Upgrading SOAP web services

If you use SOAP web services, you have some changes to make when you upgrade your version of CICS®. This information applies to all currently supported CICS TS releases, regardless of your current release and the target release.

If you are upgrading from an end-of-service release, you might need to take additional actions that are relevant to your current, end-of-service release, along with the actions summarized in the upgrade instructions provided below. For details, see Upgrading from end-of-service releases.

Upgrade actions

Your current version	Action	Mandatory or optional?
All versions	Consider migrating JAX-WS applications from the Axis2 environment to a Liberty JVM server	Optional

All versions Consider migrating JAX-WS applications from the Axis2 environment to a Liberty JVM server

If you have JAX-WS applications that are hosted within the Axis2 environment, consider redeploying them as JAX-WS applications within a Liberty JVM server. JVM servers that are configured for Axis2 cannot be used for any other purpose, whereas Liberty JVM servers provide a more efficient use of resources because the same JVM can host several types of workload. JAX-WS is part of the Java™ EE 7 Full Platform capability that is supported by Liberty. For more information, see Java applications in a Liberty JVM server .