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Back Up Customizations for WebSphere

If you are upgrading from CA Identity Manager r8.1 SP2, export your EAR to preserve any customizations that you have. Later, you use this exported EAR to copy over any customization files to the EAR for CA Identity Manager r12.5 SP5.

To back up any customizations you have on your WebSphere application server, export the IdentityMinder.EAR.

For Windows:

1. Copy the imsExport.jacl file from was_im_tools_dir\WebSphere-tools\ to Websphere_home\bin.
2. From the command line, navigate to Websphere_home\bin.
3. On a standalone system, be sure that the WebSphere application server is running. On a cluster, be sure that the Deployment Manager is running.
4. Run the imsExport.jacl file as follows:

   wsadmin -f imsExport.jacl path_to_exported_ear
   

   where path to exported ear is the full path and file name that the imsExport utility creates.

For UNIX:

1. Copy was_im_tools_dir\WebSphere-tools\imsExport.jacl to Websphere_home\bin.
2. From the command line, navigate to Websphere_home\bin.
3. Make sure the WebSphere application server is running.
4. Run the imsExport.jacl script, as follows:

   ./wsadmin.sh -f imsExport.jacl -conntype RMI -port 2809 path to exported ear
   

   where path to exported ear is the full path including the file name of the exported EAR file.

   Be sure to point to the correct RMI port when running the script.

Note: You can also export the IdentityMinder EAR using the WebSphere Administrative Console. See the WebSphere documentation for more information.