Please provide the steps to migrate from websphere 8.0 to websphere 9.0 version

Hi Satishreddy,

  Take look to the next reference:
 
  Knowledge Collection: Migrating to WebSphere Application Server V9.0
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27048343
 
  Hopt this helps. Tell us if you need more support
 
Regards

Thanks so much for helping with this link, Gabriel!

This indeed is a one-stop shop for everything you need to know to migrate to V9. 

There is another informative webinar comping up on Migration, that you can see in my reply to the OP. 

IBM documentation is not at all user freindly.., Oracle is best creating in IBM products documentation. Not sure why IBM is not able to create such an user friendly document like Oralce..,

Hi Patanjali,

  Oracle is best creating in IBM products documentation and IBM is best creating in Oracle products documentation ;-)

  "user friendly document like Oracle"? my experience with Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite is fine when you install products doing next, next, next but when you want customized or "more deeper" configuration...welcome to hell... (maybe the same IBM hell :-)

  Maybe the responsibility of the documentation is outsourced in the same enterprise or we have more skills with one of the companies

Regards

Hi Patanjali,

IBM does provide good documentation. When a new realease is GA sometimes all the documentation search links are not in place. We fix them as we find them or as a customer reports them. There is a lot more documentation available online than there used to be when we published the softcopy manuals and when documentation is online it is also available to everybody in the development, testing, QA and operations groups. That's hard to do with a set of softcopy manuals. You can still download and print a copy of each manual if you like. The links to where the PDF's can be found are in the very beginning of the documentation for each version of IBM MQ. Don't forget about the Red Books and Red Papers. These are also a good source of knowledge. In addition, if you can't find something there are people like me, IBM MQ L2 Support who are available 7x24 to answer your questions and point you to the topic in the documentation that you need

Thanks for this, Sharon!

Folks - here is a direct link to the WebSphere Application Server V9 Migration Knowledge Collection. We are working on providing extensive resources for easy migration, in addtion to the ones already listed. 

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27008724

For migration of WAS to higher version on same server can use the Configuration Migration Tool(I have not used it though). If migrating to a new infrastructure then follow the below steps. Yes there is no one stop documentation. Infocenter is all we have got and needs some bit of work and workarounds to get the actual things going :)

 

1. Take backup of configurations on all WAS servers for all profiles

• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/dmgr/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop
• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/base/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/node1_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop
• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/base/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/node2_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop

2. The Version 8.5.5 profile nodeName and cellName must match the previous Version 7.0 or later nodeName and cellName. If the Version 8.5.5 deployment manager cellName or nodeName are different, the migration will fail.

3. Install WAS8.5.5 on new Infrastructure

4. Since we are migrating to a higher version on different servers it is necessary to generate the Remote Migration Jar file from WAS8.5.5 and copy on all WAS7 nodes and use WAS_PreUpgrade command to extract configuration from each of the nodes.

• cd $LOCATION/WAS8.5.5/AppServer /migration/bin;./createRemoteMigrJar.sh -targetDir .
Creating the remote Migration Jar File ...
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 minute 50 seconds
The WebSphere Remote Migration Support jarfile has been created.
1) Send jarfile to the system where your source profile resides.
2) Unjar the file to a temp location.
3) cd to the bin directory in the temp location.
4) Run the WASPreUpgrade command against the source profile to be migrated using the -machineChange true parameter.
   See the WASPreUpgrade command details in the infoCenter.

 
5. Perform the below activities on  Old Server
Prepare for Pre Migration from Old server
• $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/WAS_V85_$os.$arch_RemoteMigrSupport/bin/WASPreUpgrade.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration/ $WAS_InstallRoot -oldProfile dmgr -machineChange true

Jar the  file to be copied on to respective Upgrade server
• cd $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps;$WAS_InstallRoot/java/bin/jar -cf dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration.jar dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration/

6. Perform the below activities on  New Server

For Post Migration copy the Jar file created above to the given location on new server and extract the files containing source profile configurations

• mkdir $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration
• cd $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration
• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/java/bin/jar -xf dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration.jar

Executing WAS_Post_Upgrade to configure the old profile configurations on to the new server

• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/bin/WASPostUpgrade.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration -profileName dmgr -oldProfile dmgr -replacePorts TRUE -backupConfig TRUE -scriptCompatibility TRUE -keepDmgrEnabled TRUE -username $$$ -password ###

7. Once this is completed perform the activities sequentially on all the nodes and restart nodeagents and start JVMs to see that there are no errors.  

Change the SDK to 1.8 for entire cell

• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/bin/managesdk.sh -enableProfileAll -sdkname 1.8_64 -enableServers  

Restart all JVMs in the cell.

Srinivas, You will need to go to this link: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/products/ and enter "WebSphere Application Server" (WAS) without the surrounding quotes. It will bring up a list of WAS products to choose from. Choose the product you are interested in and then the documentation with have as upgrade and migration topic. If you have questions beyond that you should open a PMR using the SR tool. That will get you to WAS L2 support who wil answer your questions that are not answered by reading the documentation. Sharon A. Stubblebine
Software Engineer
IBM WebSphere MQ for z/OS and IBM i SupportOffice:   (727) 202-5037
Mobile:  (727) 254-6701
Email:    sstubble@us.ibm.com
Original message -----
From: Srinivasa Reddy <applicationserver-ws@lists.imwuc.org>
To: ApplicationServer-ws@lists.imwuc.org
Cc:
Subject: [ApplicationServer-ws] - RE: Please provide the steps to migrate from websphere 8.0 to websphere 9.0 version
Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 12:07 PM

For migration of WAS to higher version on same server can use the Configuration Migration Tool(I have not used it though). If migrating to a new infrastructure then follow the below steps. Yes there is no one stop documentation. Infocenter is all we have got and needs some bit of work and workarounds to get the actual things going :)

1. Take backup of configurations on all WAS servers for all profiles
• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/dmgr/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop
• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/base/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/node1_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop
• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/base/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/node2_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop
2. The Version 8.5.5 profile nodeName and cellName must match the previous Version 7.0 or later nodeName and cellName. If the Version 8.5.5 deployment manager cellName or nodeName are different, the migration will fail.
3. Install WAS8.5.5 on new Infrastructure
4. Since we are migrating to a higher version on different servers it is necessary to generate the Remote Migration Jar file from WAS8.5.5 and copy on all WAS7 nodes and use WAS_PreUpgrade command to extract configuration from each of the nodes.
• cd $LOCATION/WAS8.5.5/AppServer /migration/bin;./createRemoteMigrJar.sh -targetDir .
Creating the remote Migration Jar File ...
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 minute 50 seconds
The WebSphere Remote Migration Support jarfile has been created.
1) Send jarfile to the system where your source profile resides.
2) Unjar the file to a temp location.
3) cd to the bin directory in the temp location.
4) Run the WASPreUpgrade command against the source profile to be migrated using the -machineChange true parameter.
   See the WASPreUpgrade command details in the infoCenter.

5. Perform the below activities on  Old Server
Prepare for Pre Migration from Old server
• $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/WAS_V85_$os.$arch_RemoteMigrSupport/bin/WASPreUpgrade.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration/ $WAS_InstallRoot -oldProfile dmgr -machineChange true
Jar the  file to be copied on to respective Upgrade server
• cd $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps;$WAS_InstallRoot/java/bin/jar -cf dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration.jar dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration/

6. Perform the below activities on  New Server
For Post Migration copy the Jar file created above to the given location on new server and extract the files containing source profile configurations
• mkdir $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration
• cd $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration
• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/java/bin/jar -xf dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration.jar
Executing WAS_Post_Upgrade to configure the old profile configurations on to the new server
• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/bin/WASPostUpgrade.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration -profileName dmgr -oldProfile dmgr -replacePorts TRUE -backupConfig TRUE -scriptCompatibility TRUE -keepDmgrEnabled TRUE -username $$$ -password ###

7. Once this is completed perform the activities sequentially on all the nodes and restart nodeagents and start JVMs to see that there are no errors.  
Change the SDK to 1.8 for entire cell
• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/bin/managesdk.sh -enableProfileAll -sdkname 1.8_64 -enableServers  
Restart all JVMs in the cell. Site Links: View post online   View mailing list online   Start new thread via email   Unsubscribe from this mailing list   Manage your subscription  

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Hi Sharon,

Agreed with the process. We talk and talk and talk about Migration tools and stuff but when we go through actual implementation it has its own limitation even as per the documentation.

Thankfully Infocenter is there to help always but the intricate details are not covered anywhere in which case IBM PMR team comes to the rescue.

Regards
Srinivasa

From: Sharon A Stubblebine [mailto:applicationserver-ws@lists.imwuc.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 10:58 PM
To: applicationserver-ws@lists.imwuc.org
Subject: [ApplicationServer-ws] - RE: Please provide the steps to migrate from websphere 8.0 to websphere 9.0 version

Srinivas,

You will need to go to this link: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/products/ and enter "WebSphere Application Server" (WAS) without the surrounding quotes. It will bring up a list of WAS products to choose from. Choose the product you are interested in and then the documentation with have as upgrade and migration topic. If you have questions beyond that you should open a PMR using the SR tool. That will get you to WAS L2 support who wil answer your questions that are not answered by reading the documentation.

Sharon A. Stubblebine
Software Engineer
IBM WebSphere MQ for z/OS and IBM i Support
Office: (727) 202-5037
Mobile: (727) 254-6701
Email: sstubble@us.ibm.com<mailto:sstubble@us.ibm.com>
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From: Srinivasa Reddy <applicationserver-ws@lists.imwuc.org<mailto:applicationserver-ws@lists.imwuc.org>>
To: ApplicationServer-ws@lists.imwuc.org<mailto:ApplicationServer-ws@lists.imwuc.org>
Cc:
Subject: [ApplicationServer-ws] - RE: Please provide the steps to migrate from websphere 8.0 to websphere 9.0 version
Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 12:07 PM


For migration of WAS to higher version on same server can use the Configuration Migration Tool(I have not used it though). If migrating to a new infrastructure then follow the below steps. Yes there is no one stop documentation. Infocenter is all we have got and needs some bit of work and workarounds to get the actual things going :)



1. Take backup of configurations on all WAS servers for all profiles

• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/dmgr/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop
• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/base/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/node1_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop
• $WAS_InstallRoot/profiles/base/bin/backupConfig.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/node2_backup_beforemigration.zip –nostop

2. The Version 8.5.5 profile nodeName and cellName must match the previous Version 7.0 or later nodeName and cellName. If the Version 8.5.5 deployment manager cellName or nodeName are different, the migration will fail.

3. Install WAS8.5.5 on new Infrastructure

4. Since we are migrating to a higher version on different servers it is necessary to generate the Remote Migration Jar file from WAS8.5.5 and copy on all WAS7 nodes and use WAS_PreUpgrade command to extract configuration from each of the nodes.

• cd $LOCATION/WAS8.5.5/AppServer /migration/bin;./createRemoteMigrJar.sh -targetDir .
Creating the remote Migration Jar File ...
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 minute 50 seconds
The WebSphere Remote Migration Support jarfile has been created.
1) Send jarfile to the system where your source profile resides.
2) Unjar the file to a temp location.
3) cd to the bin directory in the temp location.
4) Run the WASPreUpgrade command against the source profile to be migrated using the -machineChange true parameter.
See the WASPreUpgrade command details in the infoCenter.


5. Perform the below activities on Old Server
Prepare for Pre Migration from Old server
• $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/WAS_V85_$os.$arch_RemoteMigrSupport/bin/WASPreUpgrade.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration/ $WAS_InstallRoot -oldProfile dmgr -machineChange true

Jar the file to be copied on to respective Upgrade server
• cd $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps;$WAS_InstallRoot/java/bin/jar -cf dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration.jar dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration/

6. Perform the below activities on New Server

For Post Migration copy the Jar file created above to the given location on new server and extract the files containing source profile configurations

• mkdir $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration
• cd $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration
• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/java/bin/jar -xf dmgr_WAS_PreUpgrade_duringmigration.jar

Executing WAS_Post_Upgrade to configure the old profile configurations on to the new server

• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/bin/WASPostUpgrade.sh $LOCATION/WAS_Heapdumps/dmgr_WAS_PostUpgrade_duringmigration -profileName dmgr -oldProfile dmgr -replacePorts TRUE -backupConfig TRUE -scriptCompatibility TRUE -keepDmgrEnabled TRUE -username $$$ -password ###

7. Once this is completed perform the activities sequentially on all the nodes and restart nodeagents and start JVMs to see that there are no errors.

Change the SDK to 1.8 for entire cell

• $LOCATION/WAS/8.5.5/AppServer/bin/managesdk.sh -enableProfileAll -sdkname 1.8_64 -enableServers

Restart all JVMs in the cell.

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Hi Sathish,

There is a webinar planned on the 18th of October, where IBM SME's will adrress migration to V9, as well as an in-session demo. You can register at the below link:

https://www.imwuc.org/p/ca/vi/sid=367

 

Hi Aparna,

  Thank you very much for the information.

  All my clients are "arriving" to V8.5.5, I have suggested to some of them  (firsts having their environments on v8.5.5 from two years ago) to do some tests on v9. I'm waiting their answers

  I will share webinar date.

Regards

Thanks, Gabriel!

Please let me know if you need any other help.