Hi Folks!

For installing WebSphere 6.0 (Network Deployment), can I just copy the entir
e directory structure from one server (where WAS 6.0 is already installed an
d cells configured) to another server and it should work??

I know we will have hard coded hostnames/ports in config files. How do we ge
t around that?

I basically want to know if I can migrate the software to new server without
 actually having to install the software again on the new Server.

Thank you.
- K

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karun_subramanian@chiron.com wrote:
> For installing WebSphere 6.0 (Network Deployment), can I just copy the ent
ire directory structure from one server (where WAS 6.0 is already
> installed and cells configured) to another server and it should work??
> I know we will have hard coded hostnames/ports in config files. How do we 
get around that?
> I basically want to know if I can migrate the software to new server without actua
lly having to install the software again on the new Server.
What is the platform?
AFAIK, on MSWindows the installation process does not just inflates director
ies tree, it also does
something more.

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The patform is AIX.

Thanks.

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hi

as i know..we can't do this. for another server to work we need to install a
tleast WAS binaries.

madhu

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karun_subramanian@chiron.com wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>
> For installing WebSphere 6.0 (Network Deployment), can I just copy the ent
ire directory structure from one server (where WAS 6.0 is already installed 
and cells configured) to another server and it should work??
>
> I know we will have hard coded hostnames/ports in config files. How do we 
get around that?
>
> I basically want to know if I can migrate the software to new server witho
ut actually having to install the software again on the new Server.
>
> Thank you.
> - K

Don't. You won't be able to apply fixpacks to the new server.
Ken

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Ken Hygh pisze:
>
> Don't. You won't be able to apply fixpacks to the new server.
> Ken

Do you mean /usr/lib/objrepos/vpd.properties file?

What about copying it too?

Best Regards

yacoll

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Have you explored CIP(Cutomized installation package).
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...re_car_gui.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...ig_archive.html

I have seen lot of people doing that not sure how they did it but seems like
 it is doable.

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Jacek Bialecki wrote:
> Ken Hygh pisze: 
>
> Do you mean /usr/lib/objrepos/vpd.properties file?
>
> What about copying it too?
>
> Best Regards
>
> yacoll

You might get it to work. Somewhere down the line, I wouldn't be
surprised if something breaks, and you're running an unsupported config,
and ....

Ken

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