Before you migrate a WebSphere® Application
Server for z/OS® Version 6.1.x or Version 7.x node to Version
8.0, you must create Job Control Language (JCL) jobs (CNTL and DATA
datasets) that you will run on z/OS during
the actual migration. You can use the z/OS Migration
Management Tool to create a migration definition and upload the appropriate
migration jobs. This article leads you through the steps involved
in uploading migration jobs to a target z/OS system
using the z/OS Migration Management Tool. The article
also describes how to export the jobs for a migration definition to
a directory on the local file system using the z/OS Migration
Management Tool.
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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Create
the migration definition for which you want to upload jobs to a target z/OS system.
Read Creating a migration definition using the z/OS Migration Management Tool for more information.
Procedure
- Start the z/OS Migration Management Tool.
Read Starting the z/OS Migration Management Tool for more information.
- In the Migration Locations table, select the location
of the migration definition that you want to process.
- In the Migration Definitions table, select the migration
definition that you want to process.
- Click Process.
- On the Select Process Type panel, select the type
of processing that you want to perform on the migration definition.
- Click Next.
- Depending on the type of process that you selected, perform
one of the following actions:
- On the Upload Migration Definition panel, specify the necessary
upload information.
- In the Target z/OS system field, enter the
IP name or address of the z/OS system to which you want to
upload the migration jobs.
- In the User ID field, enter the user ID that you want to
use to log on to the FTP server on the target z/OS system.
- In the Password field, enter the password for the user
ID that you want to use to log on to the FTP server on the target z/OS system.
- In the Server port field, enter the port number of the
FTP server on the target z/OS system.
- In the Timeout field, enter the number of seconds that
can elapse without any I/O operation completing before the upload
is stopped.
- If you want to allocate the target z/OS datasets,
check the box beside Allocate target z/OS datasets and
complete the two fields that are activated.
Note: If you are uploading
the migration jobs to a system different from the system on which
you want to run the jobs, you must target a volume that is shared
by those systems.
- In the Volume field, enter the volume for the target datasets.
- In the Unit field, enter the unit for the target datasets.
- On the Export Migration Definition panel, specify the directory
to which you want to export migration jobs.
Tips:
- Hover your cursor over a field for help information.
- Click Cancel to leave the process without uploading or
exporting the migration jobs.
- Click Finish.