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Overview
Overview of migration, coexistence, and interoperability
Migrating and coexisting application servers
Premigration considerations
Migrating API and specifications
Programming model extension migration
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Migrating product configurations
Configuration mapping during product-configuration migration
Preparing for product-configuration migration
Checking for the product-configuration migration prerequisites
Migrating product configurations with migration tools
clientUpgrade script
convertScriptCompatibility command
WASPreUpgrade command
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPostUpgrade command
Migrating profiles
Migrating to a Version 7.0 standalone application server profile
Migrating IBM Cloudscape or Apache Derby databases
Migrating from the WebSphere Connect JDBC driver
Rolling back environments
Rolling back standalone application servers
Scenario 1: Migrating a cell using the command line tools
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
1. Run the backupConfig command on the deployment manager and all old nodes
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
WebSphere Application Server default directories
2. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
3. Create the target deployment manager profile
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
manageprofiles command
4. Run the WASPreUpgrade command from the new deployment manager profile bin directory
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPreUpgrade command
5. Verify the console output and the WASPreUpgrade logs for success, warnings, or failure
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPreUpgrade command
6. Run the WASPostUpgrade command from the new deployment manager profile bin directory
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPostUpgrade command
Migrating to a Version 7.0 deployment manager
7. Verify the logs for success
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPostUpgrade command
8. Run the backupConfig command on the Version 7.0 deployment manager
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
9. Start the Version 7.0 deployment manager
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Starting and stopping the deployment manager
10. Manually sync (Version 5.1 only)
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
syncNode command
11. Migrate plug-ins for Web servers
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Migrating Web server configurations
12. Run a migration on application client installations
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
clientUpgrade command
13. Migrate nodes
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Migrating a Version 5.1.x or Version 6.x federated node
14. Troubleshooting
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Troubleshooting migration
Scenario 2: Migrating cells across operating systems using the command-line tools
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
1. Run the backupConfig command on the deployment manager and all old nodes
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
WebSphere Application Server default directories
2. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
3. Upgrade the WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 supplemental CD to the desired fix pack level
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Updating the supplemental CD
4. Create the target deployment manager profile
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
manageprofiles command
5. Run the WASPreUpgrade command from the updated WebSphere Application Server supplemental CD
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPreUpgrade command
6. Verify the console output and the WASPreUpgrade logs for success, warnings, or failure
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPreUpgrade command
7. Archive the backup directory created by the WASPreUpgrade command
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
8. Run the WASPostUpgrade command from the new deployment manager profile bin directory
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPostUpgrade command
9. Verify the logs for success
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
WASPostUpgrade command
10. Run the backupConfig command on the Version 7.0 deployment manager
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
11. Stop and disable the deployment manager on the old host.
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
12. Start the Version 7.0 deployment manager
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Starting and stopping the deployment manager
startManager command
13. Manually synchronize all nodes
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
syncNode command
14. Migrate plug-ins for web servers
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Migrating Web server configurations
15. Run a migration on application client installations
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
clientUpgrade command
16. Migrate nodes
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
17. Troubleshoot
[Fix Pack 7 or later]
Troubleshooting migration
Migrating Web server configurations
Migrating administrative scripts
Migrating administrative scripts from Version 5.1.x
Example: Migrating - Allowing configuration overwrite when saving configurations
Example: Migrating - Changing transaction log directory using wsadmin scripting
Example: Migrating - Changing process definitions using scripting
Example: Migrating - Modifying Web container port numbers
Migrating administrative scripts from Version 6.x to Version 7.0
Updating SSL configurations to Version 7.0 configuration definitions after migration
Running multiple application server versions
Coexistence support
Interoperating multiple application server versions
Configuring port settings
Port number settings
Troubleshooting migration
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