Hello All

I have WebSphere 6 ND and want to install WAS 7. I want to have both version (of course in two different file systems). What process I should be following? In WAS 6 I am backing my config daily using backupConfig utility. What process I should use to export this backed up config in WAS 7? Appreciate your help.

Hi,

The backupConfig/restoreConfig path will not work for moving between WAS versions. For migration it comes down to 1 of 3 choices.

1) Start from scratch - This can be harder and can be error prone unless you have sufficient wsadmin automation already in place. It does guarantee you start with a fresh image that has the defaults of the new version. For example if you are moving from WAS v6.0.x you will get the newer Security model and hardening that was done in v6.1.

2) WAS Migration tools - These tools take a copy of your existing configuration and merge it in the new WAS v7 configuration. It copies all configueration as is including any older defaults. Keep in mind not much beyond Security not much has changed for the WAS versions we're discussing. They will also make an exact copy of the settings such as ports, so if you want to run the old and new images at the same time see this: www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts...

3) RAFW - This product offering is a tool to manage your configuration and wil also do migrations.

The decision as to which one to go is typically based on work, risk and trust of using tools versus starting from scratch. Inm any case the other factor you have to understand is that some application changes may be required and certainly testing of applications is mandatory.

Also, see this site for more info: www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=18...

And this for application migration assistance: www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/dow...

Thanks

Thank You Dana

Hi All,
We have recently migrated a  J2EE Struts project from Websphere applicaiton Server 6.0.2.39  to WAS 7.X  , After migration  when we ran the application,
we are facing a weird struts error on a webpage, which is comming only on WAS 7.X( ie., we have tested this on all WAS 7 FP's( 7.0.0.1 to the very latest 7.0.0.13 )  and on WAS 6.1.X version as well. The same application works perfectly without any errors on WAS 6.0.2.X version.

Below is the Stack trace :-
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Error 500: javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: No getter method for property genericList of bean RegistrationProcessForm
[12/10/10 12:13:07:312 IST] 00000019 servlet       I com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper init SRVE0242I: [services_eservicepac] [/services/eservicepac]
[/jsp/registrationtablegeneric.jsp]: Initialization successful.
[12/10/10 12:13:07:421 IST] 00000019 servlet       E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper service SRVE0068E:
Uncaught exception created in one of the service methods of the servlet /jsp/registrationtablegeneric.jsp in application services_eservicepac.
Exception created : com.ibm.websphere.servlet.error.ServletErrorReport: javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: No getter method for property genericList of bean RegistrationProcessForm
    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException
(PageContextImpl.java:695)
    at com.ibm._jsp._registrationtablegeneric._jspService
(_registrationtablegeneric.java:1803)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service
(HttpJspBase.java:99)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service
(HttpServlet.java:831)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service
(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest
(ServletWrapper.java:939)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest
(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest
(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
    at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.
handleRequest
(GenericServletWrapper.java:121)


Has any one  face this kind of problem or any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance

chandi

Chandi, Maybe the JSP needs to be recompiled for some reason - try that route and see if it helps.

Hi Mohammad, Thanks for you advice, I have done this in almost all the WAS 7.X Version i have mentioned , actually i am testing this through RSA 7.5. But this didn't help me. Can you suggest if you have any other ideas on this. thanks chandi

i'm in WAS 6 on Windows 2003 64 bit, I would like to get my applications in WAS 7 under windows, en suite WAS 7 on z / os.
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