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Step-by-step Migration Guide for IBM WebSphere Portal and Lotus Web Content Management version 6.1

Summary:  Whether you are migrating an IBM WebSphere Portal or Workplace Web Content Management 6.0 server to version 6.1, these guides are designed to aid you through the process.

Date:  02 Jul 2009 (Published 24 Sep 2008)
Level:  Intermediate

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Whether you are migrating an IBM WebSphere® Portal or Workplace Web Content Management™ 6.0 server to version 6.1, these guides are designed to aid you through the process.

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The first paper, Migration Step by Step Guide: WebSphere Portal v6.0.1.1 to WebSphere Portal v6.1, describes the steps and best practices for migrating an existing standalone WebSphere Portal 6.0 environment to a standalone WebSphere Portal V6.1 and should be followed by the majority of customers, even those in a Web Content Management environment.

  • Introduction
  • Making portlet applications available to migration tasks
  • Installation of Fixes
  • Exporting the configuration from WebSphere Portal 6.0.1.1 environment
  • Exporting the configuration from each Virtual Portal of WebSphere Portal 6.0.1.1 environment
  • Importing the configuration into WebSphere Portal 6.1 environment
  • Importing the configuration from each Virtual Portal into WebSphere Portal 6.1 environment
  • Validate the migration
  • Post migration
  • Appendix A: Common migration messages
  • Appendix B: Portal v6.1 Tuning Guide

The purpose of the second paper, Migrating a Web Content Management Environment from v6.0.1.3 to v6.1: A Primary Instance is to provide a step-by-step guide for migrating IBM Workplace Web Content Management (WCM) version 6.0 to WebSphere Portal v6.1 – Content Build for Lotus® Web Content Management (also WCM). The foundation for this document is the initial release of the V6.1 Information Center with additional information based on the outcome and experiences of our pre-release testing. With this document, we provide a more comprehensive guide and highlight some of the common pitfalls and mistakes when migrating.

  • Purpose
  • Terminology
  • Scope & Usecase
  • Assumptions
  • Migrating
  • Migration Post Steps
  • Appendix A: Migrating PDM Documents
  • Appendix B: The JCR Event Log
  • Resources

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Portal Migration guide in PDF formatWPv60to61MigrationGuide.pdf1,564 KBHTTP
WCM Migration guide in PDF formatWCMv60to61MigrationGuide.pdf376 KBHTTP

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