Migrating an existing WSRR V8.5.0 or V8.5.5 installation

You can use the manage content tool to migrate an existing WSRR V8.5.0 or V8.5.5 installation to a new V8.5.5 installation. You can use this feature, for example, to move your WSRR installation from one physical system to another, or to migrate to another DBMS for your WSRR databases.

To migrate, complete the following steps:
  1. Install the target WSRR V8.5.5.
  2. On the source system, capture the configuration profile.
  3. On the target system, load the configuration profile.
  4. Use the manage content interface of the target system web UI to migrate the content from the source WSRR system.
  5. Run selected upgrade plug-ins on the migrated data, if required, to convert it so that it you can use previously unimplemented features.
The migrate interface displays status information as it migrates content and runs the selected upgrade plug-ins, so that you can monitor progress.
Note: If you already have WSRR V8.5.0 installed, and want to upgrade to V8.5.5, you can apply WSRR V8.5.5 as a fix pack. For more information, see Installing fix packs. To make use of some of the new features that are available in the fix pack, you must manually configure these features after you apply the fix pack. For more information about the features and any required configuration, see What is new in Version 8.5.5.
The following diagram shows the major steps in migrating an existing WSRR V8.5.0 or V8.5.5 installation. Click the steps in the diagram to jump to a topic giving further details.

A flowchart showing the process of migrating from WSRR V8.5.0 or V8.5.5 to a different WSRR V8.5.5 Installing WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Capturing a WSRR V6.3, V7.0, V7.5, or V8.0 configuration profile for upgrade Loading a WSRR V6.3, V7.0, V7.5, or V8.0 configuration profile into WSRR V8.5.5 Using the manage content tool to migrate an existing WSRR V8.5.0 or V8.5.5 installation Upgrade plug-ins
Parent topic: Upgrading or migrating to a Version 8.5.5 installation