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

Before migrating any cluster node to WebSphere Process Server 6.0, ensure that every node in your cluster 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 cluster requires strict adherence to the following steps.
  1. Install WebSphere Application Server 6.0 on every workstation that has a WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation node in the cluster to be migrated.
  2. Use the profile creation wizard to create a profile on each WebSphere Application Server 6.0 installation. For Deployment Manager nodes, create a deployment manager profile (specify the same cell and node name of the 5.1 or 5.1.1 Deployment Manager). Otherwise create a stand-alone profile (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 6.0 node agent and then restart every node agent in the cluster.
  5. Stop the 5.1 or 5.1.1 Deployment Manager.
  6. Migrate the 5.1 or 5.1.1 Deployment Manager to WebSphere Process Server 6.0 (follow instructions provided for Migrating a cluster from 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 you migrate the managed nodes.
  8. To maximize application availability while migrating, leave half of the 5.1 or 5.1.1 managed nodes in the cluster running. For the other half of the managed nodes, perform the following migration steps for each node:
    1. Stop all servers on the node and the node agent.
    2. Migrate the node (follow the instructions provided for Migrating a stand-alone version of WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server 6.0).
  9. Stop the remaining 5.1 or 5.1.1 managed nodes. Stop all servers on the node and the node agent.
  10. Start the 6.0 managed nodes that were migrated in 6
    1. Start the node agent and all servers on the node.
    2. From the 6.0 Deployment Manager administration console, enable the node agent File Synchronization Service of the 6.0 migrated node, and then restart the node agent.
    3. Verify that the node agent, servers, and enterprise applications running on the server start successfully.
  11. Migrate the remaining 5.1 or 5.1.1 managed nodes (these nodes should be in the stopped state):
    1. Migrate the node (follow the instructions provided for Migrating a stand-alone version of WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server 6.0).
    2. Start the node agent and all servers on the node.
    3. From the 6.0 Deployment Manager administration console, enable the node agent File Synchronization Service of the 6.0 migrated node, and then restart the node agent.
    4. Verify that the node agent, servers, and enterprise applications running on the server start successfully
Once all nodes of the cluster are migrated, the migration is complete.

Parent topic: Migrating from WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation