There are some changes you should be aware of when migrating
your administrative scripts from WebSphere® Application Server Version 6.1 or
above to Version 8.5.
Before you begin
Supported configurations: This
article is about configuration migration, such as migrating deployment
managers and federated nodes in a network deployment environment.
The Application Migration Toolkit for WebSphere Application Server
provides support for migrating applications from previous versions
of WebSphere Application Server to the latest product version. For
information about migrating applications, read more about the Application
Migration Toolkit.
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Procedure
- Be aware of removed features that might have an impact
on administration scripts.
These might include the
following:
- Support for the Secure Authentication Service (SAS) IIOP security
protocol
- Support for the Common Connector Framework (CCF)
- Support for the IBM® Cloudscape Version 5.1.x database
- Support for the following Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) drivers:
- WebSphere Connect JDBC driver
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC
- WebSphere SequeLink JDBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server
For information about using the WebSphereConnectJDBCDriverConversion
command to convert data sources from the WebSphere Connect JDBC driver
to the DataDirect Connect JDBC driver or the Microsoft SQL Server
2005 JDBC driver, see Migrating from the WebSphere Connect JDBC
driver.
Use of JSSE instead of System SSL for all servers
except the Daemon
DB2® for zOS Local JDBC Provider
(RRS). For more information, see Premigration considerations.
For more information, see Deprecated, stabilized,
superseded, and removed features.
- Be aware of the change required when creating Service Integration
Bus (SIB) objects.
For more information about the createSIBus command, see createSIBus command.