Migrating a cell from WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server 6.0

Before migrating any network deployment environment to WebSphere Process Server 6.0, ensure that every node in your cell has WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation 5.1 or 5.1.1 installed.
The Deployment Manager of WebSphere Process Server 6.0 is not compatible with previous versions of Server Foundation, including 5.1 and 5.1.1. Therefore, the static configuration data of the unmigrated 5.1 or 5.1.1 managed nodes cannot synchronize with the deployment manager until after the managed node has been migrated. Migrating a cell requires strict adherence to the following steps.
Note: Different steps are required to migrate a cluster. These steps are documented in Migrating a cluster from WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server 6.0.
  1. Install WebSphere Application Server 6.0 on every workstation that has a Server Foundation node in the cell to be migrated.
  2. Use the profile creation wizard to create a profile for each WebSphere Application Server 6.0 installation. For Deployment Manager nodes, create a Deployment Manager profile (specify the same cell and node name as the 5.1 or 5.1.1 Deployment Manager). Otherwise create a custom profile and select the check box indicating that you want to federate at a later time (specify the same node name as the 5.1 or 5.1.1 managed node).
  3. For each node, install WebSphere Process Server 6.0 in the same directory as WebSphere Application Server 6.0. Ensure that the profile is augmented with WebSphere Process Server files. Do not start the 6.0 server.
  4. From the 5.1 or 5.1.1 Deployment Manager administration console, disable the File Synchronization Service for each node agent, and then restart every node agent in the cell.
  5. Stop the 5.1 or 5.1.1 Deployment Manager.
  6. Migrate the 5.1 or 5.1.1 Deployment Manager to WebSphere Business Integration Server 6.0 (follow instructions provided for Migrating a stand-alone version of WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server 6.0).
  7. Start the 6.0 Deployment Manager. The 6.0 Deployment Manager must be started when migrating the managed nodes.
  8. For each managed node:
    1. Stop all servers on the node and the node agent.
    2. Migrate the node (follow instructions provided for Migrating a stand-alone version of WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server 6.0).
    3. Start the node agent and all servers on the node.
    4. From the 6.0 Deployment Manager administration console, enable the node agent File Synchronization Service of the migrated node, and restart the node agent.
Once all nodes of the cell are migrated, the migration of the cell is complete.

Parent topic: Migrating from WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation