You can use Remote System Explorer to transfer WAR and EAR files to your i5/OS® host. With Remote System Explorer you can move files between your workstation and your server without using FTP or NetServer™ file sharing.
The WebSphere® Application Server administrative console for versions 5.1 and later are browser based. WAR and EAR files can be installed directly from your workstation or from a path in your server's file system if they have already been transferred there.
To transfer files using Remote System Explorer, follow these steps:
With your WAR or EAR file transferred to your i5/OS file system, you can specify it's location directly in the application server's administative console. For example, if you exported your WebFacing project to a file called wfproj.war and transferred the file to
, then in the administative console application install dialog, you can specify the path for your WAR file as /home/my_directory/wfproj.war .