Upgrade: Verify environments of deployed apps
Before you upgrade to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0, verify that all of the environments that are targeted in the MobileFirst applications are still supported.
About this task
After the migration is completed, the MobileFirst applications contain only the environments supported by the current version of MobileFirst Server.
In IBM Worklight Foundation v6.2.0, no mobile operating system is dropped or deprecated. Since IBM Worklight v6.1.0, some of the MobileFirst environments such as iGoogle, Facebook, Apple OS X Dashboard, Vista that were supported in IBM Worklight V5.0.6 are no longer supported. If a target mobile device has an application that is installed on it which requires an environment that is no longer supported by a version of MobileFirst Server anterior to v6.3.0, the application on this device stops working after an upgrade of MobileFirst Server to v6.3.0.
If you upgrade Worklight Server from v6.0.0.x or earlier to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0, pay particular attention to the following procedure.
Is this step required for the upgrade path? System status after this step, if both Application Center and MobileFirst Server are on the same application server Worklight Server V5.0.6.x to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0 Worklight Server v6.0.x to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0 Worklight Server v6.1.x to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0.x Worklight Server v6.2.x to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0 v6.3.0 to v6.3.0.x (fix pack or interim fix) Application Center Status MobileFirst Server Status Yes Yes No No No Run Run
If the current version of MobileFirst Server includes existing applications that target environments that are no longer supported by MobileFirst Server v6.3.0:
- For old, no-longer-supported environments, the application developers must update the MobileFirst application to run with an environment supported by MobileFirst Server v6.3.0 before we can run it.
- For new environments for which support is added after the release of MobileFirst Server v6.3.0, check for the availability of a fix pack release that provides support for this environment.
The following table can help to determine the IBM Worklight versions in which support for older environments was discontinued, and to suggest possible replacement environments for those environments.
Environment Support removed in Suggested replacement path IBM Worklight v6.0.0 Desktop web app iGoogle IBM Worklight v6.0.0 Review environments supported by IBM Worklight v6.1.0 Apple OS X Dashboard IBM Worklight v6.0.0 Review environments supported by IBM Worklight v6.1.0 Windows 7 and Vista IBM Worklight v6.0.0 Review environments supported by IBM Worklight v6.1.0 Windows Phone 7.5 IBM Worklight v6.1.0 Review environments supported by IBM Worklight v6.1.0
Parent topic: Preparation for upgrades to MobileFirst Server