WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Migrating V5.x of WebSphere Application Server to a V6 Application Server

The migration tools of WebSphere Application Server, Version 6 support migrating configuration data from V5.x to V6.

Before you begin

If your scenario includes migrating a V5.x configuration on one machine to WebSphere Application Server V6 on another machine, use the alternate procedure described in Migrating V5.x of WebSphere Application Server to a V6 stand-alone Application Server on a remote machine.

Why and when to perform this task

This task describes how to migrate the configuration of a V5.x node to V6. This task describes how to use the V6 migration tools to perform the migration.

Steps for this task

  1. Stop all of the V5.x Application Servers that are running on the node. Use the stopServer command from the install_root/bin directory. For example, issue the following commands to stop server1 and server2 on a Linux platform:
    
    stopServer.sh server1
    stopServer.sh server2

    If security is enabled, specify the -user and -password parameters on the stopServer command.

    You can migrate a V5.x node without stopping it. It is not necessary to have the node running to migrate its configuration. The migration tools can retrieve all the configuration data while the node is stopped. You must stop the node before you can start the V6 node that you are installing.

  2. Install the V6 product.
  3. Use the Migration wizard to migrate the node (the recommended way to access the Migration wizard is through the First Steps console).

Result

After going through the Migration wizard, you have upgraded a Version 5.x node to Version 6.

What to do next

Return to Migrating configuration data to continue.



Related tasks
Migrating product configurations

Related reference
The WASPreUpgrade command
The WASPostUpgrade command
The clientUpgrade command

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