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The WebSphere ESB conversion tool

The WebSphere® ESB conversion tool accelerates the conversion of WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources to IBM® Integration Bus resources whilst reducing administration overhead and extending the reusability of service components.

Business requirements and integration strategy define the functions and enterprise service bus (ESB) products that an ESB layer must provide to an organization. In IBM Integration Bus, the WebSphere ESB conversion tool supports the consolidation of service resources into one product and one service provider within the ESB infrastructure.

The WebSphere ESB conversion tool converts mediation modules and libraries available in WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to development resources in IBM Integration Bus.

A number of constraints apply when you convert WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources into IBM Integration Bus resources by using the WebSphere ESB conversion tool. For more information, see WebSphere ESB conversion tool limitations.

Benefits

Accelerate conversion process
The WebSphere ESB conversion tool accelerates conversion of development resources that are available in WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to development resources in IBM Integration Bus.
Use the WebSphere ESB conversion tool in the following scenarios:
  • Analyze the effort that is required to convert resources from WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to IBM Integration Bus.
  • Reduce the manual effort and time that is required to convert WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources into IBM Integration Bus resources. The WebSphere ESB conversion tool converts resources programmatically by using optimized patterns.
Reuse existing developed resources
Use the WebSphere ESB conversion tool to reuse existing components within your service-oriented architecture (SOA) integration layer, rather than reimplementing them.
Use the WebSphere ESB conversion tool to convert existing WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus development resources, such as mediation modules and maps, into IBM Integration Bus resources. The converted resources will then be available to be used in the creation of IBM Integration Bus integration services and applications.
Reduce administration overhead
The WebSphere ESB conversion tool helps with the consolidation of all of your ESB resources ontoIBM Integration Bus , which reduces your administration overhead.

Selection guidance

Use the WebSphere ESB conversion tool when you have a mediation module running in WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus that you want to reuse in IBM Integration Bus. For more information, see Converting WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources by using the WebSphere ESB conversion tool.

You can also convert resources manually. For more information, see Converting WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources manually.

Version compatibility

The WebSphere ESB conversion tool converts WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources that are developed in any of the following development environments:
  • WebSphere Integration Developer version 6.2
  • WebSphere Integration Developer version 7
  • IBM Integration Designer version 7.5
  • IBM Integration Designer version 8

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