WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x   Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
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Migrating a Version 5.x application server configuration instance to a Version 6.0.x application server profile

Use the migration tools to migrate a Version 5.x application server configuration instance to a Version 6.0.x application server profile.

Before you begin

If the node you are migrating is part of a deployment manager cell, migrate the Version 5.x deployment manager to Version 6.0.x first, before continuing this procedure. The deployment manager node must always be at the highest release level within the cell.

Procedure

  1. Stop the Version 5.x deployment manager and start the Version 6.0.x migrated deployment manager if the deployment manager is not already running and if the node is federated.
    During migration the Version 6.0.x deployment manager must be running for the migration tools to:
    • Update the configuration for each federated node
    • Request full synchronization
    If the Version 6.0.x deployment manager is not running, failures can occur.
  2. Stop all of the Version 5.x application servers that are running on the node.
    Use the stopServer command from the app_server_root/bin directory. See stopServer command . 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 Version 5.x node without stopping it. But 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 Version 6.0.x node that you are installing.

  3. Stop the node agent process.
    Run the stopNode command from the app_server_root/bin directory of the Version 5.x application server. See stopNode command . For example, issue the following command to stop the node agent process on a Linux platform:
    ./stopNode.sh

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

  4. Install the Version 6.0.x product.

    See Installing the product and additional software .

  5. Run the WASPreUpgrade script.

    From the Version 6.0.x node's profile_name/bin directory, run the following command:

    [Linux]
    ./WASPreUpgrade.sh backupDirectory V5_location
    [Windows]
    WASPreUpgrade.bat backupDirectory V5_location
    where backupDirectory is the name of the directory you want the output of WASPreUpgrade to be stored, and V5_location is the location where the Version 5.x node is installed.
  6. Run the WASPostUpgrade script.

    From the Version 6.0.x node's profile_name/bin directory, run the following command:

    [Linux]
    ./WASPostUpgrade.sh backupDirectory -oldProfile host_instance_name -profileName profile_name
    [Windows]
    WASPostUpgrade.bat backupDirectory -oldProfile host_instance_name -profileName profile_name
    where backupDirectory is the same directory you specified in WASPreUpgrade, and profile_name is the name of the Version 6.0.x profile. (See WASPostUpgrade command for more information on the WASPostUpgrade command.)
  7. Start the Version 6.0.x node.
  8. Optional: Uninstall the Version 5.x node. Perform this step only after you are certain that you have successfully migrated the configuration of the node that you intend to delete.

Results

You have upgraded a Version 5.x configuration instance to a Version 6.0.x profile.

What to do next

Return to Migrating product configurations to continue.



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WASPreUpgrade command
WASPostUpgrade command
clientUpgrade command
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