Re-deploying Web Applications to WebSphere

Re-deploy the web applications to WebSphere.

You can now use EAR file automation to redeploy the web applications to WebSphere. See EAR File Deployment Automation for information on configuring and running the EAR file automation.

  1. Navigate to Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications.
  2. Select the lawsec application and click the Update button.

    Select Replace the entire application. Browse to:

    $GENDIR/assembly/components/ear

    Select the updated lawsec.ear file.

    Ensure that "Fast Path - Prompt only when additional information is required" is checked.

    Take WebSphere's default values.

    Click Finish.

    Save changes to the master configuration.

  3. Select the bpm application and click the Update button.

    Select Replace the entire application. Browse to:

    $GENDIR/assembly/components/ear

    Select the updated bpm.ear file.

    Ensure that "Fast Path - Prompt only when additional information is required" is checked.

    Take WebSphere's default values.

    Click Finish.

    Save changes to the master configuration.

    Note: If you need to rebuild the bpm.ear file after the installation, to update your DisplayExecs, repeat this step after running the perl script to build it.
  4. Select the IOS-ws application and click the Update button.

    Select Replace the entire application. Browse to:

    $GENDIR/assembly/components/ear

    Select the updated IOS-ws.ear file.

    Ensure that "Prompt me only when additional information is required" is checked.

    Take WebSphere's default values.

    Click Finish.

    Save changes to the master configuration.

  5. Vertically Scaled configurations only

    If the IOS-cluster-services application is installed, select the IOS-cluster-services application and click the Update button.

    Select Replace the entire application. Browse to:

    $GENDIR/assembly/products/ios

    Select the updated IOS-cluster-services.ear file.

    Ensure that "Fast Path - Prompt only when additional information is required" is checked.

    Take WebSphere's default values.

    Click Finish.

    Save changes to the master configuration.

    If the IOS-cluster-services application is not installed yet and you are vertically scaled (clustered) in WebSphere, follow the steps in Manual Cluster Setup and IOS Cache Refresh to complete the required setup for this application at a later time.

  6. Select the help application and click the Update button.

    Select Replace the entire application. Browse to:

    $LAWDIR/help/en-us/lsf

    Select the updated help_lsf_<platform>.war file.

    Ensure that "Prompt me only when additional information is required" is checked.

    Take WebSphere's default values.

    Click Finish.

    Save changes to the master configuration.

  7. Generate and propagate the web server plug-in.
  8. If the Lawson Environment is stopped, start it. At the command line, type

    startlaw

  9. Restart the application server that runs the Lawson applications.
  10. Restart the web server.