How do I specify the JDK for a GlassFish domain?

Question

I\'ve got GlassFish 2.1.1 installed. I have a 1.5 and a 1.6 JDK installed. Even though my JAVA_HOME variable is set to the 1.5 version (and both \"java -version\" and \"java

Answer 1

Similar error with Glassfish 4.0 and several JDK installed:

SEVERE: GlassFish requires JDK 7, you are using JDK version 6.

There is no AS_JAVA reference in "C:\glassfish\config\asenv.bat" by default. After adding manually

set AS_JAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25 

it works.