Migrate a stand-alone server | HCL Digital Experience

Use the Configuration Wizard to migrate a stand-alone server 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 Stand-alone Server 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 stand-alone server configuration. You might be prompted for additional information about system or user IDs and passwords that you defined during the portal installation process.

Table 1. Minimal required fields

All stand-alone migration configurations require the fields in this table.
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
Database management software Derby
Target operating system
WebSphere Application Server administrator wpsadmin
WebSphere Application Server administrator password
Portal administrator password
What is the portal profile name wp_profile
What is the cell name CellName
What is the portal node name NodeName
Where is the source application server installed
IBMi only: Provide the path to the source profile directory instead of the application server directory.
 /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
What is the new host name
Target portal soap port
Note: Enter the same port number used for the source environment.
 10033
Where is the target application server installed /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Where is the target portal installed /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer
Target temporary path /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer

Advanced fields

The following table lists the advanced fields that are unique to the migrate a stand-alone server configuration. Click Advanced on the Answer Questions page for the target system to see the advanced properties. Default values are provided for advanced fields that are required.

Table 2. Advanced fields
Field Label Default Your Value
JVM heap size 2048

Migrate a stand-alone server option

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

About this task

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.

Procedure

  1. Manual Step: Install the latest fix packs
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  2. Generate the files for remote migration
    Condition
    The target portal is on a different server than the source.
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  3. 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
  4. Create a backup of the remote source portal profile
    Condition
    The target portal is on a different server than the source.
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  5. Create a backup profile of the source portal profile
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
    Note: If you are migrating from HCL Portal Enable or Portal Extend offerings to Portal Server or Web Content Management offerings, complete the following steps manually.
    1. Locate the backup of the source profile. For example, in the /tmp/wp_profile_bak directory.
    2. Locate the wps.properties file in this directory. For example, /tmp/wp_profile_bak/PortalServer/wps.properties.
    3. Open the wps.properties file in a text editor. Modify the value of the WPFamilyName to match your 8.5 licensed offering. For example, if you were on 8.0 Enable, and you purchased 8.5 Web Content Manager, you would modify from WPFamilyName=enable to WPFamilyName=wcm. Valid values for HCL Portal 8.5 include: server, enable , extend, wcm, and wse.
    4. Save changes to the wps.properties file.
  6. Manual Step: If the backup profile is larger than 2 GB, clean up the backup profile
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  7. Create a default profile
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  8. Import backup profile
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  9. Manual Step: If you cleaned up the backup profile, restore the JCR content
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  10. Upgrade the ConfigEngine
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  11. Manual Step: Update the ports on the target environment
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  12. Manual Step: Update database settings
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  13. Validate database settings
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    validate-database
  14. Connect to new database copies
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    connect-database
  15. Manual Step: Review database schema changes
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  16. Upgrade the base portal database component
    Condition
    IBM® z/OS®
    DB2®
    ConfigEngine task
    grant-runtime-db-user-privileges
    upgrade-database
  17. Manual Step: Remove check pending statuses from table spaces
    Condition
    IBM® z/OS®
    DB2®
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  18. Upgrade the remaining portal databases
    Condition
    IBM® z/OS®
    DB2®
    ConfigEngine task
    grant-runtime-db-user-privileges
    upgrade-database
  19. Upgrade the portal profile
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    upgrade-profile
    Version 7.0 Server Offering-only migration: Do not complete the upgrade profile step using the Configuration Wizard. Instead you must run this task manually. For more information about running this task manually, see Migration from Portal Server Offering 7.0 to Portal 8.5.
    Note: When you run this step, the sub task that is named action-deploy-portlets-applyMIGStatic-wp.oob.full runs and completes successfully. However, the following error messages are shown. You can ignore these error messages:
    • EJPXA0161W: The web module ContactList could not be activated. Please see previous messages for reasons and possible corrective actions.
    • EJPPH0048W: The synchronization mode of all nodes in the portal cluster is not consistently set. The portlet application PA_ContactList will not be started in the Application Server. Manual synchronization is assumed for all nodes. Manually start the application after all nodes were synchronized.
    • EJPXA0067E: The following configuration data is needed to create a content-node resource: content-parentref.
  20. Apply the latest Combined Cumulative Fix updates to your system.
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none

What to do next

To complete migration, you must perform several post-migration tasks that depend on how you use HCL Digital Experience.
  1. Review the Next steps section of the product documentation.
    • Complete the Post-migration activities that apply to how you are using HCL Digital Experience before you move on to the next step. For example, if you are using a virtual portal, then complete the virtual portal post-migration steps.
    • Start the tasks indicated in the Enabling new functionality in a migrated portal section only after you complete the post-migration tasks.
    • If your target migration server is IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Version 9.0, you will need to upgrade to HCL Portal Version 9.0.