Upgrading SOAP web services

If you use SOAP web services, you have some changes to make when you upgrade your version of CICS®. This information applies to all currently supported CICS TS releases, regardless of your current release and the target release.

If you are upgrading from an end-of-service release, you might need to take additional actions that are relevant to your current, end-of-service release, along with the actions summarized in the upgrade instructions in this information. For details, see Upgrading from end-of-service releases.

Upgrade actions

Table 1 lists the actions you must perform when upgrading to a higher CICS release, regardless of your current release and the target release. The sections that describe these actions in detail are tagged with All versions.

Table 1. Common actions
Action	Mandatory or optional?
Consider migrating JAX-WS applications from the Axis2 environment to a Liberty JVM server	Optional

Consider migrating JAX-WS applications from the Axis2 environment to a Liberty JVM server

All versions

If you have JAX-WS applications that are hosted within the Axis2 environment, consider redeploying them as JAX-WS applications within a Liberty JVM server. JVM servers that are configured for Axis2 cannot be used for any other purpose, whereas Liberty JVM servers provide a more efficient use of resources because the same JVM can host several types of workload. JAX-WS is part of the Java™ EE 7 Full Platform capability that is supported by Liberty. For more information, see Java applications in a Liberty JVM server.