Creating a migration plan
Migrating to a new version of WebSphere Commerce impacts several aspects of your business.
A complete migration
plan must consider the following
aspects:
- Upgrades to the application code and WebSphere Commerce servers
- Business requirements during the migration phase
- Custom application code
- Custom scripts, such as build, deployment, and data load scripts
- Development environment (including source control management systems)
- Build processes
- Testing
- Upgrading and migrating additional software such as WebSphere Portal, Deprecated featureLikeminds, or MQ
- Reviewing integration points with additional software such as WebSphere Portal, Deprecated featureLikeminds, or MQ
- Runtime environments
- Deployment processes
- Education and training
The following sections outline some of the requirements and tasks you must consider when migrating your WebSphere Commerce site: