Migration overview from Version 6 (Feature Pack 3.0.1 or later) to Version 7
If you have an existing Management Center installation at the Version 6.0 level and have customizations, use this overview to help you understand the migration process if you decide to upgrade your Management Center to the Version 7 level.
Before you begin
Important: If you want to migrate from Management
Center Version 6.0 Feature Pack version to a Management Center Version
7.0 Feature Pack version, you must first migrate to Management Center
Version 7.0, then migrate to the Management Center Version 7.0 Feature
Pack version.
About this task
Procedure
- Identify changes between Management Center Version 6 Feature Pack x and Version 7. A comparison utility generates a comparison report that outlines the changes you made to the Management Center Version 6.0 Feature Pack version web module.
- Manually merge your customized files to Version 7. You also must rebuild your LOBTools project and test the updated project within your development environment.
- Package the Management Center files for deployment.
- In the WebSphere Commerce production environment, install Version 7, and migrate your Commerce instance from Version 6 to Version 7.
- Deploy the development environment changes into the production
environment: