WebSphere Extended Deployment, Version 6.0.x
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Edition compatibility considerations

The edition manager supports only compatible application upgrades for edition rollout. This means that interruption-free upgrade is only for editions that have backward compatibility. Editions with incompatible changes can be deployed, but require the concurrent activation pattern and use of routing rules to separate request traffic between users of the former edition and users of the current edition. With concurrent activation, you can host multiple editions of the same application simultaneously, with each edition supporting a distinct, non-intersecting set of users. However, concurrent activation does not provide interruption-free upgrade.

The following compatibility issues must be considered when you deploy editions:



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