WebSphere Temp Directory Clean Up

When upgrading from a previous version, the contents from temp directory and wstemp directory under the AppServer folder in WebSphere should be deleted before installing the application in WebSphere. This is to avoid any conflicts that may exist between any cached WSDL and the Service Endpoint Interface of the Webservice classes in the application.

You must have access to the server where WebSphere has been installed.

  1. On the server where WebSphere was installed locate: WAS_HOME=<Websphere Installed Directory>\WebSphere\AppServer.
  1. Remove the contents from the following directories:
  • <WAS_HOME>\profiles\temp
  • <WAS_HOME>\profiles\wstemp
  1. A make sure no cached content is used, restart the server. Otherwise, start the DeploymentManager/CellManager, NodeManager and the required Servers of WebSphere.
  1. The new IBSS.WAR file can be deployed.

Note: If you are not installing a new IBSS .WAR file, you do not need to clear the temp files.