CF 8.0.1 Multiserver Update Issue

[Kalgash]

I ran the cf 8.0.1 32 updater on Wind2k3Server SP2 and only the default instance shows an upgraded version number.

All of the other instances (located under the servers folder) do not appear to be upgraded. There is no updater_backup folder in the instance folder locations either.

Do I have to manually redploy my instances?

[Grizzly9279]

Did you follow the steps in the install guide? See here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/coldfusion/801/cf801install.pdf
"Updating a ColdFusion 8 multiserver configuration on Windows" (page 8)

Some interesting notes from the document that may or may not apply to you:
** If you are updating ColdFusion 8 on Windows XP with SP2 installed, read Technote 19518 for information on using ColdFusion MX6.1 with Windows Firewall enabled.
** The ColdFusion 8 updater tries to update ColdFusion server instances in the jrun_root/servers directory. However, if the ColdFusion server instances are outside the jrun_root/servers directory, the ColdFusion 8 updater does not update them.

[Kalgash]

Yes. I have followed all of the instructions.

[Kalgash]

The installation log shows no errors during the upgrade process and only finds the default cfusion instance.

None of the other instances are found (even though they are located in the servers directory).

[Kalgash]

Is there are configuration file that the installer checks to get it configuration information?

[Grizzly9279]

Interesting...are you sure you selected the Multiserver configuration option during the installation wizard of the patch?

There should be an XML file that each server instance is registered under, try here:
...\JRun4\lib\servers.xml

[Kalgash]

Here is the content of my servers.xml file...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE servers PUBLIC "-//Macromedia, Inc.//DTD servers 4.0//EN" " http://jrun.macromedia.com/dtds/servers.dtd">
<servers>
<server>
<name>admin</name>
<directory>{jrun.home}/servers/admin</directory>
</server>
<server>
<name>cfusion</name>
<directory>{jrun.home}/servers/cfusion</directory>
</server>
<server>
<name>zoom-www-c</name>
<directory>C:\JRun4/servers/zoom-www-c</directory></server>
<server>
<name>zoom-www-d</name>
<directory>C:\JRun4/servers/zoom-www-d</directory></server>
<server>
<name>gtd-www-temp-b</name>
<directory>C:\JRun4/servers/gtd-www-temp-b</directory></server>
<server>
<name>zoom-avaioresxml-c</name>
<directory>C:\JRun4/servers/zoom-avaioresxml-c</directory></server>
<server>
<name>zoom-avaioresxml-d</name>
<directory>C:\JRun4/servers/zoom-avaioresxml-d</directory></server></servers>

[Kalgash]

Here is my updater debug logfile:

[Grizzly9279]

Very strange. At this point you may want to contact Adobe support:
http://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/

That debug log file should help them point you in the right direction.

At first glance, the only thing I find strange is that the "VALID_SERVER_INSTALLS" and "VALID_WEBROOTS" vars only contain one path. I'm wondering if this somehow suggests that the other ColdFusion instances that you've set up are not being recognized as "valid" for some reason.

[Grizzly9279]

Final thought: how did you add those additional instances? Did someone manually register those instances somehow? I find it strange that your servers.xml file has paths like:

C:\JRun4/servers/zoom-www-c

When they should really be:
{jrun.home}/servers/zoom-www-c

Also, the combination of back and forward slashes in that path could be throwing it off as well. I think you're supposed to use all forward slashes, or "escaped" backslashes.

[Kalgash]

The instances were created by following the clustering instance documentation in the cf docs.

[Guest]

Did you run the updater 1x for each installed instance?

I've not run this one yet. But in the past, the updater would ask you for the location of the CFIDE folder. You'd point it to the first instance. Let'er rip and restart the installer and update the next instance and so on and so forth.

[Vinu_kumar_t]

Hi
If you have a valid coldfusion server instance updater will automatically update all the instances. From the server.xml it looks like the entries were added manually. You can try the following:

change the entries like the following:

<server>
<name>zoom-www-c</name>
<directory>C:\JRun4/servers/zoom-www-c</directory></server>
<server>

to
<server>
<name>zoom-www-c</name>
<directory>{jrun.home}/servers/zoom-www-c</directory></server>
<server>

and run the installer again.

- Vinu