You can export your applications before you update installed applications
or before you migrate to a different version of the WebSphere Application
Server product.
About this task
Exporting applications enables you to back them up and preserve their
binding information.
Procedure
- Export an enterprise application to a location of your choice,
for example:
Using Jacl:
$AdminApp export app1 /mystuff/exported.ear
Using Jython:
AdminApp.export('app1', '/mystuff/exported.ear')
where:
$ |
is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name
with its value |
AdminApp |
is an object allowing application objects management |
export |
is an AdminApp command |
app1 |
is the name of the application that will
be exported |
/mystuff/exported.ear |
is the name of the file where the exported
application will be stored |
- Export Data Definition Language (DDL) files in the enterprise bean
module of an application to a destination directory, for example:
Using Jacl:
$AdminApp exportDDL app1 /mystuff
Using Jython:
AdminApp.exportDDL('app1', '/mystuff')
where:
$ |
is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name
with its value |
AdminApp |
is an object allowing application objects management |
exportDDL |
is an AdminApp command |
app1 |
is the name of the application whose DDL
files will be exported |
/mystuff |
is the name of the directory where the
DDL files export from the application |