Your decision about what version levels of WebSphere® ESB you
need in your environment will depend on the version levels with which
your applications were developed. Generally applications deployed
in a previous version of WebSphere ESB will
run on the next available version of WebSphere ESB.
WebSphere ESB version
6.2 and WebSphere Integration
Developer version 6.2 are compatible with prior releases as follows:
- Deployment from WebSphere Integration
Developer version 6.0.2.x or 6.1 to WebSphere ESB 6.2
is supported.
- Applications authored and generated using WebSphere Integration Developer 6.0.2.x
or 6.1 can be published to WebSphere ESB 6.2
servers.
- Applications authored in, generated in, and exported from WebSphere Integration Developer
6.0.2.x or 6.1 can be installed on WebSphere ESB 6.2
servers.
- Running WebSphere ESB 6.2
artifacts on WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1 is not supported.
- Applications authored with WebSphere Integration
Developer 6.2 cannot be published to or installed on WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1 (any prior release) servers. Such content will not run correctly
on WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1, and changes in code generation will cause the applications
to not run correctly on WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1.
- Applications authored with WebSphere Integration
Developer 6.0.2.x or 6.1 and generated in WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2 cannot
be published to or installed on WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1 servers. Changes in code generation will cause the applications
to not run correctly on WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1
- Applications generated using serviceDeploy from
a WebSphere ESB 6.2
server cannot be installed on a WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1 server. Changes in code generation will cause the applications
to not run correctly on WebSphere ESB 6.0.2.x
or 6.1