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
- Update WebSphere Application Server to your required fix
pack level.
- Create a temporary directory location and copy the contents
of the CD to that location.
- 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
- Update the $CD_image/migration/bin/WASPreUpgrade.sh or $CD_image\migration\bin\WASPreUpgrade.bat script
to include the derby.jar file in the WAS_CLASSPATH variable.
- After the
line "$binDir"/setupCmdLine.sh, add the following
statement:
WAS_CLASSPATH=$WAS_CLASSPATH:$DERBY_HOME/lib/derby.jar
- 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.