Upgrading Embedded WebSphere Application Server and deploying the Web Administration Tool

You can use the idswmigr command-line utility to upgrade an earlier version of Embedded WebSphere® Application Server to the version provided with Tivoli Directory Server 6.3, and deploy the 6.3 version of the Web Administration Tool into it.

The idswmigr tool does the following:

• Saves the configuration files for the previous version of the Web Administration Tool
• Undeploys the earlier version of the Web Administration Tool from the earlier version of Embedded WebSphere Application Server
• Backs up the configuration of the earlier version of Embedded WebSphere Application Server to a temporary location that you specify
• Restores the configuration for the earlier version of Embedded WebSphere Application Server to the new location
• Installs the 6.3 version of the Web Administration Tool into the version of Embedded WebSphere Application Server provided with Tivoli Directory Server 6.3
• Migrates the previous Web Administration Tool configuration files and restores these files into the new Embedded WebSphere Application Server

Before you use the idswmigr command, do the following:

1. Uninstall the version of the Web Administration Tool that you have installed. (This is the IDSWebApp.war file in the idstools directory.) However, leave Embedded WebSphere Application Server installed, and leave the Web Administration Tool deployed into it.
2. Install the new version of the Web Administration Tool.
3. Install the new version of Embedded WebSphere Application Server. (Do not deploy the Web Administration Tool into Embedded WebSphere Application Server. The idswmigr command will do this.)

To use the idswmigr command-line utility to upgrade Embedded WebSphere Application Server and the Web Administration Tool and deploy the Web Administration Tool into Embedded WebSphere Application Server, type the following at a command prompt:

idswmigr [-l temp_path] [-s source_path -t target_path -i prev_dir 
 -r profile_name -a app_name -v -o ports_path ]

where:

-l temp_path

Specifies a location for the temporary files.

-s source_path

Specifies the source location for the previous version of Embedded WebSphere Application Server.

-t target_path

Specifies the target location where the new Embedded WebSphere Application Server is installed.

-i prev_dir

Specifies the home directory where the current version of IBM® Tivoli Directory Server is installed.

-r profile_name

Specifies the profile name associated with the application. Defaults to TDSWebAdminProfile if not specified.

-a app_name

-a is the application name. Defaults to IDSWebApp.war if not specified.

-v

Displays the version.

-o ports_path

Specifies the fully qualified path of the ports definition file. If not specified, defaults to the following path:

• <TDS_Install_Directory>\V6.3\idstools\TDSWEBPortDef.props on Windows systems
• /opt/IBM/ldap/V6.3/idstools/TDSWEBPortDef.props on AIX® and Solaris systems
• /opt/ibm/ldap/V6.3/idstools/TDSWEBPortDef.props on Linux systems

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