This is an incomplete article but will give you a good idea about moving WebSphere Application Server profiles from one system to another .
For WebSphere questionaires refer to site
http://www.doubleshout.com and
http://middlewareplay.appspot.com
Taking a backup of profile
D:\IBM\WID7_WTE\runtimes\bi_v7\bin>
manageprofiles.bat -backupProfile -profileName qwps -backupFile qwpsBackup
INSTCONFFAILED: Cannot backup profile: For more information, consult D:\IBM\WID7
_WTE\runtimes\bi_v7\logs\manageprofiles\qwps_backupProfile.log.
In windows , you may have problem related to long paths . Therefore shortening the path of the backup file to D:\backupfile.zip and executed the command again
D:\IBM\WID7_WTE\runtimes\bi_v7\bin>manageprofiles.bat -backupProfile -profileName qwps -backupFile D:\backupfile.zip
INSTCONFSUCCESS: Success: The profile backup operation was successful.
D:\IBM\WID7_WTE\runtimes\bi_v7\bin>
Restore
- In a command prompt, browse to the \bin directory. Type cd \bin.
For example: cd c:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin
- Restore the profile. Type manageprofiles -restoreProfile -backupFile . For example
manageprofiles -restoreProfile -backupFile c:\backup\AppSrv01yymmdd.zip
The manageprofiles command-line tool always restores to the same path from which the profile was backed up.
- Verify that the profile is restored. Browse to the \profiles directory. For example: \profiles\AppSrv01. If the profile is restored successfully, a folder for the restored profile is displayed.
Note this method does not work across the hetrogenous platforms . If you have backed up in windows , then you can only restore in Windows.
Exporting and importing WAS profile
Server must be running
wsadmin.bat -port SOAP CONNECTOR PORT
where SOAP CONNECTOR PORT is a variable depending on your server configuration
AdminTask.exportWasprofile(['-archive','D:/qwps.car'])
Importing to my another standalone profile on Solaris platform where wsadmin.sh is evaluating JACL .I am not interested to change wsadmin.properties from JACL to Jython. So I will just use the JACL version of the command.
$AdminTask importWasprofile {-archive /export/home/wps/qwps.car}
$AdminConfig save
In order to regenerate the default certificates , change the hostname of node.
Refer to below link
http://ashandish.blogspot.sg/2015/06/changing-host-name-of-websphere-node.html
Admin Console may not be working after importing the profile .I have imported the profile from Windows to Solaris.May be that's the reason I am not able to access admin console.
use the below command to install the admin console
wsadmin.bat –f deployConsole.py install
IBM link for the same is
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/ae/tcon_console_inst_uninst.html
It says composition unit with name isclite already exists.
I will try to remove and install
wsadmin.sh –f deployConsole.py remove
Remove is failing with the error that isclite.ear does not exists
Now , I did a search for files with isclite as string
I removed the directories cus and blas inside
WAS_INSTALL_ROOT/profiles/PROFILE_NAME/config/cells/CELL_NAME/ ,
Now did again
wsadmin.bat –f deployConsole.py install
That is also not working and giving the error Virtual Host not found. I am aware of this
error but I can not modify the virtual host until I have admin console .
Before trying something else , I have decided to create a profile with same name , same
cell name and same node name and then do the import . This way , it will be much cleaner .
After creating the profile , I have taken the backup before doing the import .
Started the server1 and now going to do the import .
after doing the reinstall of admin console , I found
that several variables have been created
twice like WAS_INSTALL_ROOT , WBI_INSTALL_ROOT and location of few derby databases
which were used in windows system such as MEDB , EVENTDB , WPRCSDB , Business
Space was imported as it is .
The values of WAS_INSTALL_ROOT , WBI_INSTALL_ROOT can be
observed from Environment -->
WebSphere Variables
WBI_INSTALL_ROOT not found
Getting error
EJB Timer
Service not started
First
component in name DefaultEJBTimerDataSource not found
Viewed the DefaultEJBTimerDataSource
by changing preferences to show built-in resources
While doing Test connection , getting error EJBTimerDB not
found
used the below command to create all derby databases
setupEventCollector.bat -conntype none -profileName rwps
whichever was giving error during the test connection .
Used the same database name as per the datasource parameters
Uninstalled wpsFEMgr_7.0.0 as this is giving errors . I only
want to run a web application .
Uninstalled BPCECollector_qnode_server1 as well.
Uninstalled the BSpacewebformsEnabler_qnode_server1
Resources-->Schedulers-->Create tables
