.0.1 Cumulative Hot Fix 3?

Here is an example of 2 of my systems.

It appears CF8 is at 8.0.1 on all system, but the update level are different.

System 1 shows:

Version: 8,0,1,195765

Update Level  /X:/ColdFusion8/lib/updates/hf801-73122.jar

In the /updates folder: hf801-73122.jar

System 2 shows:

Version  8,0,1,195765   
Update Level  /X:/ColdFusion8/lib/updates/chf8010004.jar
In the /updates folder: cf8010004.jar and hf800-71471.jar

Regards,

SW

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    carl type3
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    February 7, 2011

    Hello,

    Charlie Arehart did a blog that will likely help (hope he does not mind me referencing it):

    http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/12/12/cfmyths_cumulative_hotfixes

    Perhaps the http://www.hackmycf.com/ site might help establish what patches the CF8 has.

    HTH, Carl.

    PS or maybe merlin http://www.merlinmanager.com/ has manage updates and patch functions.

    Charlie Arehart
    Community Expert
    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 9, 2011

    Thanks for the kind regards, Carl. No, I never mind and in fact very much appreciate it. That's why I put the info out there.

    So that answers the second of his/her questions. As for the first, there's no interface you can look at. You just need to look in the lib/updates directory to see what hotfixes are listed there. (Someone may say, "the CF Admin has a page that shows hotfixes", but that only shows one, regardless of how many you have. Looking at the updates directory is the best way to know for sure.)

    As for where to find that lib/updates directory, either see my blog entry or most of the hotfix technotes explain more about it.

    /charlie

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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    SW02Author
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    February 22, 2011

    Thanks for the information.  I read over the blogs and it provided the information I was seeking.

    I do have one other questions.  It appears our CF instance update went from 8.0.0 to 8.0.1 to CFH 4.  It appears CFH 1-3 was skipped and only selected hotfixes was installed.  So my question is can I install CFH 1 - 3 even though CFH 4 is already installed?

    Stevan

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