Using staging to production techniques to complete the migration
Choose this option if you want to use staging to production techniques to migrate from IBM® WebSphere® Portal Version 8.0.0.1 on WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.2 to WebSphere Portal Version 8.5.
About this task
You can set up a staging server with a WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 and WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.5 installation, and use the staging to production tools to create a new environment that is based on the source environment.
Procedure
- Install WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 and WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.5 on a staging server with the same operating system as the source server.
- Use the WebSphere Portal staging to production tools to deploy a stand-alone server that is based on the source server.
- Install the WebSphere Portal 8.5 and WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.2 binary files on the target server.
- Access the Configuration Wizard on the target server, and click .
- Optional: When you complete the migration of the stand-alone staging server, you can build it into a cluster if needed.