Migrating to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6

Migrating refers to the process of moving applications and configuration information from an earlier version of a product to a later version of the product, or from one product to a different product.

About this task

Important: When you migrate, the Process Portal application is replaced in your profiles. If you previously added any customizations to the process application in Process Designer (for example, an IBM Connections server or an IBM Sametime server), and you still want to use those servers, you must complete the following tasks:
  1. Define the servers again in the new version of the Process Portal application.
  2. Create a snapshot.
  3. Activate the snapshot on Process Center.
  4. Install the snapshot on Process Server.
  • Interactive Migration Guide
    This guide takes you through the steps to migrate to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5 from an earlier version or from another product.
  • Planning a migration
    Before you migrate any production environment, make sure that you have migrated your staging or test environment and have tested your applications in the new environment.
  • Migrating business data and applications to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6
    You can migrate your business data and applications from an earlier version of IBM Business Process Manager or from WebSphere Process Server or WebSphere Lombardi Edition. This migration method requires downtime and involves a database upgrade.
  • Migrating artifacts to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6
    Artifact migration uses a parallel target production environment that is configured differently from the source production environment. You import the applications from the source production environment into development tools and migrate the applications using the migration procedures of the development tools.
  • Migrating from Teamworks 6
    To migrate from Teamworks 6, run the Upgrade Readiness Check tool to analyze existing process assets, plan your project, and then use the upgrade utilities that are provided with IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6 to complete the migration.
  • Migrating IBM BPM to the same version on new hardware
    You can migrate your IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6 environment, including applications and running instances, to the same version running on new hardware. The source and target systems can be running different operating systems. For example, you can migrate from a Windows system to a Linux system or from a Linux system to a Windows system.
  • Migration limitations
    When you migrate to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6, there are limitations as to what is migrated.
Parent topic: Installing, configuring, and migrating IBM Business Process Manager
Related reference:
IBM Support
Related information:
Installing fix packs and interim fixes interactively
What's new in IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6
Deprecated and removed features of IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6