Tomcat Windows - How to install Tomcat on a 64-bit OS
How can I install Tomcat on a 64-bit Windows operating system?
Our suggestion is to try installing and running the 32-bit Tomcat on your 64-bit Windows Server. 64-bit operating systems that are running on either AMD64 or EM64T (Intel's name for it) architectures can also run 32-bit binaries if the operating system carries 32-bit libraries as well. Therefore, you must first install a 32-bit Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on your server, and then install the 32-bit Tomcat package to run on it. Reports indicate that there is no significant performance difference between running a 32-bit JVM versus a 64-bit JVM on a 64-bit OS.
If this approach doesn’t work, you'll need the 64-bit binaries. As of Tomcat release 5.5.28 and 6.0.21, the 64-bit binaries are included in the 32-bit installer, and if you install it on a 64-bit Windows, the installer detects that and installs the 64-bit binaries. You will also need to have a 64-bit JVM installed before you run the Tomcat installer.
Our suggestion is to try installing and running the 32-bit Tomcat on your 64-bit Windows Server. 64-bit operating systems that are running on either AMD64 or EM64T (Intel's name for it) architectures can also run 32-bit binaries if the operating system carries 32-bit libraries as well. Therefore, you must first install a 32-bit Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on your server, and then install the 32-bit Tomcat package to run on it. Reports indicate that there is no significant performance difference between running a 32-bit JVM versus a 64-bit JVM on a 64-bit OS.
If this approach doesn’t work, you'll need the 64-bit binaries. As of Tomcat release 5.5.28 and 6.0.21, the 64-bit binaries are included in the 32-bit installer, and if you install it on a 64-bit Windows, the installer detects that and installs the 64-bit binaries. You will also need to have a 64-bit JVM installed before you run the Tomcat installer.
