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In the Add Server Instance wizard, there are "GlassFish v1", "GlassFish v2" and "Sun Java System Application Server". My first impression is that SJSAS is the commercially supported GlassFish. However, it turns out SJSAS is for registering an old version of 8.2. I think this will cause confusion to the user.
Created attachment 59933 [details] Add server instance wizard
Original email exchange: It can be... though I have seen very few questions about it... vbk Jun Qian wrote: > Thanks. Isn't this confusing? > > Jun > > vince kraemer wrote: >> Oh.. that is right... sjsas should only work for registering 8.2 in 6.1... >> >> vbk >> >> Jun Qian wrote: >>> If SJSAS is just an alias to GF, then how come I can add my GlassFish v2 as a "GlassFish v2": >>> >>> [snip image] >>> >>> but not as a "Sun Java System Application Server": >>> >>> [snip image] >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jun >>> >>> Vince Kraemer wrote: >>>> It is a name that folks know for the server... >>>> >>>> there are some folks that do not know that GlassFish is sjsas and the other way around... so, we let them see a name they know when they register the server... >>>> >>>> Jun Qian wrote: >>>>> Hi Vince, >>>>> >>>>> Do you know what the "Sun Java System Application Server" in NB's Add Server Instance wizard is for? >>>>> [image snip] >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Jun
the names were clarified as part of a bug fix