Upgrading the WebLogic 6.0 Service Pack 2 Examples Server to WebLogic Server 7.0

@rem Set user-defined variables.

@rem original:set JAVA_HOME=C:\bea60sp2\jdk130

1. Set your JAVA_HOME to your new JDK in WebLogic 7.0.

set JAVA_HOME=C:\bea700\jdk131

@rem added:

2. Set WL60_HOME in order to be able to access your WebLogic Server 6.0 classes.

set WL60_HOME=c:\bea60sp2\wlserver6.0

3. Set this in order to be able to access your WebLogic Server 7.0 classes.

set WL_HOME=c:\bea700\weblogic700

:checkJRE

if exist %JAVA_HOME%\lib\nul goto runWebLogic echo.

echo The JRE wasn't found in directory %JAVA_HOME%.

echo Please edit the startExamplesServer.cmd script so that the

JAVA_HOME

echo variable points to the root directory of your Java installation.

goto finish

:runWebLogic echo on

@rem original: set PATH=.\bin;%PATH%

4.Set the PATH to look in your %WL_HOME% 7.0 home. If this is not set, the server won't boot.

set PATH=%WL_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

@rem original: set

@rem CLASSPATH=.;.\lib\weblogic_sp.jar;

@rem .\lib\weblogic.jar;.\samples\eval\cloudscape\ @rem lib\cloudscape.

@rem jar;.\config\examples\serverclasses

5. Set the CLASSPATH to point to old classes and to new classes that you need.

set

CLASSPATH=%WL_HOME%\lib\weblogic_sp.jar;%WL_HOME%\lib\weblogic. jar;

%WL60_HOME%\samples\eval\cloudscape\lib\ cloudscape.jar;%WL60_HOME%\config\examples\serverclasses

echo CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%

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7 specifications

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