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Overview
Overview of migration, coexistence, and interoperability
Migrating and coexisting application servers
Premigration considerations
Migrating API and specifications
How do I migrate, coexist, and interoperate?
Migrating product configurations
Configuration mapping during product-configuration migration
Migrating profiles using the migration wizard
Migrating product configurations with migration tools
convertScriptCompatibility command
WASPreUpgrade command
WASPostUpgrade command
Migrating stand-alone application servers for distributed operating systems
Migrating to a Version 8.5 stand-alone application server
Migrating to a Version 8.5 stand-alone application server on a remote machine
Migrating WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment configurations for distributed operating systems
Migrating to a Version 8.5 deployment manager
Migrating a Version 6.1, 7.x, or 8.0 federated node
Migrating a large WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment configuration with a large number of applications
Migrating to Version 8.5 deployment managers on remote machines
Migrating Apache Derby databases
Migrating from the WebSphere Connect JDBC driver
Migrating root configurations to non-root
Migrating non-root configurations to root
Rolling back environments
Rolling back a WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment cell
Rolling back a federated node
Rolling back stand-alone application servers
Migrating cells using the command-line tools
Step 1. Back up the deployment manager and all old nodes
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
WebSphere Application Server default directories
Step 2. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5
Step 3. Create the target deployment manager profile
Step 4. Save the current deployment manager configuration to the migration backup directory
WASPreUpgrade command
Step 5. Restore the previous deployment manager configuration
WASPostUpgrade command
Step 6. Back up the Version 8.5 deployment manager configuration
Step 7. Start the Version 8.5 deployment manager
Step 8. Migrate plug-ins for web servers
Step 9. Migrate application client installations
Step 10. Migrate nodes
Migrating cell configurations to new host machines using the command-line tool
Migrating cell configurations to new host machines using the command-line tool
Step 1. Back up the deployment manager and all old nodes
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
WebSphere Application Server default directories
Step 2. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5
Step 3. Create the remote migration .jar file
Step 4. Create the target deployment manager profile
manageprofiles command
Step 5. Save the current deployment manager configuration to the migration backup directory
WASPreUpgrade command
Step 6. Archive the backup directory created by the WASPreUpgrade command
Step 7. Restore the previous deployment manager configuration
WASPostUpgrade command
Step 8. Save the Version 8.5 migrated deployment manager configuration to a file
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
Step 9. Stop and disable the deployment manager on the old host
Step 10. Start the Version 8.5 deployment manager
Step 11. Manually synchronize all nodes
Step 12. Migrate plug-ins for web servers
Step 13. Migrate application client installations
clientUpgrade command
Step 14. Migrate nodes
Migrating an administrative agent profile and its registered set of managed base application servers
Step 1. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5
Step 2. Create the target administrative agent profile
Step 3. Ensure that all in-progress jobs are completed on the managed profiles
Step 4. Stop polling the job manager
Step 5. Save the current administrative agent configuration to the migration backup directory.
WASPreUpgrade command
Step 6. Restore the previous administrative agent configuration
WASPostUpgrade command
Step 7. Start the Version 8.5 administrative agent
Step 8. Migrate managed base application servers
Migrating a job manager profile and its registered set of servers
Step 1. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5
Step 2. Create the target job manager profile
Step 3. Stop the old job manager
Step 4. Save the current job manager configuration to the migration backup directory.
WASPreUpgrade command
Step 5. Restore the previous job manager configuration
WASPostUpgrade command
Step 6. Start the Version 8.5 job manager
Step 7. Migrate the registered servers
Migrating Compute Grid or Feature Pack for Modern Batch using the command-line tools
Step 1. Back up current deployment manager and node configuration
backupConfig command
restoreConfig command
WebSphere Application Server default directories
Step 2. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5
Step 3. Prepare cells for migration to WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5
Step 4. Create the target deployment manager profile
Step 5. Save the current deployment manager configuration to the migration backup directory
WASPreUpgrade command
Step 6. Back up the current deployment manager compute grid configuration
Step 7. Restore the previous deployment manager configuration
WASPostUpgrade command
Step 8. Update existing system applications and data
Step 9. Back up the Version 8.5 migrated deployment manager configuration
Step 10. Stop existing Compute Grid or Feature Pack nodes
Step 11. Start the Version 8.5 deployment manager
Step 12. Migrate backed-up compute grid data to the new deployment manager
Step 13. Back up the Version 8.5 migrated deployment manager configuration
Step 14. Migrate plug-ins for web servers
Step 15. Migrate application client installations
Step 16. Migrate databases
Step 17. Migrate nodes
Migrating cell configurations to new host machines using the command-line tool
Migrating web server configurations
Default value and behavior changes from previous releases
Migrating administrative scripts
Migrating administrative scripts from Version 6.1 or above to 8.5
Updating SSL configurations to Version 8.5 configuration definitions after migration
Running multiple application server versions
Coexistence support
Setting up Version 6.1 or above and Version 8.5 coexistence
Setting up Version 8.5 coexistence
Interoperating multiple application server versions
Configuring port settings
Port number settings
Troubleshooting migration