Updating the supplemental CD

You can update WebSphere Application Server supplemental CD for use with cross operating system migrations.

Before you begin

Find the fix pack level of the WebSphere Application Server instance that you plan to migrate. You must migration to Version 7.0 Fix Pack 7 or later.

About this task

Perform this task on the target machine where you installed the new WebSphere Application Server version.

Procedure

  1. Update WebSphere Application Server to your required fix pack level.
  2. Create a temporary directory location and copy the contents of the CD to that location.
  3. Replace the following files in the CD image with the corresponding files from the new WebSphere Application Server installation. From $WAS_INSTALL_ROOT/plugins to $CD_IMAGE/migration/plugins WAS_INSTALL_ROOT is the location of the new WebSphere Application Server installation and CD_IMAGE is the location to which you copied the files from the CD image.
    • com.ibm.ws.webservices.migration.jar
    • com.ibm.ws.policyset.migration.jar
    • com.ibm.isclite.migration.jar
    • com.ibm.ws.migration.jar
    • com.ibm.events.service.jar
  4. Update the $CD_image/migration/bin/WASPreUpgrade.sh or $CD_image\migration\bin\WASPreUpgrade.bat script to include the derby.jar file in the WAS_CLASSPATH variable.
    1. [Windows] After the line call "%~dp0setupCmdLine.bat" %*, add the following statement:
      SET WAS_CLASSPATH=%WAS_CLASSPATH%;%DERBY_HOME%\lib\derby.jar
    2. [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] After the line "$binDir"/setupCmdLine.sh, add the following statement:
      WAS_CLASSPATH=$WAS_CLASSPATH:$DERBY_HOME/lib/derby.jar
  5. Copy the updated supplemental image to the source machine. This image is Version 7.0 Fix Pack 7 or later.

What to do next

You can use the new CD image to perform cross operating system migrations.




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