Oracle Corporation is discontinuing support to JRE version 1.8 effective end-March 2022.
Veritas Infoscale does not include any components /products whose support is discontinued, as these components introduce a security vulnerability. It is necessary to replace Oracle JRE in Infoscale installers.
The following patch replaces the existing Oracle JRE with Amazon Corretto JDK from InfoScale installation.
Patch_8_0_00001_0_4059808_x64.exe
To Install the Patch:
1. Close all VEA GUI instances on the destination server.
2. Download Patch_8_0_00001_0_4059808_x64.exe from Patch center.
Patch_8_0_00001_0_4059808 (veritas.com)
3. Install Patch_8_0_00001_0_4059808_x64.exe on the InfoScale server.
4. Open VEA GUI and connect to server.
You have successfully removed Oracle JRE and installed Corretto JDK for VEA GUI.
To Uninstall the Patch:
1. Close all VEA GUI Instances on the destination server.
2. Open Control Panel, click Add or Remove Program or Programs & Features then click View Installed Updates. All fixes applied to products are listed.
3. Select Patch_8_0_00001_0_4059808_x64
4. Click Uninstall.
You have successfully removed the newly added Corretto JDK support for VEA GUI and reinstated the original Oracle JRE.
Supported InfoScale Versions:
8.0
Supported JDK Versions
Amazon Corretto OpenJDK 1.8.0_322 (x86)
How To Check JRE/JDK version available in InfoScale installation:
With the Oracle base JRE in place, go to folder “C:\Program Files\Veritas\Veritas Object Bus\jre\bin” and executing a command “java -version” to get the version of JRE used.
Once the patch is installed, go to folder “C:\Program Files\Veritas\Veritas Object Bus\jdk\bin” and execute command “java -version” to get the version of Amazon Correttor JDK used.
Note the Oracle Corporation JRE folder “C:\Program Files\Veritas\Veritas Object Bus\jre\bin” will be removed when the patch is installed.
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