Backup and Restore Configuration and Profiles in Websphere Application Server

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To backup the configuration of a node/profile, use the following steps:

1)Navigate to the bin directory of the profile which is usually /opt/IBM/WebSphere/profiles/AppSrv01/bin
2)Run the command ./backupConfig.sh Zip_File_Name

backupConfig Command:

backupConfig command will backup the configuration of a node to a file.

Syntax:
backupConfig.sh backup_file [options]
Options:
-nostop
    Tells the restoreConfig command not to stop the servers before restoring the configuration
-password password
    Specifies the password for authentication if security is enabled in the server
-username user_name
    Specifies the user name for authentication if security is enabled in the server
-profileName profile_name
   Defines the profile of the Application Server process in a multiple-profile installation

Eg: backupConfig.sh AppSrv01_Backup_Jul2013.zip -profileName AppSrv01 -nostop

restoreConfig Command:

In a similar way we also have the restoreConfig command, which restores the configuration of a node taken from the backupconfig command.

To restore the configuration of a node, use the following steps:

1)Navigate to the bin directory of the profile which is usually /opt/IBM/WebSphere/profiles/AppSrv01/bin
2)Run the command ./restoreConfig.sh Zip_File_Name

Syntax:
restoreConfig.sh backup_file [options]

Options:
-nostop
    Tells the restoreConfig command not to stop the servers before restoring the configuration
-password password
    Specifies the password for authentication if security is enabled in the server
-username user_name
    Specifies the user name for authentication if security is enabled in the server
-profileName profile_name
   Defines the profile of the Application Server process in a multiple-profile installation

Eg: restoreConfig.sh AppSrv01_Backup_Jul2013.zip -profileName AppSrv01 -nostop

Note: Be aware that if you restore the configuration to a directory that is different from the directory that was backed up
      when you performed the backupConfig command, you might need to manually update some of the paths in the configuration directory.

2- Profile Backup & Restore:

To backup the profile configuration, use the following steps:

1)Navigate to the bin directory of the profile which is usually /opt/IBM/WebSphere/profiles/AppSrv01/bin
2)Run the command ./manageprofiles.sh -backupProfile -profileName AppSrv01 -backupFile /opt/home/user/WAS_Backup/profile_backup/AppSrv01.zip

Syntax:
manageprofiles.sh -backupProfile -profileName profile_name -backupFile file_name

Note: When you back up a profile using the -backupProfile option, you must first stop the server and the running processes for the profile that you want to back up.

Similarly, we also have the option of -restoreProfile which restores the profile from the backup file.

To restore the profile configuration, use the following steps:

1)Navigate to the bin directory of the profile which is usually /opt/IBM/WebSphere/profiles/AppSrv01/bin
2)Run the command ./manageprofiles.sh -restoreProfile -backupFile /opt/home/user/WAS_Backup/profile_backup/AppSrv01.zip

Syntax:
manageprofiles.sh -restoreProfile -backupFile file_name

To restore a profile, perform the following steps:

1. Stop the server and the running processes for the profile that you want to restore.
2. Manually delete the directory for the profile from the file system.
3. Run the -validateAndUpdateRegistry option of the manageprofiles command.
4. Restore the profile by using the -restoreProfile option of the manageprofiles command.

Source: WAS InfoCenter 7.0, Self-Knowledge.