RE: Re: Re: Re: EAR/WAR Deployment

> From: Mark Phippard
>
> What problems are you having with WAS 5?  The structures of a WAS 4 and
> WAS 5 application are exactly the same.  All that has changed is the root
> location where the application installs to by default.  WAS 4 AE
> and WAS 4
> AES also had different root locations, as does each of the WAS 5
> versions.
>  This allows you to run each of the versions on the same machine.

Wrong.  The "root location" for WebSphere is "\QIBM\UserData\WebASE\ASE5".
However, the structure beneath that has changed from WAS4 to WAS5.
Specifically, the structure under installedApps has changed.

Let me give you an example:

\QIBM\UserData\WebASE\ASE5\WDSC\installedApps\PBD270_WDSC\RETAILSTOR.ear

The above is the path used to install the RETAILSTOR ear file, IBM's own
example.  Note the fact that the "cell name" PBD270_WDSC is stuck in there.
PBD270 is the node name of my machine, although that's not really documented
anywhere.  In any event, since the cell name changes on each machine, that
means the directory structure will be different on every machine.

This is a nightmare for deployment, and is absolutely unnecessary.  Shoving
the machine ID in the cell name should have been a configurable option.
Instead, it's hardcoded in order to support the Network Deployment model.

If you think this is acceptable, then you and I have different definitions
of acceptable, so please let's drop this.

Joe