Smarts IP/SAM: Can we update to the latest Java version, which is different than the one installed with Smarts IP or Smarts SAM?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

This article addresses the following questions:

• Can we manually update our Smarts IP/Smarts SAM environment to the latest Java Version?
• Can we remove the current java version installed with Smarts IP/Smarts SAM to consolidate by upgrading Java to the latest version?

Updating the Java version in the Smarts environment is not recommended as Smarts is designed to run on a particular Java Version. Manually updating Java to the latest or desired Java version it may lead to issues with Smarts IP/SAM application functionality.