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Migrating from WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express
Use the IBM Integration Designer wizard or the IBM BPM reposMigrate command to migrate from WebSphere InterChange Server version 4.3 or later or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express version 4.4 or later to IBM BPM.
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| WebSphere InterChange Server version 4.3 or later or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express version 4.4 or later |
Use the Migration wizard from IBM Integration Designer to migrate WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express artifacts into IBM BPM deployable artifacts and place them into projects in the active IBM Integration Designer workspace. Alternatively, you can use the reposMigrate command to migrate WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express artifacts into IBM BPM deployable artifacts, and optionally deploy them directly to IBM BPM. |
| WebSphere InterChange Server versions earlier than 4.3 or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express versions earlier than 4.4 | First migrate to WebSphere InterChange Server version 4.3 or later or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express version 4.4 or later, and then migrate to IBM BPM. |
- Premigration considerations
Consider these guidelines for the development of integration artifacts for WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express to ease the migration of WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express artifacts to IBM BPM. - Migrating WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express artifacts with the reposMigrate command
Migrate WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express artifacts to IBM BPM artifacts with the reposMigrate command. - Postmigration considerations
When applications have been migrated from WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express to IBM BPM, special attention is required in some areas to enable migrated applications to function in IBM BPM consistently with their intended function because of differences between the architectures of IBM BPM and WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express. - Support for WebSphere Business Integration data handlers
The data handler support API enables certain data handler methods to be invoked from the AccessEJB, a IBM BPM SCA Java™ component, or IBM BPM bindings. - Supported WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express APIs
In addition to the WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express source artifact migration tools provided in IBM BPM and IBM Integration Designer, IBM BPM also provides support for many of the APIs that were provided in WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express. The migration tools work in conjunction with these WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express APIs by preserving your custom snippet code as much as possible when migrating. - Limitations when migrating from WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express
Some characteristics of WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express are not precisely duplicated by IBM BPM. Therefore you might have to modify your applications after migration to get them to perform as they did in WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express. - Troubleshooting migration from WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express
Find solutions to problems you encounter with migration as well as instructions for turning on logging and tracing.
: Migrating from other products
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