Migration support consists of tools that are included with WebSphere® Application Server. These tools
primarily provide support for saving the configuration and applications
from a previous version of the product into a migration-specific backup
directory and then importing that configuration into the latest version
of the application server.
Procedure
Select the appropriate migration tools to migrate your
product configurations.
- WASPreUpgrade tool
- You use the WASPreUpgrade tool to save the
applications and configuration data from a previous installation of WebSphere Application Server to a backup
directory.
The WASPostUpgrade tool restores the
configuration data from the directory to the new installation.
Read WASPreUpgrade command for more information.
- WASPostUpgrade tool
- You use the WASPostUpgrade tool to restore
the configuration data from a previous release.
The WASPostUpgrade tool
reads the data from the backup directory where the WASPreUpgrade tool
stored the data.
Read WASPostUpgrade command for
more information.
- clientUpgrade tool
- You can use the clientUpgrade tool to upgrade the client application
to a new release level.
Read clientUpgrade script for
more information.
- convertScriptCompatibility tool
- Administrators use the convertScriptCompatibility tool
to convert their configuration from a mode that supports backward
compatibility of Version 5.1.x or Version 6.x administration scripts
to a mode that is fully Version 7.0.
Read convertScriptCompatibility command for more information.
- convertSelfSignedCertificatesToChained task
- Chained certificates are the default certificate
type in Websphere Application Server Version 7.0. Administrators can
use the convertSelfSignedCertificatesToChained task
with the wsadmin tool to convert self-signed certificates
to chained certificates.
Read the "SSLMigrationCommands command
group for the AdminTask object" article for more information.
What to do next
Use the selected tools to migrate your product configuration.