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On the 6.1 server I run...

$AdminTask exportWasprofile {-archive c:/tmp/my.car}

On the 8.5 server I see...

$AdminTask importWasprofile {-archive c:/tmp/my.car} WASX7015E: Exception running command: "$AdminTask importWasprofile {-archive c:/ tmp/my.car}"; exception information: com.ibm.wsspi.configarchive.ConfigArchiveException com.ibm.wsspi.configarchive.ConfigArchiveException: fail to deploy application isclite

Is there something special I have to do to properly migrate profiles? Is there a place I can look to get more info as to what is going wrong?

Jacek Laskowski
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From IBM WebSphere Application Server Migration Toolkit's website:

The IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Migration Toolkit is a suite of tools and knowledge collections that enables your organization to quickly and cost-effectively migrate to WebSphere Application Server V7, V8, or V8.5, whether from a previous version of WebSphere Application Server or competitive application servers including Apache Tomcat Server, JBoss Application Server, Oracle Application Server, and Oracle® WebLogic Server.

You should use it as it's bundled in WebSphere Application Server 6.1 (and higher) and offers two scripts that help you in the migration: WASPreUpgrade and WASPostUpgrade.

WASPreUpgrade "saves the configuration of a previously installed version of WebSphere Application Server into a migration-specific backup directory." while WASPostUpgrade "retrieves the saved configuration that was created by the WASPreUpgrade command from the backupDirectory that you specified." (quoting their pages).

Although they might be using wsadmin/Jython, I think you may have more success with these two command-line utilities.

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  • Thanks, I took the nuclear option on my environment but once I get it back up again I will try this and give it a check if it works. The problem I will have right now is since I destroyed my environment I have the car file but no working 6.1 server. Maybe I can investigate using these commands with a preexisting car. – Jackie Mar 15 '13 at 13:45
  • You should certainly give the command-line utilities a try as they're exactly for what you're aiming at. Keep us informed. – Jacek Laskowski Mar 15 '13 at 18:45
  • In order to upgrade 6.1 server profile you have to use the WASPreUpgrade script from WAS 8.5 of course! And the "currently installed WebSphere Application Server directory name" is d:\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v61 for example. – mwalter May 03 '13 at 14:22