Why and when to perform this task
The Back up options write out, to a single file, the deployment details for all the Web services and associated resources (channels, filters, UDDI references and so on) that are currently deployed to the gateway.
There are two situations in which you might want to back up a gateway configuration:
When you install a gateway upgrade, any previously configured gateway is replaced with an upgraded but empty gateway. Use the Save Gateway Configuration > Private option to preserve an existing gateway configuration before you complete the installation of an upgraded gateway. This saved configuration contains deployment details (for example URIs) that are specific to a given instance of the gateway, so you should only use it to save a configuration that you intend to re-apply to the same gateway instance.
When you want to scale the gateway, use the Save Gateway Configuration > Shared option to save a shareable version of your gateway configuration. This saved configuration does not include machine-specific values, and therefore can be shared by all the gateways in your scaled gateway deployment group.
To back up your gateway configuration, complete the following steps:
Steps for this task
Gateway
The Save Gateway Configuration window opens.
Results
Your gateway configuration is saved to the location you specified.What to do next
If you exported a gateway that is running on a version of IBM WebSphere Application Server that is earlier than Version 5.1.0.4., and the exported gateway includes JMS channels among its deployed resources, then you need to modify the exported configuration file before you can import the saved configuration into a later version of the gateway. For more information, see Troubleshooting the Web services gateway.