Updating an EAR application into WAS Websphere Application Server from as400 WSAD / WDSC / WSSD using WAS admin client

Updating an EAR application into WAS Websphere Application Server from as400 WSAD / WDSC / WSSD using WAS admin client

1. Navigate to WAS Admin client via your browser and login
2. Click Applications
3. Click Enterprise Applications
4. Tick the relevant application, and click stop (Before you do this take a look at the server name in the left from to make sure you looking at the right server instance, ie development rather than production! Also make sure you stop the right application!)
5. When the status changes to stopped (Hover pointer to see various status's), tick the application and click update button
6. Click browse to find the file (either from local path or server), and click next. At this point the EAR file will be uploaded to the server
7. On the binding page I usually accept the defaults, so click next if your not sure
8. On 'Provide options to perform the installation ', unless you need to change any of the settings, click next
9. On 'Map virtual hosts for web modules ', select the virtual host that your application is installed under. If you on the as400 / iseries and you cant remember the virtual host at this point, login to the HTTP Server admin client, and look at the properties for the WAS application from there and it will tell you the virtual host it is installed under. The other option is to find the WAS HTTP plugin file, as this info is stored in there.
10. Click next
11. Unless you need to change these, on 'Map modules to application servers ' , click next
12. Click Finish
13. At this point, the application is installed to a temporary area. To finish the process, you need to click 'Save to Master Configuration'
14. Click save to update the master repository (Or discard to abandon your changes)
15. Click Enterprise Applications,select your application, and click start to restart your application
16. Your Done!

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