This topic provides the answers to some frequently asked questions about the application edition manager.
No. The edition manager can ensure interruption-free application upgrades only for workloads managed by the WebSphere Extended Deployment on demand router. The WebSphere Extended Deployment on demand router supports HTTP and HTTPS only.
Yes, if each interapplication request is HTTP or HTTPS through an on demand router.
Yes, if an on demand router is managing the work sent to that static cluster.
Yes. The application edition manager supports different editions simultaneously deployed on different targets. You must establish routing policies for routing traffic to different editions.
No.
No. You need to stop, then deactivate the currently active edition, activate the new edition, then start the new edition to restart the application on activation of a new edition.
Yes, if the on demand router is configured to perform edition-aware routing. See Edition compatibility considerations .
Yes, if the database changes are backward compatible.