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Cluster Step 1: Migrate the deployment manager profile

Use the Configuration Wizard to migrate the deployment manager profile for a cluster environment. Use the following information to get familiar with the information that you must provide in the wizard and the configuration procedure that it generates.

Configuration Wizard

Select Migrate to a New Version, and choose the Migrate a Cluster Step 1: Migrate the Deployment Manager Profile option.

Worksheet

To set up the migration, you answer questions about your wanted configuration. Some fields apply to migration configurations. Some fields are required based on your environment. The remaining fields are advanced and do not apply to most configurations.

Minimal required fields

The following table lists the fields that are unique to the Migrate a cluster step 1: Migrate the deployment manager profile configuration option. You might be prompted for additional information about system or user IDs and passwords that you defined during the portal installation process.

Field Label Default Your Value
Target operating system Linux™  
Target portal profile name wp_profile  
Target portal profile home directory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile  
Is the target portal on the same server or a different server Same server  
WebSphere Application Server administrator wpsadmin  
WebSphere Application Server administrator password    
What is the deployment manager profile name dmgr01  
What is the cell name CellName  
What is the deployment manager node name dmgr  
What is new host name    
Target deployment manager profile name dmgr01  
Where is the target application server installed /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer  
Target deployment manager profile path /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/dmgr01  
Target temporary path /tmp  
WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5  

Advanced fields

The following table lists the advanced fields that are unique to the Migrate a cluster step 1: Migrate the deployment manager profile configuration option. Click Advanced on the Answer Questions page for the target deployment manager system to see the advanced properties. Default values are provided for advanced fields that are required.

Field Label Default Your Value
JVM heap size 2048  

Migrate a cluster step 1: Migrate the deployment manager profile option

After you answer questions and provide information about your migration, the wizard generates a custom configuration procedure.

Depending on your environment, the wizard generates a configuration process. The following steps reflect all possible steps in the configuration process. The steps do not represent a literal configuration. The steps are provided as a reference.

If you click View Step Command, you can see the task and properties that are associated with each step in the wizard.

  1. Manual Step: Disable automatic synchronization on all nodes in the cluster

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  2. Manual Step: Stop the deployment manager

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  3. Manual Step: Install the latest fix packs

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  4. Manual Step: Install the Portal and WebSphere® binary files

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  5. Manual Step: Copy required portal binary files to the target deployment manager

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  6. Manual Step: Generate files for remote migration on the deployment manager

    • Condition

      The target portal is on a different server than the source.

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  7. Manual Step: Copy the remote migration package to the source environment

    • Condition

      The target portal is on a different server than the source.

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  8. Manual Step: Create a backup of the source deployment manager

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  9. Manual Step: Create a default deployment manager profile

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

  10. Manual Step: Import the backup profile

    • Condition

      none

    • ConfigEngine task

      none

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