To Upgrade from the Command Line (Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Upgrade and Migration Guide)

Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Upgrade and Migration Guide

To Upgrade from the Command Line

You can run the upgrade utility from the command line using the following syntax:

asupgrade 
[--console ] 
[--version ] 
[--help ] 
[--source applicationserver_8.x_installation_domaindirectory] 
[--target applicationserver_9.1_installation] 
[--passwordfile passwords.txt]

The following table describes the command options in greater detail, including the short form, the long form, and a description.

Table 2–2 asupgrade Utility Command Options


Short Form	Long Form	Description
-c	--console	Launches the upgrade command line utility.
-v or -V	--version	The version of the Upgrade Tool.
-h	--help	Displays the arguments for launching the upgrade utility.
-t	--target	The domains directory of the Application Server 9.1 installation.
-s	--source	The installation directory of the older Application Server installation.
-a	--adminuser	The admin user for the source server.
-f	--passwordfile	The file containing the admin password and the master password.

Note –

For a more detailed usage summary of the asupgrade command, see asupgrade(1M).

The following examples show how to use the asupgrade command-line utility to upgrade an existing application server installation to Application Server 9.1.

This example shows how to perform a side-by-side upgrade of a Sun Java SystemApplication Server 8.x installation to Sun Java System Application Server 9.1.

asupgrade --source /home/sunas8.2/domains/domain1 --target /home/sjsas9.1/domains

After upgrade, node agents for all remote instances are created on the target DAS. These node agents have to be copied to the respective host systems and started.