IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Migrating and upgrading your IBM BPM environment

Migrating from previous versions

You can migrate from a previous version of IBM BPM or WebSphere Process Server, or use the migration facilities provided by WebSphere Lombardi Edition.


Supported migration sources

The following product and version combinations are supported as sources for migration to IBM BPM V8.0.1.


For migrating from V8.0 to V8.0.1, see Upgrading from IBM BPM V8.0 to IBM BPM V8.0.1.


High-level steps

The general sequence of events for migrating from an earlier version of the product to V8.0.1 is similar to the following sequence:

  1. Check that you have the required hardware and software. Depending on your IBM BPM configuration, visit:

  2. Select a migration method. See Migration methods.
  3. Test the migration procedure. Before performing the migration:

    • Test your applications in a new environment.
    • Test your migration procedure in a staging environment.
    • Practice your rollback plan on a test system.

  4. Migrate. Use the migration procedures associated with the migration method you choose to migrate your environment.
  5. Verify the migration. After performing the migration, use one of the following methods to verify success, depending on which migration method you used:

    • If you used the artifact migration method, using IBM Integration Designer to import and update applications and workspaces developed using earlier versions, verify that your applications work as expected.

    • If you used the application migration method, redeploying your applications from a production environment that is the source of the migration to a parallel target production environment, verify that your applications work as expected.

    • If you used the runtime migration method, see Verifying migration.

  6. Roll back if necessary. If the migration was not successful, you might need to roll back your environment and perform the migration again. Use one of the following rollback methods, depending on which migration method you used:

    • If you used the artifact migration method, you might need to uninstall and then re-import and re-migrate the applications and source artifacts using Integration Designer.

    • If you used the application migration method, you might need to uninstall and then reinstall the applications.

    • If you used the runtime migration method, see Rolling back your environment.

Migrating and upgrading your IBM BPM environment