Pack and Unpack Command in Oracle Weblogic Server with Example

If you want to make use of an existing domain configuration while creating a new domain you can make use of pack and unpack commands.  The pack command creates a template .jar archive file that contains entire WebLogic domain or a subset of a WebLogic domain.
In the sense 'Pack' command will create a template on top of the existing domain.

pack command will be located in the generic path

 'C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\wlserver\common\bin' 

pack.cmd (windows)

pack.sh (unix)

Syntax:

pack -domain=domain -template=template -template_name="template_name"

The below parameters are optional: 
[-template_author="author"][-template_desc="description"] [-managed=true|false] [-log=log_file] [-log_priority=log_priority]

It is suggested to keep the log parameter, such that you can find the if any errors in creating the template

Example:

pack -domain=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp -template=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp\Temp.jar  -template_name="TempDom" -template_author="King" -template_desc="Temp Domain Template" -managed=true -log=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp\tempdom.log

Remember the while giving the template name it should be added with 'jar' extension. This will create the 'Temp.jar' in the location C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp

The unpack command will create a full WebLogic domain or a subset of a domain that is used for a Managed Server domain directory on the target machine.

unpack -template=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp\Temp.jar -domain=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\mynewdomain

Sntax:

unpack -template=template -domain=domain

The below parameters are optional:

[-user_name=username] [-password=password] [-app_dir=application_directory] [-java_home=java_home_directory] [-server_start_mode=dev|prod] [-log=log_file] [-log_priority=log_priority] [-overwrite_domain]

Example:

unpack -template=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp\Temp.jar -domain=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\unpackedDomain

This command will create a new domain called 'unpackedDomain' in the path C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\
 
Sample log of the pack command:

2014-01-16 22:45:36,266 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - read domain from "C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp"
2014-01-16 22:45:45,600 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: read domain from "C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp"
2014-01-16 22:45:45,602 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set config option Managed to "true"
2014-01-16 22:45:45,698 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set config option Managed to "true"
2014-01-16 22:45:45,699 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - write template to "C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp\Temp.jar"
2014-01-16 22:45:47,589 INFO  [Thread-2] com.oracle.cie.domain.TemplateGenerator - Template Generation Successfull!
2014-01-16 22:45:47,604 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: write template to "C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\Temp\Temp.jar"
2014-01-16 22:45:47,604 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - close template
2014-01-16 22:45:47,605 INFO  [runScript] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: close template