Exporting from source

Export the portal artifacts on the source environment, with XMLAccess and sample scripts.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the RH Linux Server, where the source WebSphere® Portal is located.
  2. Open RH Command Line Terminal. Right-click the desktop and select Open Terminal.
  3. Enter the following command: ulimit -n 24000.
  4. Start WebSphere Portal on the source environment. For the stand-alone portal configuration, use the command /opt/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile/bin/startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal.
  5. Go to the source portal profile bin directory: cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile/PortalServer/bin.
  6. Use XMLAccess on the source portal base virtual portal, where baseExport.xml is used as the result file: ./xmlaccess.sh -user wpsadmin -password wpsadmin -in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/doc/xml-samples/ExportRelease.xml -out /tmp/baseExport.xml -url htttp://s2p-dev.rtp.raleigh.ibm.com:10039/wps/config
  7. Copy over the /tmp/baseExport.xml from the source to the target.