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Preparing for product-configuration migration

You must prepare your system for migrating to WebSphere® Application Server Version 8.5.

Before you begin

Supported configurations 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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Read Overview of migration, coexistence, and interoperability and Premigration considerations.

For help, read Troubleshooting migration.

Procedure

  1. Install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.
  2. Familiarize yourself with the tools and features of WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.
  3. Verify that you have the minimum prerequisites required for migration.

    For more information, read Checking for the product-configuration migration prerequisites.

  4. Evaluate the items deprecated in WebSphere Application Server Version 8.

    For more information, read the "Deprecated and removed features" article in the information center.

  5. Evaluate the changes to API specification levels to determine which applications you need to migrate.

    To plan your application migration requirements, use Migrating API and specifications.

  6. Evaluate the changes to configuration settings.

    For more information, read Configuration mapping during product-configuration migration.

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