Preserving existing user projects

Any user projects defined in your existing WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus system are stored locally with the tools. When you run the installer to upgrade to another version of tools, installer will not automatically recognize the path to the System Manager workspace in which your existing user projects reside.

To make all system manager projects (user projects and integration component libraries) available, you can do either of the following:

Migrating existing projects

To migrate existing projects, first export them as a solution to a temporary location, then import them back into your newly upgraded System Manager.

Exporting user project solutions

To export a user project and the integration components it references as a solution, perform the following steps:

Note:
Exporting a solution migrates only the integration components and shortcuts that are included in the user projects that you select for that solution. If you want to also migrate additional integration components that have not been included as shortcuts in any user project, then also follow the procedures for Exporting components to a package using System Manager in the System Implementation Guide.

  1. In the WebSphere Business Integration System Manager view, expand the User Projects folder, then right-click the InterChange Server Projects folder and choose Export Solution from the context menu. System Manager displays the Export Solution wizard.
  2. To select the components you want to export, perform one of these options:
  3. Either type the full path and name of the directory into which the solution should be exported in the text field at the bottom of the wizard screen, or click Browse to navigate to the desired directory.
  4. Click Finish. The System Manager does the following to export the solution in the directory specified in Step 3:
    1. Creates a User directory that contains the shortcuts in the user projects selected during the export of the solution.
    2. Creates a System directory that contains the directories of the integration component library referenced by the shortcuts in the user projects selected during the export of the solution.
  5. When prompted that the export operation completed successfully, click OK.

Importing user project solutions

In the newly upgraded System Manager, perform the following steps:

  1. Expand the User Projects folder, right-click InterChange Server Projects, and selectImport Solution.
  2. Either type the full path and name of the directory in which the exported solution exists into the Solution directory name field, or click Browse to navigate to the desired directory.
  3. Click Finish. The System Manager creates the integration component libraries and user projects defined in the exported solution in your environment.

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