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6320ch_DEV_before_migration.fm Draft Document for Review July 28, 2004 7:33 pm
96 Keeping Commerce Applications Updated WebSphere Commerce 5.1 to 5.6 Migration Guide
6.1 Preparation overview
This chapter describes the actions needed to prepare the WebSphere
Commerce Suite V5.1 development environment prior to migrating to
WebSphere Commerce V5.6 Developer.
It is recommended to prepare and migrate the elements in the following order:
1. Instance
2. Database
The migration steps are described in Chapter 7, “Migrating the development
environment” on page 111
The following is a list of the specific sections that are covered. You can use this
list as a checklist when you are performing the tasks in this chapter. Read and
understand the chosen section completely, before you begin any of the tasks:
Instance preparation
– Updating the product information file
– Prepare resources
– Merge EJB groups
– Export code from VisualAge for Java V3.5.3
Database preparation
– Update database configuration values
– Unsent messages
– Order status
– Catalog
–Members
– Custom message types
– Dropping foreign key references
– Erroneous data in encrypted fields
In each section we analyze the element to see what needs to be changed in
order to prepare it for the migration.