You can export an enterprise application to a location of your
choice.
About this task
Exporting applications enables you to back up your applications and
preserve binding information for the applications. You might export your applications
before updating installed applications or migrating to a later version of
the WebSphere Application Server product.
Procedure
- Click Applications > Enterprise Applications in the console
navigation tree to access the Enterprise
Applications page.
- Select the check box beside the application and click Export.
- On the Export Application EAR Files page, click on the link to
download the exported EAR file.
- Use the browser dialogue to specify a location at which to save
the exported EAR file.
- Click Back to return to the Enterprise Applications page.
Results
The file containing binding information is exported to the specified
node and directory, and has the name
enterprise_application_name.ear.
Using
the Export button to export applications does not export
any manual changes that were made to applications in the installedApps directory.
To export those changes, you must copy and move the application files manually.