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Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Upgrade Guide for Microsoft Windows

Pre-Upgrade Tasks

Upgrading Application Server Dependencies

All Java ES components on a computer system and in a computing environment should be upgraded to Java ES version 5.

ProcedureTo Verify Current Version Information

    Type the following command.

    ApplicationServer-base\bin\asadmin.bat version

    The outputs that indicate the Application Server version are:

    Release 5

    Sun Java Enterprise System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2

    Release 4

    Sun Java Enterprise System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1_02

ProcedureTo Stop Application Server Component

  1. Stop all running node agents.

    ApplicationServer-base\bin\asadmin.bat stop-node-agent

  2. Stop all domains.

    ApplicationServer-base\bin\asadmin.bat stop-domain

  3. Stop the pointbase database server if one is installed and running.

    ApplicationServer-base\pointbase\tools\stopserver.sh

ProcedureTo Back Up Application Server Data

  1. Back up Application Server domains.

    Create a directory outside the Application Server installation directories and back up the content of the domains directory in this new directory. The default location for the Java ES 4 domains directory is ApplicationServer-base\domains.

  2. Back up Application Server node agents.

    Create a directory outside the Application Server installation directories and back up the content of the nodeagents directory in this new directory. The default location for the Java ES 4 nodeagents directory is ApplicationServer-base\nodeagents.

  3. Back up pointbase binaries.

    Create a directory outside the Application Server installation directories and back up the content of the pointbase directory in this new directory. The default location for the Java ES 4 pointbase directory is ApplicationServer-base\pointbase.

  4. Back up pointbase data files.

    Create a directory outside the Application Server installation directories and back up the pointbase data files in this new directory. The default location for the Java ES 4 pointbase data files is: ApplicationServer-base\pointbase.

  5. Back up the Application Server configuration file.

    The default location for Application Server configuration file is ApplicationServer-base\config\asenv.conf.

  6. Back up the sample configuration file.

    The default location for sample configuration file is ApplicationServer-base\samples\common.properties.