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Community articleTest Infrastructure: Migration from WebSphere Portal for zOS V6.0.1.4 to WebSphere Portal for zOS V6.1.0.1

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Test Infrastructure: Migration from WebSphere Portal for z/OS V6.0.1.4 to WebSphere Portal for z/OS V6.1.0.1

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to outline the steps by which the WebSphere Portal System Verification Test (SVT) team installed, configured, and tested the migration of WebSphere Portal for z/OS V6.0.1.4 (with Web Content Management (WCM) 6.0.1.4) to WebSphere Portal for z/OS V6.1.0.1

Environment overview

The environment included the following items:

·        WebSphere® Portal for z/OS V6.0.1.4, Web Content Management 6.0.1.4 and WebSphere® Application Server 6.0.2.31
·        WebSphere® Portal for z/OS V6.1.0.1, Web Content Management 6.1.0.1 and WebSphere® Application Server 6.1.0.19
·        IBM DB2®  8.1
·        IBM® HTTP Server 6.1
·        Lotus Domino Directory LDAP 8.0
·        Lotus Sametime 7.5.1
·        Tivoli Access Manager 6.0.0.13
·        Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL 6.0.0.13

The following picture shows the how the environment was configured:
test_zos_migrate.jpg


Machine Specifications:
MACHINE
OS
CPU
MEMORY
DISK
MODEL
Portal 6.0.1.4 DM
Portal 6.0.1.4 Federated Node

Portal 6.1.0.1 DM
Portal 6.1.0.1
Federated Node

Local Search
Sametime Server

Database DB2 8.1 PUT0803
z/OS 1.8 4 CPs
VM Guest 6 GB
Database DB2 8.1 PUT0803 for Portal 6.1.0.1 z/OS 1.8 4 CPs VM Guest 6 GB
Portal 6.0.1.4 DM
Portal 6.0.1.4 Federated Node

Portal 6.1.0.1 DM
Portal 6.1.0.1
Federated Node

Database DB2 8.1 PUT0803
z/OS 1.8 4 CPs VM Guest 10 GB
Portal  6.0.1.4 DM
Portal  6.1.0.1 DM

Database DB2 8.1 PUT0803 DS1 for 6.0.1.4
z/OS 1.8 4 CPs VM Guest 6 GB
Database DB2 8.1 PUT0803 for 6.1.01 z/OS 1.8 4 CPs VM Guest 6 GB
Domino LDAP Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Server 1 x 3.2 GHz 3.5 GB 2 x 136 GB 6221
Domino 8.0 LDAP/ TAM 6.0.0.13 / TAM WebSEAL Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Server 2 x 3.2 GHz
2 GB

2 x 70 GB

6221
IBM HTTP Server 6.1 Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Server 1 x 2.8 GHz 2 GB 1 x 40 GB 6221




Installation and Configuration


WebSphere Portal Information Center

Please refer to the topics listed in the steps below for more detailed instructions on the steps to install and configure the environment used for this test.

The environment was installed with the following steps:


1.0        Install/configure Domino Directory LDAP using the product documentation and the topic “Installing Lotus Domino”.
                                     
2.0        Install/configure Portal 6.0.1.4 on Primary node (WP60_1) using the topic “WebSphere Portal Version 6.0.1.4”.

3.0        Install/configure Portal 6.0.1.4 on Secondary node (WP60_2) using the topic “WebSphere Portal Version 6.0.1.4”.

4.0        Install/configure Portal 6.0.1.4 on Standalone node (WP60_3) using the topic “WebSphere Portal Version 6.0.1.4”.

5.0        Install/configure DB2 database for WP60_1, transfer data from WP60_3 using the topic “Planning for DB2”.

6.0        Install/configure DB2 for WP60_3, transfer data from WP60_3 using the topic “Planning for DB2”.

7.0        Enable external security for WP60_3 to Domino Directory using the topic “Setting up Domino Directory”.

8.0        Install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment on DM60 using the topic “Setting up a cluster”.

9.0        Federate WP60_1 to Deployment Manager using the topic “Installing and federating the primary node”.

10.0        Create a cluster with just the Primary node and DM60 using the topic “Creating the cluster”.

11.0        Add Secondary node WP60_2 to cluster using the topic “Installing and federating the primary node”.

12.0        Enable external security for WP60_1, WP60_2 and DM to Domino Directory using the topic “Setting up Domino Directory”, and “Enabling LDAP security after cluster creation”.

13.0        Configure remote rendering of WP60_3 content on WP60_1 using the topic “Configuring the remote rendering portlet”.

14.0        Install/configure IBM HTTP server for WP60 cluster using the topic “Setting up a Web server with WebSphere Portal”.

15.0        Create four Virtual Portals on WP60 cluster using the topic “Planning for virtual portals”.

16.0        Populate WP60 cluster with maximum of 15k pages across Virtual Portals 1-3.

17.0        Populate WP60 cluster with eight Click-to-action Wired Portlets across Virtual Portals 1-3.

18.0        Populate WP60 cluster with 250 Cloned portlets across Virtual Portals 1-3 using the topic “Reference: Sample XML configuration files”: Sample file ClonePortlet.xml.

19.0        Populate WP60 cluster Virtual Portal 4 with 64 non-‘out of box’ portlets.

20.0        Setup access controls for different groups on Virtual Portal 4 using the topic “Access control scenarios”.

21.0        Populate WP60 cluster with portlets from the Portlet catalog, including a large portlet (>20MB).

22.0        Install PZN sample database and portlet on WP60 cluster using the topic “Install Personalization sample and database” or customized equivalent.

23.0        Populate WP60 cluster with PDM docs (of different sizes and types).

24.0        Setup search collections for WP60 cluster and verify search functionality using the topic “Portal Search”.

25.0        Backup all WP60 cluster environments, including files, systems and databases.

26.0        Configure WP60 cluster for External Security Manager (Tivoli Access Manager) using the topic “Using Tivoli Access Manager with WebSphere Portal”.

27.0        Create automation (using HP/Mercury LoadRunner) to step through pages and portlets of WP60 cluster environment as single user.

28.0        Run automation (using HP/Mercury LoadRunner)  to validate WP60 cluster environment as single user.

29.0        Prepare WP60 environments prior to migration (including installing fixes) using the topic “Preparing your previous environment for migration”.

30.0        Install/configure Portal 6.1 on Primary node (WP61_1) using the topic “Installing WebSphere Portal”.

31.0        Install/configure Portal 6.1 on Standalone node (WP61_3) using the topic “Installing WebSphere Portal”.

32.0        Prepare all WP61 environments prior to migration using the topic “Preparing your new environment for migration”.

33.0        Configure DB2  database for transfer database from WP61_1.  Transferred only the Release, Feedback, Likeminds, and Community domains using the topic “Planning for DB2”.

34.0        Copy JCR60 database using database utilities, and Connect WP61_1 to the copy using the topic “Sharing JCR domain data”.

35.0        Connect WP61_1 to  CUSTOMIZATION60 database using the topic “Sharing Customization domain data”.

36.0        Repeat the two steps above for connecting the WP61_3 environment to its respective databases.

37.0        Install the Document List portlet on your Portal 6.0.1.4 environment to migrate your PDM documents to Web Content Management file resource components using the topic “Document Migration”.

38.0        Enable external security for WP61_1, and WP61_3 to Domino LDAP using the topic “Configuring security on Windows”.

39.0        Create four empty Virtual Portals for WP61_1, matching URL contexts of VPs on WP60 cluster using the topic “Virtual portals reference”.

40.0        Configure WP61_1 for external security manager TAM for authentication, and authorization using the topic “Configuring Tivoli Access manager”.

41.0        Migrate 6.0.1.4 Portal (default portal WP60 cluster) to WP61_1 using the topics “Understanding migration”, “Planning for migration”, “Migration scenarios”, “Preparing for migration” and “Migrating to a same machine”.

42.0        Migrate 6.0.1.4 Portal (virtual portals) to WP61_1 using the topic “Importing configuration for migration to the same machine”.

43.0        Make migration fail and try to resume.

44.0        Migrate remote search server, and web search collections using the topic “Migrating your customized resources”.

45.0        Complete the post-migration steps for WCM content and remote rendering portlets by using the topic “Version 6.0 to 6.1 post migration steps”.

46.0        Validate migration successful in all environments, search logs using the topic “Verifying the migration tasks”.

47.0        Federate and Cluster the WP61_1 server as a Primary node using the topic “Setting up a clustered production environment”.

48.0        Configure the Secondary node in the WP61 cluster for external security manager TAM for authentication, and authorization using the topic “Configuring Tivoli Access manager”.

49.0        Create automation (using HP/Mercury LoadRunner) to step through pages and portlets of 6.1 environment as single user.

50.0        Run automation (using HP/Mercury LoadRunner)  to validate 6.1 environment as single user.

51.0        Add pages and portlets after migration.

52.0        Verify migration content in Information Center.

53.0        Execute twelve HR Post-Migration Reliability Longrun (using HP/Mercury LoadRunner).



Test User Configuration

This environment was load and stress tested using LoadRunner with up to 120 concurrent users accessing remotely-rendered content including portlets and pages for 12 continuous hours.

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