Before you begin
Supported configurations: This
topic is about configuration migration, such as migrating deployment
managers and federated nodes in a network deployment environment.
The Application Migration Toolkit for WebSphere Application Server
provides support for migrating applications from previous versions
of WebSphere Application Server to the latest product version. For
information about migrating applications, read more about the Application
Migration Toolkit.
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- Install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0
on a z/OS system containing the earlier configuration.
- Install the most current release of WebSphere Customization
Toolbox Version 8.0 on a workstation running the Windows® or Linux® Intel® operating system.
- If the latest release of WebSphere Customization Toolbox
Version 8.0 is on your product disk, install it.
- If the latest release of WebSphere Customization Toolbox
Version 8.0 is not on your product disk, perform the following tasks:
- Go to Recommended fixes for WebSphere Application
Server.
- Look under Version 8.0 for a link to the WebSphere Customization
Toolbox Version 8.0 download page.
- Go to that web page, and download the latest WebSphere Customization
Toolbox Version 8.0 package.
- Optional: Uninstall any earlier releases of WebSphere Customization
Toolbox Version 8.0 from your system.
Tip: You can have
multiple copies of WebSphere Customization Toolbox
concurrently installed. If you want to do this (to make sure that
the new version is working before deleting the old version for example),
the only requirement is that you install each version at a different
location.
- Install the new WebSphere Customization Toolbox
Version 8.0 package.
- Make sure that an FTP server is up and running on the z/OS target
system.
Note: The z/OS Migration Management Tool is intended for
use by a systems programmer or administrator who is familiar with
the z/OS target system on which the migrated Version
8.0 nodes run.
About this task
The z/OS Migration Management Tool itself does not
perform the migration; it creates batch jobs and instructions that
you can use to perform the actual migration tasks. The jobs and instructions
that you generate using the z/OS Migration Management Tool
form a migration definition on your workstation that you then upload
to your z/OS system and use for the migration.
In WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version
8.0, you can use the z/OS Migration Management Tool
and the jobs as well as instructions that it generates to migrate
to Version 8.0 nodes. After you actually migrate a node, however,
you must use the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version
8.0 administrative console or scripting to administer it.
Tip: The z/OS Migration Management Tool creates a response
file to hold the various values that you enter when you generate a WebSphere Application Server for z/OS migration
definition. This response file remains on the workstation on which
the z/OS Migration Management Tool is run, and you
can use this file as a basis for creating similar migration definitions
later. The z/OS Migration Management Tool allows you to
put these response files on network drives where they can be shared
with other users.