- backupDirectory
- This is a required parameter. The value backupDirectory specifies
the name of the directory in which the WASPreUpgrade tool
stores the saved configuration and files and from which the WASPostUpgrade tool
reads the configuration and files.
- -username
- This is an optional parameter. The value userID specifies
the administrative user name of the current WebSphere Application Server Version 6.x or
7.x installation.
- -password
- This is an optional parameter. The value password specifies
the password for the administrative user name of the current WebSphere Application Server Version 6.x or
7.x installation.
Tip: When
you need to specify a password in the Migration wizard or when you
use the WASPostUpgrade command with the -password
parameter on the command line, you can type the password in plain
text or use the xor-ciphered value. To use the xor-ciphered value,
type the entire cipher including the {xor} prefix as the value for
the parameter. This xor-ciphered value can be specified in any one
of several WebSphere Application Server configuration
files for your previous configuration, including the soap.client.props, ssl.client.props,
and security.xml files.
Tip: When you use the WASPostUpgrade command
with the -password parameter on the command line, you can type the
password in plain text or use the xor-ciphered value. To use the
xor-ciphered value, type the entire cipher including the {xor} prefix
as the value for the parameter. This xor-ciphered value can be specified
in any one of several WebSphere Application Server configuration
files for your previous configuration, including the soap.client.props, ssl.client.props,
and security.xml files.
- -oldProfile
- This is an optional parameter for migrating instances or profiles
from previous WebSphere Application Server versions.
The instance or profile must already exist in the migration backup
directory before running this command.
If the -oldPriofile parameter
is not specified, the default profile is used. If no default profile
is found, the system reports an error.
Avoid trouble: If you do not specify the specific profile name on -oldProfile,
then whatever is the designated "default" profile will be migrated.
You might have to migrate each profile in the backup taken on pre-migration,
using the WASPostUpgrade post-migration command specifying the -oldProfile
and -profileName parameters for each and every profile that the client
wants in the new
Version 8.0 environment.
If the old profile contains installed applications (installedApps)
in addition to the sample application and system applications, then
the migration process automatically migrates those applications.
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- -profileName
- This is an optional parameter for migrating to specific profiles
in WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0. The value profile_name specifies
the name of the Version 8.0 profile
to which the script migrates your configuration. You must have already
created this profile before calling the WASPostUpgrade command.
If
the -profileName parameter is not specified, the default profile is
used. If no default profile is found, the system reports an error.
Avoid trouble: If you do not specify
the specific profile name on -profileName, then whatever is the designated
"default" profile will be migrated. You might have to migrate each
profile in the backup taken on pre-migration, using the WASPostUpgrade
post-migration command specifying the -oldProfile and -profileName
parameters for each and every profile that the client wants in the
new environment. If the old profile contains installed applications
(installedApps) in addition to the sample application and system applications,
then the migration process automatically migrates those applications.
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Note: When migrating a stand-alone application server from Version 8.0, you can choose a
stand-alone application server node that has already been registered
with an administrative agent as the target of the migration.
- -scriptCompatibility
- This is an optional parameter used to specify whether or not migration
should create the following Version 6.x or 7.x configuration definitions:
- Transport
- ProcessDef
- Version 6.x SSL
instead of the following
Version 8.0 configuration definitions:
- Channels
- ProcessDefs
- Version 8.0 SSL
The default value is true.
Specify true for this
parameter in order to minimize impacts to existing administration
scripts. If you have existing wsadmin scripts or programs that use
third-party configuration APIs to create or modify the Version 6.x
or 7.x configuration definitions, for example, you might want to specify
true for this option during migration.
If you want to use a
cell that contains Version 6.x or 7.x nodes, you must specify true
for this variable.
Note: This is meant to provide a
temporary transition until all of the nodes in the environment are
at the
Version 8.0 level.
When they are all at the
Version 8.0 level,
you should perform the following actions:
- Modify your administration scripts to use all of the Version 8.0 settings.
- Use the convertScriptCompatability command
to convert your configurations to match all of the Version 8.0 settings.
Read convertScriptCompatibility command for more information.
- -backupConfig
- This is an optional parameter used to specify whether the existing WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0 configuration is
saved before any changes are made by the WASPostUpgrade tool.
The default is true—that is, to use the backupConfig command
to save a copy of the current configuration into the profile_name/temp directory.
Use
the restoreConfig command to restore that configuration
as required. Read the "restoreConfig command" article in the information
center for more information.
- -portBlock
- This is an optional parameter. The port_starting_number value
specifies the starting value of a block of consecutive port numbers
to assign when creating new ports.
By default, this parameter is
not set.
If a value is specified for this parameter, any new
ports that are assigned are set based on this value. Every time a
new port value is required, the port is created based on this value
and the seed value is incremented for the next usage. No duplicate
ports are assigned.
- -replacePorts
- This optional parameter is used to specify how to map port values.
- True
Use all port values from the old configuration in the new
configuration. All ports from the old configuration supersede the
settings for the same ports in the new configuration.
- If the -portBlock parameter is not set, a conflicting port is
renumbered incrementally from its original value until a nonconflicting
port is identified.
- If the -portBlock parameter is set, a conflicting port is renumbered
incrementally from the port block number until a nonconflicting port
is identified.
This value is the default.
- False
Do not replace the default port definitions in the new
profile with the values from the old configuration during migration.
All ports values from the new configuration supersede the settings
for the same ports in the old configuration
- If the -portBlock parameter is not set, a conflicting port is
renumbered incrementally from its original value until a nonconflicting
port is identified.
- If the -portBlock parameter is set, a conflicting port is renumbered
incrementally from the port block number until a nonconflicting port
is identified.
- -includeApps
New feature: You can include
business level applications, assets, and composition units as part
of the migration. You can optionally migrate these items using the
-IncludeApps parameter on the
WASPostUpgrade command.
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This
is an optional parameter that can be specified in the following ways:
- True
Include user enterprise applications, business level applications,
assets, and composition units as part of the migration.
This
value is the default.
- False
Do nothing with user enterprise applications, business
level applications, assets, and composition units during WASPostUpgrade processing.
- Script
- Enterprise applications
Prepare user enterprise applications
for installation in the WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0 installableApps directory
without installing them during WASPostUpgrade processing.
Scripts
that can be used to install these applications are generated and saved
in the backupDirectory directory. You can then
run these files at any point and in any combination after the WASPostUpgrade command
has completed. You can also reorganize and combine these files to
enhance the efficiency of application installation.
- Business level applications, assets, and composition units
The
install_all_BLAs.jy script is generated and placed in the backup directory.
This script can migrate all business level applications, assets, and
composition units located in the backup directory to your target profile.
The script also calls upon the WASPostUpgradeBLAHelper.jy script,
located in the <WAS_HOME>/bin/migration/bin/WASPostUpgradeBLAHelper.jy directory,
to perform error checking and start the required wsadmin commands.
Avoid trouble: Business level applications, assets, and composition
units are not migrated if their dependencies have not been created.
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WebSphere Application Server system
applications migrate regardless of the value set by this parameter.
- -keepAppDirectory
- This is an optional parameter used to specify whether to install
all applications to the same directories in which they are currently
located. The default is false.
If this parameter is specified as
true, each individual application retains its location.
If
you specify this parameter, you cannot specify the -appInstallDirectory
parameter.
Restrictions: If this
parameter is specified as true, the location is shared by the existing
WebSphere Application Server Version 6.x or
7.x installation and the
Version 8.0 installation.
If you keep the migrated applications in the same locations as those
of the previous version, the following restrictions apply:
- The WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0 mixed-node support
limitations must be followed. This means that the following support
cannot be used when evoking the wsadmin command:
- Precompile JSP
- Use Binary Configuration
- Deploy EJB
- You risk losing the migrated applications unintentionally if you
later delete applications from these locations when administering
(uninstalling for example) your Version 6.x or 7.x installation.
- -appInstallDirectory
- This is an optional parameter that is used to pass the directory
name to use when installing all applications during migration. The
default of profile_name\installedApps is
used if this parameter is not specified.
If you specify this parameter,
you cannot specify the -keepAppDirectory parameter.
Quotes must
be used around the directory name if one or more spaces are in the
name.
If you use this parameter, the migration tools investigate
the node-level variables for the node being migrated both in the backup
directory (variables for the old release) and in the destination profile
(variables from the new release). If the path is part of any of the
following variables in either of these releases, the tools contract
the path information to use the related variable:
- APP_INSTALL_ROOT
- USER_INSTALL_ROOT
- WAS_INSTALL_ROOT
When the contraction takes place, you receive the following warning
message that tells you that the tools changed your specified value
and what that contracted value is:
MIGR0341W: Application install directory has been updated to {0}.
For
example:
MIGR0341W: Application install directory has been updated to ${USER_INSTALL_ROOT}\customAppDirectory.
or
MIGR0341W: Application install directory has been updated to ${APP_INSTALL_ROOT}\
cellName\customAppDirectory\.
- -traceString
- This is an optional parameter. The value trace_spec specifies
the trace information that you want to collect.
To gather all trace
information, specify "*=all=enabled" (with
quotation marks).
If you do not specify the -traceString or
-traceFile parameter, the command creates a trace file by default
and places it in the backupDirectory/logs directory.
- -traceFile
- This is an optional parameter. The value file_name specifies
the name of the output file for trace information.
If you do not
specify the -traceString or -traceFile parameter, the command creates
a trace file by default and places it in the backupDirectory/logs directory.