Migration Overview

Migration Overview

The goal of migration is for you to be able to continue to work in the DMA with projects that you have developed in RSAD. Projects that you created in RSAD can be migrated to DMA

There are two general methods to bring projects from RSAD into DMA:
  • Export and import projects as archive files: You can export projects from RSAD using Export Archive File feature (File > Export > Other > Archive File) and import them into your workspace.
  • Share projects from a source code management system: You can import projects from earlier versions that exist in a source code management (SCM) system.

Versions of projects that can be directly migrated to DMA

You can migrate projects directly from the following earlier versions of RSAD:
  • V9.7.x
  • V9.6.x

Target runtime and servers that are not supported in DMA

The following application server runtime that were available in RSAD are not supported in DMA.
  • WebSphere Portal Server V7.0.x
  • WebSphere Portal Server V8.0.x
  • WebSphere Portal Server V9.0.x
  • WebSphere Application Server V8.0.x
  • WebSphere Application Server V9.0.x
  • Bluemix
Migration of any RSAD project containing below project types are not supported in DevOps Model Architect
  • C++
  • CORBA
  • Data Modeling
  • DotNet
  • EJB
  • Java EE projects
  • Visual Basic
  • Visio
  • Web Project

Migrating when working with a source code management system

During the migration process, any files that are under management of a source code management (SCM) system that must be modified are automatically checked out. However, these files are not automatically checked in; you must check in the files manually, For details. see Migrating projects from version 9.7.x or version 9.6.x

If you are migrating a project that is in an SCM system, then do the following steps to simplify tracking which files must be checked in after migrating:
  • In RSAD version of the workspace, check out the entire project from the SCM system. By checking out the entire project manually before going through migration process, all the files in the project are already in a read/write state for the migration process.
  • Migrate the project.
  • Check in the project.

After migrating the project, if you need to restore the project to a point that is earlier than when you migrated the project, you must delete the project from your workspace and start the migration process again. If you delete the project, ensure that you select the option to delete the contents on disk.

Migrating projects from version 9.7.x or version 9.6.x
This topic describes the steps for migrating projects that you developed in version 9.7.x or version 9.6.x of RSAD so that you can continue to work with them in DMA.

Compatibility with version 9.7.x and version 9.6.x
This topic describe compatibility of projects between DMA and RSAD version 9.7.x and version 9.6.x.

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