Upgrade from Rational Application Developer 9.6 to 9.7

Run the migrateToRAD97 utility to upgrade your HCL Commerce development environment from version 9.6 to 9.7.

Before you begin

Install Rational Application Developer 9.7.

Stop all servers, close all projects, and exit Rational Application Developer 9.6.
Upgrade the development environment to version 9.1.20.0 or later.
Copy the three HCL Commerce JAR files from the old plugins directory to the new plugins directory. For example, copy files from W:\IBM\SDP9.6\plugins to W:\IBM\SDP9.7\plugins.
The following JAR files are required:
- com.ibm.commerce.eclipse.plugins_1.0.2
- com.ibm.commerce.toolkit.internal.feature.enablement_8.0.0.1
- com.ibm.commerce.toolkit.internal.plugin_8.0.0.0
Open a command prompt and navigate to the WCDE_installdir/bin/ directory.
Run the migrateToRAD97.bat utility script by pointing it to the installation directory.
```
W:\WCDE_V9\bin>migrateToRADv97.bat W:\IBM\SDP97
```
In this command, Rational Application Developer 9.7 is installed in the W:\IBM\SDP97 directory.
Review the migrateToRADv97.log file in the logs directory (WCDE_V9\logs) to verify the migration completed without errors.
Run the startWCToolkit.bat command to open the application.
For example:
```
W:\WCDE_V9\bin\startWCToolkit.bat
```
Verify that Rational Application Developer version 9.7 opens as expected and not RAD9.6.

The HCL Commerce Developer Rational Application Developer 9.6 installation is upgraded to version 9.7.