Environment
Situation
Resolution
1. Rename the existing JRE folder in "/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr" to jre_old:
=> mv jre jre_old
2. Download the jre bundle based on the OS to this folder"/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr":
=> jre-7u10-linux-x64.tar.gz
3. Change the permissions & ownership of the file:
=> chmod 777 jre-7u10-linux-x64.tar.gz
=> chown novell:novell jre-7u10-linux-x64.tar.gz
4. Switch to novell user:
=> su novell
5. Extract the archived jre content:
=> tar -xvzf jre-7u10-linux-x64.gz
6. Rename the folder "jre1.7.0_10" to JRE:
=> mv jre1.7.0_10 jre
7 Copy folder "jre_old/lib/fonts/fallback" to "jre/lib/fonts"
=> cp -r jre_old/lib/fonts/fallback/ jre/lib/fonts
8. Restart the Sentinel services.
After the server is restarted Java version displays as below:
# ./java -version
java version "1.7.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)
Java version before the upgrade:
# ./java -version
java version "1.7.0_09"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_09-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.5-b02, mixed mode)