Migrating to Rational Application Developer v6.0

Content

	Rational Application Developer
	Product Lifecycle
	WebSphere Test Environment and WebSphere Application Server Integration
	Java EE Specification Migration
	APARs and Fixes
	Change History

Rational Application Developer

Migration Support

The Rational Application Developer v6.0 automatic workspace and project migration supports migrating content created from WebSphere Studio Application Developer v5.1.x. Refer to the Migration Support information found on the Overview page for more information on the migration support available or alternatives if the recommended migration support path is not possible.

See the Compatibility with WebSphere Studio v5.1.x article for more information on the compatibility of workspaces and projects between v5.1 and v6.0.

After the migration is complete it is recommended to disable compatibility with earlier product versions to ensure that additional migration activities do not occur while using Rational Application Developer v6.0. As mentioned in this article, this step should only be followed if there you do not intent to have these projects used in a WebSphere Studio Application Developer v5.1.x environment.

Migration Information

Migrating workspaces and projects from WebSphere Studio v5.1, 5.1.1, or 5.1.2
Information on migrating workspace and project contents from WebSphere Studio Application Developer v5.1.x to Rational Application Developer v6.0.

Rational Application Developer v6.0.1 Information Center
The Rational Application Developer v6.0.1 product documentation

Product Lifecycle

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Product support lifecycle
Product lifecycle information for Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v6.0.

WebSphere Test Environment and WebSphere Application Server Integration

Rational Application Developer v6.0 provides support for the following WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal runtime environments:

• WebSphere Application Server v5.0
• WebSphere Application Server v5.1
• WebSphere Application Server v6.0
• WebSphere Portal Server v5.0
• WebSphere Portal Server v5.1

Migration information for any server related information can be found in the WebSphere Test Environment and WebSphere Application Server Integration section of the Overview tab.

Java EE Specification Migration

Java EE Migration is as separate task from the project and workspace migration functionality. For more information on Java EE migration see the following:

Java EE Migration Wizard
The Java EE Migration Wizard supports migrating from either the 1.2 or 1.3 J2EE specification level to either the 1.3 or 1.4 J2EE specification level for any of the Java EE module types. For more information on specific module types, see the following:

• Web Project Migration (Servlet level 2.2 to Servlet level 2.4)
  Additional information about converting Web projects containing 2.2 level Servlets to 2.4 when using the Java EE Migration Wizard.
• Web Project Migration (Servlet level 2.3 to Servlet level 2.4)
  Additional information about converting Web projects containing 2.3 level Servlets to 2.4 when using the Java EE Migration Wizard.
• J2C Project Migration
  Additional information about J2C project migration when using the Java EE Migration Wizard.
• Web Service Migration
  Additional information about Web Service migration when using the Java EE Migration Wizard.
• EJB 1.x to 2.x Project Migration
  Additional information about migrating an EJB 1.1 project to 2.x when using the Java EE Migration Wizard.
• EJB 2.0 to 2.1 Project Migration
  Additional information about migrating an EJB 2.0 project to 2.1 when using the Java EE Migration Wizard.

APARs and Fixes

Recommended fixes for Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v6.0
A comprehensive list of recommended, generally available (GA) fixes for Rational Application Developer v6.0.

Change history

Date	Description
28 Jul 2009	Original draft published.