Use the migration tools to migrate from a Version 5.x or 6.0.x
default instance to the default Version 6.1 standalone application server
profile.
Procedure
- Save the WebSphere Application Server Version 5.x or 6.0.x configuration.
- Start the Qshell environment so that you can run WebSphere Application
Server scripts.
Enter the following command on a command line:
STRQSH
- Run the WASPreUpgrade script.
Use the following parameters when migrating to a Version 6.1 standalone
application server profile:
app_server_root/bin/WASPreUpgrade
backup_directory_name
old_default_instance
where
The WASPreUpgrade tool writes a log
file called WASPreUpgrade.log that chronicles the steps
taken by the WASPreUpgrade command.
For a
full explanation of the WASPreUpgrade command and
its parameters, see WASPreUpgrade command.
- Restore the WebSphere Application Server Version 5.x or 6.0.x configuration
into a Version 6.1 profile.
- Start the Qshell environment so that you can run WebSphere Application
Server scripts.
Enter the following command on a command line:
STRQSH
- Run the WASPostUpgrade script.
Use the following parameters:
app_server_root/bin/WASPostUpgrade
backup_directory_name
-profileName default
where
- app_server_root is the location where
Version 6.1 is installed
- backup_directory_name (required parameter)
is the fully qualified path to the directory where the WASPreUpgrade migration
tool previously saved the WebSphere Application Server Version 5.x or 6.0.x
instance configuration
For a full explanation of the WASPostUpgrade command
and its parameters, see WASPostUpgrade command.
- Start the WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 default profile.
- Start the Qshell environment so that you can run WebSphere Application
Server scripts.
Enter the following command on a command line:
STRQSH
- If the QWAS61 subsystem has not been started, start the default
profile.
Enter the following command on a command line:
STRSBS QWAS61/QWAS61
- If the QWAS61 subsystem is already started and the SERVER1 job
is present, stop the server and start it again.
- If the QWAS61 subsystem is already started but the SERVER1 job
is not present, start the server using the startServer script.
Enter the following commands on a command line:
STRQSH
app_server_root/bin/startServer
where
app_server_root
is the location where Version 6.1 is installed.