Clone a WebShere installation on another server

Method 1:

1) Install exact websphere version including fixpack on a new machine
Note you have to make sure to use same install path for example

2) create dmgr and nodeprofile on a NEW machine

3) Stop the dmgr, nodeagent and all application server on OLD machine

4) Tar/zip up complete dmgr profile directory and node profile from OLD machine and untar/unzip on a NEW machine

Now change hostname entries in the websphere configuration and Use following link for changing hostname
WebSphere Application Server V6.0 best practices for configuration changes
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007419&aid=1

5) Once new DMGR is up , manually sync node with dmgr using syncnode command
$NODE_HOME/bin$syncnode newdmgrhostname dmgrsoapport -username user -password password

6)  once sync went fine start the nodeagent and make sure sync status shows correctly on dmgr console

7)  Now start all application server from dmgrconsole

Method 2

1) Install exact websphere version including fixpack on a new machine
Note you have to make sure to use same install path

2) Don’t create any profiles

3) Tar/zip up complete dmgr profile directory and node profile from OLD machine and untar/unzip on a NEW machine

4) Use rename node Command to rename Node

$DMGR_HME/bin$renameNode.sh localhost 8879 newnode

Note : You need to have deployment manager working to use renamenode command.