Using staging to production techniques to complete the migration

Choose this option if you want to use staging to production techniques to migrate from IBM® WebSphere® Portal Version 8.0.0.1 on WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.2 to WebSphere Portal Version 8.5.

About this task

You can set up a staging server with a WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 and WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.5 installation, and use the staging to production tools to create a new environment that is based on the source environment.

Procedure

  1. Install WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 and WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.5 on a staging server with the same operating system as the source server.
  2. Use the WebSphere Portal staging to production tools to deploy a stand-alone server that is based on the source server.
  3. Install the WebSphere Portal 8.5 and WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.2 binary files on the target server.
  4. Access the Configuration Wizard on the target server, and click Migrate to a New Version > Migrate a Stand-alone Server.
  5. Optional: When you complete the migration of the stand-alone staging server, you can build it into a cluster if needed.