9.1E Appserver on Windows 2008 Srv

[RichardVohs]

I already know that I will receive the "Why would you want to..." for this question, but I just have to know.

Is there a way to configure 9.1E appserver to run on Win2008srv against a 9.1E db?

Yes, can't run pro/oe explorer on 2008. Yes, can't exec command line asbman/asconfig for same reason: java.

However, I need to know if it's possible or not.

 

[Stefan]

Yes, can't run pro/oe explorer on 2008. Yes, can't exec command line asbman/asconfig for same reason: java.

These are not the same reasons. You cannot run the Progress Explorer client on Windows 2008 due to the MS JVM which is used by the snap-in no longer being supplied by MS. The AdminServer and AppServers use the version of Java provided by Progress when installing - see ProKB.

The 9.1E installer however hangs when installing - see ProKB - the work-around is available here.

 

[RichardVohs]

"Yes, can't run pro/oe explorer on 2008. Yes, can't exec command line asbman/asconfig for same reason: java."
Same reason here .

To configure appserver, progress/oe explorer running on client connected to server is supposed to work. With client as Win7, this should still work, right?

 

[Stefan]

"Yes, can't run pro/oe explorer on 2008. Yes, can't exec command line asbman/asconfig for same reason: java."
Same reason here .

Meaning? MS JVM and Java are two different things. Which errors do you get when executing 'proadsv -q'?

To configure appserver, progress/oe explorer running on client connected to server is supposed to work. With client as Win7, this should still work, right?

No, the MS JVM which is required to run the Progress Explorer client is not provided starting with Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008.

 

[RichardVohs]

An update of where I am at...
Added a registry setting to EnableJIT on the Java VM: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Java VM –> EnableJIT = 0.
I can run Progress Explorer client but cannot execute proadsv -q, getting "jave.exe has stopped working".

I'm at the end of my internal knowledge base and my search skills.

What I have:
Windows 2008 Server.
Enterprise DB 9.1E is installed.
ProVision Plus 9.1E is installed.

Back to the original question: Is there a way to configure 9.1E appserver to run on Win2008srv against a 9.1E db?

What I need to do is:
1) Generate proxies using proxygen.
2) Deploy web service using WSA.

 

[RichardVohs]

Summarizing:

We abandoned a progress-only solution because the cost to the client was prohibitive. Instead, we deployed a PHP script that accepts HTTP POST with two matched pairs of data, the first being the method and the second being the URL to the XML file containing additional parameters.

The PHP script executes a Progress command using -param 'action=method,url=pathToFile'.

The Progress code evaluates sessionarameter, loads the XML doc from the URL, then runs the appropriate procedure based on method called.

The cheapest web service on the planet...