Creating a backup

Before making any changes to an existing WebSphere installation, it is mandatory practice to make a backup before an upgrade is applied. You can backup WAS using the backupConfig.sh/bat command. This will create a ZIP file of your full WAS configuration in case there are problems and you need to resort back to a previously known copy. If you run backupConfig.sh without any parameters, it will automatically create a date and time-stamped .zip file.

You can get help for the command by typing the following command:

• For Linux:

  ./backupConfig.sh –help
  

• For Windows:

  backupConfig.bat –help
  

  Usage: backupConfig [backup_file] [-nostop] [-quiet] [-logfile<filename>]
             [-replacelog] [-trace] [-username <username>] [-password <password>]
             [-profileName<profile>] [-help]

An example of running the backupConfig.sh/bat utility is shown in the following screenshot:

During backup, the backupConfig stops the WAS processes, so this should be a planned activity...