Use the migration tools to migrate from Network Deployment Version 5.x to a Version 6.0.x deployment manager.
Before you begin
Migrate WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version 5.x to Version 6.0.x before migrating the base nodes that comprise the cell. The deployment manager must always be at the highest release and fix level within a cell, to allow it to manage all nodes in the cell. In Version 6.0.x, the deployment manager has the capability to manage both Version 6.0.x and Version 5.x release nodes (see Incremental cell upgrade for more information). This allows a cell to be upgraded to a new release one node at a time, with minimal impact to the applications that are running within the cell.
If you are migrating to a deployment manager on a remote machine, you can follow the steps outlined for an application server in Migrating from Version 5.x to a Version 6.0.x stand-alone application server on a remote machine. The steps are identical for a deployment manager.
Why and when to perform this task
Use the following procedure to migrate the deployment manager.
Steps for this task
./stopManager.sh
If you have security enabled, specify the -user and -password parameters of the command.
You can migrate a Version 5.x deployment manager without stopping it, but it is not necessary for it to be running for you to migrate its configuration. The migration tools can retrieve all the configuration data while the deployment manager is either running or stopped. However, you must stop the Version 5.x deployment manager before you can start the Version 6.0.x deployment manager that you are installing, so it makes sense to stop it now.
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Result
After the deployment manager is upgraded to Version 6.0.x, each node in the cell can then be upgraded incrementally, one at a time. The following diagram illustrates a mixed-release cell containing a Version 6.0.x deployment manager with both Version 5.x and Version 6.0.x managed nodes:
The migration tools migrate Version 5.x samples to the Version 6.0.x Network Deployment node, to support cell members at the Version 5.x level. If the migration did not migrate the Version 5.x samples, a synchronization would remove the samples from the Version 5.x nodes. After migrating all federated nodes to Version 6.0.x, the Version 5.x samples remain in the configuration. You can remove the Version 5.x samples at that time or replace them with the Version 6.0.x samples.
What to do next
Return to Migrating product configurations to continue.Related concepts
Migration tools
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Migrating product configurations
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