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- down load the files from the java download site. Keep them all in /tmp. You will use gtar -C <path> or execute *.bin to put the files to the directory.
- check space availablity for each target directory by running checkQuota
- IF you get an executable (*.bin) then create the jdk-* subdirectory under each OS directory, e.g. linux, solaris, etc.
- IF you get a tarball it will create the dirszipped tarball make sure gtar -C is used to unpack and install the directories.
- change the patch variable in the installJava script to the latest patch number
- cd to the place where you downloaded all the files, e.g. /tmp
- Make sure to change the patch number before running the script. run installJava.
- Edit the install script and check that the new version names will unpack properly. run Run the installJava* script.
- run the release script to deploy the new versions to the read-only disk.
- restart the test server and check that everything still works
- restart all the other servers. Use the server monitoring page to do this. If that doesn't work, logon to the machine and run the stop/start scripts.
- update the web page (see url address below)
- announce to mailing lists (see list names below)
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