Monday, January 26, 2009

How to change websphere app. server name from server1 to something usefull

If you are running WSAS as a standalone server (no deployment manager or cluster) you probably created a profile with a default server called server1. This is ok unless you have 2 profiles with 2 servers both called server1! Due to a bug in WSAS this will prevent EJB communication between them in some cases so you need to rename one of them!

This is not a simple task without deployment manager. You have to do it via scripts. IBM provides this scripts for free but they are not easy to find :-)

URL is:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/samples/SampleScripts.html

and you are looking for ConfigScripts.zip

To rename it:
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/bin/ws_ant.sh -profileName AppSrv01 -buildfile exportImport.xml -logfile rename.log -DoldServerName=server1 -DnewServerName=server2 -DnodeName=yourNode01 changeServerName

I would expect this to be a much easier process but IBM obviously doesn't share my ideas...
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    hi there, thanks for this tip
    it seems like the command worked but i cannot start the server with the new name.
    any clue?

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  2. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    It seems like, I'm able to start the app with new name. However it doesn't get reflected in the deployment Manager. Is there some additional steps to get there?

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  3. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    I'm good nw - thanks

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  4. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    I'm good nw - thanks

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  6. UnknownMay 5, 2015 at 4:27 PM

    thanks you very much!!!

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  7. SunnyNovember 9, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    getting error as exportImport.xml does not exist. Please help

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  8. ThomasNovember 25, 2015 at 4:45 PM

    exportImport.xml is present in ConfigScripts.zip (see above for download link from IBM )

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  9. UnknownJanuary 18, 2016 at 11:58 AM

    ws_ant not found error

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  10. Ajay KumarMarch 14, 2016 at 3:37 PM

    Hello All,

    Could someone please Confirm if I can rename the Web server in WebSphere 8.5 through this script.

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  11. NormOctober 18, 2016 at 3:25 AM

    I'm running WAS 8.5, and I'm getting an "unsupported environment" exception. Any ideas of how to re-name my Server1 managed web application instance? My instances are not clustered, so I can't use that trick. Thanks for your help!


    [wsadmin] You run the script on unsupported release environment
    [wsadmin] This script only work on release 5.1.1 or later version 5.x
    [wsadmin] WASX7309W: No "save" was performed before the script "ValidateRelease.jacl" exited; configuration changes will not be saved.

    BUILD FAILED
    /app/IBM/WAS85/profiles/AppSrv01/bin/exportimport/exportImport.xml:35: Your try to run the script on WebSphere Version 6 which is not a supported environment.

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