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Conditions for using migrated resources with previous versions of the Message Brokers Toolkit

Except for user-defined extensions, you do not need to perform any tasks to migrate your development and deployment resources, such as message flow files and broker archive files. You can just start using these resources with WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker Version 6.0.

However, after you start using your resources in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0, there are restrictions to using these same resources again with Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Version 5.1:

Development resources
When you use Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0 to save development resources (such as message flow files) that were originally created in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Version 5.1, the resources are saved in Version 6.0 format.
After you have saved resources in the Version 6.0 format, you can no longer use them in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Version 5.1. This means that you cannot share development resources between Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0 and previous versions of the Message Brokers Toolkit.
Files in the Version 5.0, Version 5.1, and Version 6.0 formats can coexist in the Version 6.0 workspace. Resources remain in the Version 5.0 or Version 5.1 format until you save them using Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0.
Deployment resources
You can deploy broker archive (BAR) files created in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Version 5.1 using Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0.
You can also deploy BAR files created in Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0 using Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Version 5.1, provided that the development resources referenced in the BAR file do not make use of any new features that are available in WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker Version 6.0 only. You can also create a Version 6.0 BAR file that contains Version 5.0 or Version 5.1 compiled message flows.

Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0 can coexist with either Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Version 5.1 on the same system. However, because you cannot share development resources between Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0 and previous versions of the Message Brokers Toolkit, it is not recommended that Message Brokers Toolkit Version 6.0 shares the same workspace with either Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 or Version 5.1.

Message Brokers Toolkit Version 5.0 and Version 5.1 cannot coexist on the same system.

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Related concepts
Coexistence with previous versions and other products
Related tasks
Migrating from Version 5.0 products


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