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Keeping Commerce Applications Updated WebSphere Commerce 5.1 to 5.6 Migration Guide
3.2 Migration Planning
WebSphere Commerce integrates with several other software products to
provide award winning e-commerce solutions. Migrating WebSphere Commerce
can be a complex and challenging task given the number of products and
subsystems involved. A complete migration plan must include all the necessary
upgrades to application code and WebSphere Commerce servers, but that plan
must also consider business requirements, while ensuring that during the
migration, service cannot be negatively impacted in any significant way. That is,
business must continue during the migration.
provide award winning e-commerce solutions. Migrating WebSphere Commerce
can be a complex and challenging task given the number of products and
subsystems involved. A complete migration plan must include all the necessary
upgrades to application code and WebSphere Commerce servers, but that plan
must also consider business requirements, while ensuring that during the
migration, service cannot be negatively impacted in any significant way. That is,
business must continue during the migration.
Migrating to a new version of WebSphere Commerce will have an impact on
several aspects of your business. WebSphere Commerce is far more than just
application code; along with the application code, there are development
environments, build processes, runtime environments and other aspects that
must be considered.
several aspects of your business. WebSphere Commerce is far more than just
application code; along with the application code, there are development
environments, build processes, runtime environments and other aspects that
must be considered.
While planning it is important to consider:
The customization level for the application to be migrated
Development environment (including source code management)
Testing environment
Runtime environments
Deployment processes
Database size
Integration level with third-party applications
How well the application to be migrated complies with the recommended best
practices and standards.
practices and standards.
Education and training
3.2.1 Skill requirements
People who will be installing and configuring WebSphere Commerce V5.6,
WebSphere Commerce development environment, and those involved in the
migration process should have knowledge in the following areas:
WebSphere Commerce development environment, and those involved in the
migration process should have knowledge in the following areas:
IBM DB2 Universal Database
Understanding of relational database concepts
Ability to perform basic SQL queries
IBM HTTP Server administration skills
Understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP and SSL protocols