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Upgrading from Worklight Server V5.0.6.x

Use this procedure to upgrade from Worklight Server V5.0.6.x to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0 in a stand-alone WebSphere Application Server or Apache Tomcat environment.

If you originally installed IBM Worklight on:

use the following procedure, with the IBM Installation Manager Install function.

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 (unless Liberty server was installed by Worklight Server V5.0.6) No No No No Stopped (all instances) Uninstalled

  1. Start IBM Installation Manager.

  2. Click Install. The package name for MobileFirst Server has changed between Worklight Server V5.x and MobileFirst Server v6.3.0, so the upgrade must be done with the 'Install' process.

  3. If we are doing an in-place upgrade (see In-place upgrade or rolling upgrade to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0), select the package group containing the Worklight Server installation. If we are doing a rolling upgrade, select Create a new package group.

  4. Step through the installation wizard. If we are doing an in-place upgrade, most choices are disabled (displayed in gray). But we can change the passwords for the database or for WebSphere Application Server access if they are different from the original installation.

  5. IBM Installation Manager completes the following tasks:

    • It installs on the disk the files and tools required to deploy IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation in your application server.

    • It undeploys the previous version of IBM Worklight from the Application Server.

    • It removes the application server configurations that were set by the previous installer of Worklight Server.

    • If Application Center was installed in the previous version of Worklight Server, the installer also:

      • Undeploys the previous version of the Application Center from the application server.

      • Upgrades the databases of Application Center to the format used by the current version of MobileFirst Server. To see a copy of the upgrade scripts, we can install MobileFirst Server in a new package group and review a copy of the upgrade scripts in <MobileFirstInstallDir>/ApplicationCenter/databases.

      • Deploys the new version of Application Center to the application server and connects it to the upgraded database.

      • Configure the application server for running the Application Center.


Parent topic: Running IBM Installation Manager and completing the Application Center upgrade