Migrating and upgrading your IBM BPM environment
Migrating refers to the process of moving applications and configuration information from an earlier version of a product to a later version of the product, or from one product to a different product. Upgrading refers to the process of installing a new release of the product on top of the previous release and updating the existing installation, configuration, and database in place.
About this task
You are migrating when you:
- Move to the same version (IBM® BPM V8.5.7) on new hardware
- Move to IBM BPM
V8.5.7 from:
- IBM BPM earlier than V8.5.0
- WebSphere® Process Server
- WebSphere Lombardi Edition
You are upgrading when you:
- Update your IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) product installation from V8.5.0, V8.5.5, V8.5.6, or V8.5.7 to V8.5.7.
- Change your product installation from IBM BPM Standard to IBM BPM Advanced
- Change your deployment environment from Standard to Advanced
Important: When you migrate,
the Heritage Process Portal application
is replaced in your profiles. If you previously added any customizations
to the process application in Process Designer (for example, an IBM
Connections server or an IBM Sametime server), and you still want
to use those servers, you must complete the following tasks:
- Define the servers again in the new version of the Heritage Process Portal application.
- Create a snapshot.
- Activate the snapshot on Process Center.
- Install the snapshot on Process Server.