Creating the migration project

After you have done the migration analysis and customized the migration tool for your special needs, you start doing the migration by creating an migration project.

To create an migration project, do the following:

  1. From the WebSphere(R) Studio Application Developer menu, select File > New > Other.
  2. In the dialog box that pops up, select Branch Transformation Toolkit from the left navigation panel, and then select BTT Migration Project from the right panel. Click Next.
  3. For the J2EE Specification version, select J2EE 1.3 Enterprise Application Project. Click Next.
  4. Type the name of your migration project and select the project location. Click Next.
  5. From the Dse.ini panel, you select the dse.ini file of the project you are migrating. You can choose the dse.ini file in the following ways:
    • By selecting the dse.ini from your local directory.

      To do this, you select the From URL option, and click the Select DSE button to browse to your dse.ini file and select it.

    • By selecting the EAR file that contains the dse.ini file.

      To do this, you select the From EAR option, and click the Select EAR button to browse to your EAR file and select it. You can then select the dse.ini file from the Select DSE File list.

    Note: The migration tool only migrates server-side application components, so make sure you the dse.ini file you selected is the server-side one.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Continue with the wizard till you finish creating the project.
After you create the migration project, you can find all related definition file are copied into the category of 4.3 Artifact -> Definition Files 6. Also, the projects of EAR, EJB, Web and Services will be created