Migration to
Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1 is silent. Before you upgrade to
Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1, consider the following:
- Coexistence
- Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 and Version 5.1 cannot coexist on the same machine.
When you install Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1,
this will upgrade Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 to Version 5.1.
- Development resources
- Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1 can
use Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 development
resources. Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 development
resources that are viewed in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1 remain in Version 5.0 format
until they are modified and saved in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1.
- However, when development resources are in the Version 5.1 format,
you can no longer use them in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0. We strongly recommend that before you
upgrade to Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1,
you store and version your Version 5.0 development
resources using Eclipse compliant repositories such as CVS.
- You cannot share development resources between Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 and Version 5.1.
For example, if you have separate development and production systems, you
cannot use resources created on a development system that uses Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1 on a production system that uses Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0.
- You can migrate WebSphere
MQ Event Broker Version
2.1 development
resources, such as message flows, to Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1 using
the mqsimigratemsgflows command.
- Deployment resources
- You can share deployment resources (such as BAR files) between Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 and Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1. For example, you can create a Version 5.1 BAR
file that contains Version 5.0 compiled message
flows. Similarly, you can deploy
BAR files created in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1 using Version 5.0, and vice versa.
- You can administer the broker runtime using either Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1. Therefore, if you upgrade to Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.1, you do not have to upgrade your development
and administration machines at the same time.