Start Oracle listener processes by running the following command as oracle user on Oracle server machine: lsnrctl start Verify <domain>.DbUrl in <wp>/config/wpconfig_dbdomain.properties has the correct hostname, port and database instance name. Re-run database-transfer configuration task if correction is made to the properties file. Source DB2 environment settings on UNIX before starting WebSphere Portal and node agent if in a cluster: . <db2_user_home>/sqllib/db2profile