Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 High Availability Administration Guide

Synchronizing Library Files

The --libraries deploy time attribute for an application can be used to specify runtime dependencies of an application. When a relative path is specified, (only the jar name), Application Server attempts to find the specified library in domain-dir/lib/applibs.

To make a library available to the whole domain, you could place the JAR file in domain-dir/lib or domain-dir/lib/classes. (For more information, see Using the Common Class Loader in Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Developer’s Guide. ) This is usually the case for JDBC drivers and other utility libraries that are shared by all applications in the domain.

For cluster-wide or stand alone server wide use, copy the jars into the domain-dir/domain1/config/xyz-config/lib directory. Next, add the jars in classpath-suffix or classpath-prefix element of xyz-config. This will synchronize the jars for all server instances using xyz-config.

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