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Migration to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Bus 6.2 - Mandatory reading
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| | | Abstract | | WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus version 6.2 provide major functional improvements over previous versions, and in order to take advantage of these new features while preserving your existing applications and profile configuration you must migrate to version 6.2 of the product. WebSphere Process Server 6.2 is not a refresh pack or an upgrade version. Version 6.2 must be installed alongside the older version of the product. To facilitate your migration process, WebSphere Process Server 6.2 provides improved version-to-version migration utilities to help you migrate your existing applications and profile configuration information. | | | | | | Content | The following information is provided in order to assist you in obtaining the best possible results from the migration process: - Version-to-version migration provides a migration "wizard" (graphical user interface) for a user driven migration as well as a set of scripts to automate your migration process. The detailed migration information to guide you through your migration planning including step-by-step migration scenarios and how to use the migration tools is provided in the 6.2 Information Center under the topic Migrating from previous versions of WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus
- When planning your migration to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus version 6.2, the first step is to determine whether you want to preserve your existing configuration information from the previous version of the product or you want to re-create your configuration in the new version 6.2 environment from scratch. Reasons for using the migration tools to perform a version-to-version migration include:
- You want to avoid having to re-configure version 6.2 'from scratch'.
- You have long running process instances you wish to move to version 6.2. If you do not need to use your existing configuration information from the previous version of the product or do not have any long running process instances, you can move to version 6.2 without using the migration tools. In this case, you can install the new version of the product then create and configure your new topology and deploy your existing applications to your new environment. You can also optionally import the source artifact (project interchange file) for your existing applications to WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2, make any code changes, and finally export your application and deploy it to WebSphere Process Server 6.2. - To provide you the latest migration information and updates for migration utilities, we are constantly posting new information at IBM support sites. To obtain up to date migration information visit the following web sites:
How to obtain up to date 6.2 migration technical documents:
Click the following links to directly obtain the list of the migration technotes for version 6.2
Alternatively, you can navigate through the main web site by following these steps:
When at the IBM support site, click 'Technotes' under 'Browse by document type'. Then enter 'Migration 6.2' in the 'Additional search terms' box and select Migration from the pulldown under 'Product Category',
Click the search button. By default you will see the latest documents at the top of the list.
How to obtain up to date interim fixes for 6.2 migration problems:
Click the following links to directly obtain the list of the migration interim fixes for version 6.2
Alternatively, you can navigate through the main web site by following these steps:
When at the IBM support site, click 'APARs' under 'Browse by document type' . Then enter 'Migration 6.2' in the 'Additional search terms' box and click the search button.
By default you will see the latest interim fixes at the top of the list.
Migration considerations for specific platforms
z/OS Platform consideration
If you are considering a migration to 6.2 from an earlier release of WebSphere Process Server on z/OS, additional WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Process Server fixes are required before proceeding. The APARs that are required for WebSphere Application Server are PK74534 and PK76856. For WebSphere Process Server APAR PK77108 is required. These fixes will be available in WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.23 and WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0.1 respectively and can be obtained beforehand by contacting your Service center.
i5/OS Platform consideration
If you are considering a migration from WebSphere Process Server 6.1.0 (any version) or WebSphere Process Server 6.1.2 (any version ) on i5/OS, refer to the DCF technotes below for additional information before proceeding.
| | | | | | | | Cross Reference information | | Segment | Product | Component | Platform | Version | Edition | | Business Integration | WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus | Migration | AIX, HP-UX, i5/OS, Linux, Linux iSeries, Linux pSeries, Linux xSeries, Linux zSeries, Solaris, Windows, z/OS | 6.2.0 | | | Business Integration | WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition | General | AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows | 6.2 | |
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| Modified date: |
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