Development and deployment version levels

When you try to determine the version levels of IBM® Business Process Manager that you need in your environment, your decision depends on the version levels that were used when your applications were developed. Generally, applications deployed in a previous version of IBM Business Process Manager can run on the next available version of IBM Business Process Manager.

The following table describes compatibility between IBM Business Process Manager V8.5, including IBM Integration Designer V8.5 (previously WebSphere® Integration Developer) and IBM Process Designer V8.5, and prior releases.

Task	Supported?
Deployment from WebSphere Integration Developer version 6.2.0 or 7.0.0, IBM Integration Designer 7.5 or 8.0 to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.	Yes. Important: For WebSphere Adapters V6.2.0, you must install the interim fix titled Mandatory adapter fix for running 6.1 and 6.2 Adapters on WPS v7.0. If you do not plan to update the WebSphere Adapter to a V7.0 level, and you plan to continue to use the application with WebSphere Adapter V6.2.0, you must apply this interim fix on the source environment. Important: Websphere Adapter for SAP V6.0.2, V6.1.0, V6.1.2 and V6.2.0 are not supported on IBM Business Process Manager V8.5. You must update Websphere Adapter for SAP to V7.0 before you can deploy any applications that use Websphere Adapter for SAP on IBM Business Process Manager V8.5. For more information specific to WebSphere Adapter for SAP, see Postmigration tasks for IBM Business Process Manager.
Running IBM Business Process Manager V8.5 artifacts on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0 or 7.0, or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5.	No. Applications authored with IBM Integration Designer V8.5 cannot be published to or installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0, 7.0 or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5 (any prior release) servers. Applications authored with WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2.0, 7.0, or IBM Integration Designer 7.5 or 8.0 and then generated in IBM Integration Designer V8.5 cannot be published to or installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0, 7.0, or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5 servers. Applications generated using serviceDeploy from IBM Business Process Manager V8.5 servers cannot be installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0, 7.0, or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5 servers.

Task

Supported?

Deployment from WebSphere Integration Developer version 6.2.0 or 7.0.0, IBM Integration Designer 7.5 or 8.0 to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.

Yes.

Important: For WebSphere Adapters V6.2.0, you must install the interim fix titled Mandatory adapter fix for running 6.1 and 6.2 Adapters on WPS v7.0. If you do not plan to update the WebSphere Adapter to a V7.0 level, and you plan to continue to use the application with WebSphere Adapter V6.2.0, you must apply this interim fix on the source environment.

Important: Websphere Adapter for SAP V6.0.2, V6.1.0, V6.1.2 and V6.2.0 are not supported on IBM Business Process Manager V8.5. You must update Websphere Adapter for SAP to V7.0 before you can deploy any applications that use Websphere Adapter for SAP on IBM Business Process Manager V8.5. For more information specific to WebSphere Adapter for SAP, see Postmigration tasks for IBM Business Process Manager.

Running IBM Business Process Manager V8.5 artifacts on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0 or 7.0, or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5.

No.

Applications authored with IBM Integration Designer V8.5 cannot be published to or installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0, 7.0 or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5 (any prior release) servers.

Applications authored with WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2.0, 7.0, or IBM Integration Designer 7.5 or 8.0 and then generated in IBM Integration Designer V8.5 cannot be published to or installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0, 7.0, or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5 servers.

Applications generated using serviceDeploy from IBM Business Process Manager V8.5 servers cannot be installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.2.0, 7.0, or IBM Business Process Manager 7.5 servers.

Consider also the following compatibility tips for IBM Process Designer and IBM Process Center before you make a decision. For more information, see Performing a rolling upgrade in the related tasks.

The Process Designer and Process Center versions must match at all times. Version mismatches between the two components are not supported.
Process applications that are deployed to an earlier version of Process Center with only a fourth digit mismatch can be deployed to Process Server by using an offline deployment mechanism. An online deployment is not supported in the case of a version mismatch.
A later version of Process Center cannot deploy applications to an earlier version of Process Server.