Migration support consists of tools that are shipped as part of
WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 that primarily provide support for
saving the configuration and applications from an older version of WebSphere
into a migration-specific backup directory and then importing that configuration
into Version 6.1.
Before you begin
See Overview of migration, coexistence, and interoperability and Premigration considerations.
Important: Use the migration tools for the version of WebSphere Application
Server that you are installing. The tools change over time. If you use migration
tools from an earlier release of WebSphere Application Server, you are likely
to encounter a problem with the migration.
All of the migration scripts
are in the app_server_root/bin directory
after installation.
Procedure
Select the appropriate migration tools to migrate your product
configurations.
- Customization Dialog
- Used to collect the information and generate the JCL jobs (CNTL and DATA
data sets) for migrating a standalone application server, deployment manager,
or federated node. You must create these jobs before you can begin the actual
migration.
The Customization Dialog is run from TSO. Use the following command
to launch it:
ex 'product_hlq.SBBOCLIB(BBOWSTRT)' 'options'
See Using the ISPF Customization Dialog to create migration jobs and instructions.
- z/OS Migration Management Tool
- Eclipse plug-in, running under the Application Server Toolkit, used to
collect the information and generate the JCL jobs (CNTL and DATA data sets)
for migrating a standalone application server, deployment manager, or federated
node. You must create these jobs before you can begin the actual migration.
See Using the z/OS Migration Management Tool to create and work with migration definitions.
- clientUpgrade tool
- Upgrades the client application to a new release level.
See clientUpgrade command.
- convertScriptCompatibility tool
- Used by administrators to convert their configuration from a mode that
supports backward compatibility of Version 5.x or 6.0.x administration scripts
to a mode that is fully Version 6.1.
See convertScriptCompatibility command.
What to do next
Use the selected tools to migrate your product configuration.