The WebSphere / IBM MQ Self-help Migration Guide is designed to help users choose, plan, and simplify the process of migrating from an older version of MQ to a new version. If you are running z/OS, see our related blog entry WebSphere / IBM MQ for z/OS Migration Guide .   You can click on Migration Guide to run it in your web browser or download the PDF using the "Download Now" button at the bottom of this blog entry.   This guide is broken down into the following parts:   Planning your Migration This... [More]

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  Revised: January 29, 2015 Originally published on May 15, 2014 on the IBM Business Process Management Products Support blog.   This blog entry describes the factors that need to be considered to estimate the necessary effort to migrate an existing environment of Lombardi Teamworks, WebSphere Lombardi Edition, WebSphere Process Server or an older version of IBM Business Process Manager to a new version of IBM Business Process Manager. Unfortunately, there is no mathematical formula and no ‘magic’ spreadsheet that would be... [More]

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In the fall of 2011, I posted an article titled WebSphere Application Server Information Supercenter with links that may be particularly helpful when navigating the support information available for WebSphere Application Server (WAS). Since then we've had plenty of newsworthy activity, for example, the release of WAS V8.0 and V8.5 as well as some fix packs. Here is an updated list to bookmark that will help with keeping the top information at your fingertips. Version 8.0 and 8.5 Links: System Requirements for Application Client for WebSphere... [More]

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