Exporting applications using scripting

 

You can export your applications before you update installed applications or before you migrate to a different version of the WebSphere Application Server product.

Before starting this task, the wsadmin tool must be running. See the Start the wsadmin scripting client article for more information.

 

Overview

Exporting applications enables you to back them up and preserve their binding information.

 

Procedure

• Export an enterprise application to a location of your choice, for example:

  Use Jacl:

  $AdminApp export app1 C:/mystuff/exported.ear
  

  Use Jython:

  AdminApp.export('app1', 'C:/mystuff/exported.ear')
  

  where:

  $	Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
  AdminApp	object allowing application objects management
  export	AdminApp command
  app1	name of the application that will be exported
  /mystuff/exported.ear	name of the file where the exported application will be stored

• Export Data Definition Language (DDL) files in the enterprise bean module of an application to a destination directory...

  Use Jacl:

  $AdminApp exportDDL app1 C:/mystuff
  

  Use Jython:

  AdminApp.exportDDL('app1', 'C:/mystuff')
  

  where:

  $	Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
  AdminApp	object allowing application objects management
  exportDDL	AdminApp command
  app1	name of the application whose DDL files will be exported
  /mystuff	name of the directory where the DDL files export from the application

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Updating installed applications with the wsadmin tool
Use the AdminApp object for scripted administration

 

Related Reference

Commands for the AdminApp object