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In-place broker migration
WebSphere® Message Broker Version 8.0 supports in-place broker migration to upgrade your broker components immediately.
WebSphere Message Broker Version 8.0 requires a specific minimum supported version of WebSphere MQ. You must first install a supported version of WebSphere MQ and migrate your WebSphere MQ resources to this version. You can then install WebSphere Message Broker Version 8.0. For the latest details of all supported levels of hardware and software, visit the WebSphere Message Broker Requirements website.
There are two different ways to migrate your broker components. By using in-place broker migration, you can migrate your existing broker components immediately to Version 8.0. You do not need to change your client configurations because the existing broker is migrated in-place to Version 8.0 on the same computer. However, you must stop your broker while migration takes place.
Alternatively, if you prefer not to stop the broker (to avoid problems for your business applications), or if you want to reproduce the broker function on another computer, you can use parallel broker migration to associate the application logic on your existing broker with a separate Version 8.0 broker. For more information, see Parallel broker migration.
Migrating your Broker components
- Performing in-place broker migration for a Version 7.0 broker on distributed operating systems
- Performing in-place broker migration for a Version 7.0 broker on z/OS
- Migrating a multi-instance broker from WebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0
- Migrating a WebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0 broker that is configured on Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS)