OpenVPMS on x64 hardware

Submitted by Guest on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 08:19

Implementation discussion

Hi, I am trying to get OpenVPMS to run on x64 bit hardware. I believe the problem is with JAVA..could be wrong...

When I install Apache-Tomcat 5.5 it asks for JDK not JRE to be installed. The JDK is x64 bit version.

Apache will install fine once this is selected. When I go to deploy the WAR file for OpenVPMS it fails with an application / context issue. My concern is that the JAVA version I have installed is not compatible with OpenVPMS. Even if I install the correct version for OpenVPMS, there isnt anyway I can tell OpenVPMS to use a particular version of JAVA.

Has anyone successfully deployedOpenVPMS on x64-bit hardware?

thanks

James

Re: OpenVPMS on x64 hardware

Submitted by tony on Wed, 13/07/2011 - 10:07.

Hi James,

Sorry for the delay in getting some reponse to you. I dont get any notifications of implementation forum posts for some reason. Will investigate. :-)

We deploy OpenVPMS on x64 constantly on Windows server and Windows 7 systems with no issues.

Firstly I suggest moving to Tomcat 6 which has an x32/x64 service installer. You can find it here.

You definitely need to install a 1.6 x64 JRE (or JDK , doesn't matter). The installer above will find it. It is worth noting that Tomcat is essentially x32/x64 agnostic (apart from windows service installer) so whether it is operating x32 or x64 is purely based on JRE used.

Also note we typically install Mysql 5.1 x64. Can also use Mysql 5.5 but remember to utilise the Mysql Workbench for any administration as the old Administrator doesn't work with 5.5.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Tony