A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle /wps/config/ has not been defined. upgrade-profile task fail

I was migrating from IBM Websphere Portal v6.x to v7.x and encounter following issue in upgrade-profile task.


action-modify-HTTP-Inbound-Channel-timeout:
Fri May 11 17:04:13 EDT 2012
[xmlaccess] EJPXB0006I: Connecting to URL http://localhost:10040/wps/config/
[xmlaccess] EJPXB0004I: Writing output file C:\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\ConfigEn
gine\config\work\deployedWebAppXmlAccess-PTF\preExistingWebApps.xml
[xmlaccess] EJPXB0009E: Could not connect to portal.
[xmlaccess] java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[xmlaccess] EJPXB0016E: An error occurred on the client: Connection refused: con
nect
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Migration extension 'deploy-apps' execution failed
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BUILD FAILED
C:\IBM\WEBSPH~1\PORTAL~1\installer\wp.migration.framework\config\includes\mig_cf
g.xml:84: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\IBM\WEBSPH~1\PORTAL~1\installer\wp.migration.framework\config\includes\mig_cf
g.xml:1011: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\ConfigEngine\config\actions\upgrade_cfg.xml:100: EJP
XB0016E: An error occurred on the client: Connection refused: connect

Total time: 39 minutes 48 seconds
FAILURE_LOG_DIR=null
isIseries currently set to: null
uploading registry
Created admin client: com.ibm.ws.management.AdminClientImpl@7b6c7b6c
Created config Service Proxy: com.ibm.websphere.management.configservice.ConfigS
erviceProxy@240024
CELL: DefaultNode
NODE: DefaultNode
Websphere:_Websphere_Config_Data_Type=Registry,_Websphere_Config_Data_Id=cells/D
efaultNode|registry.xml#Registry_1247599550767,_WEBSPHERE_CONFIG_SESSION=anonymo
us1336770255141










Output in C:\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\ConfigEngine\config\work\deployedWebAppXmlAccess-PTF\preExistingWebApps.xml:

<H1>SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle /wps/config/ has not been defined.</H1><BR><H3>SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle localhost:<port> has not been defined.</H3><BR><I>IBM WebSphere Application Server</I>

Solution:

Applied the CF12 on IBM Websphere Portal and executed upgradeConfigEngine.bat task again and re executed the upgrade-profile task