Upgrading IBM MPF v6.3.0

This section contains the procedures for upgrading from IBM Worklight V5.0.6 or later to v6.3.0 and migrating the applications you created in earlier versions of the product to work with MPF v6.3.0.

Upgrading from one version of the product to another involves upgrading the software, upgrading the database, if needed, and sometimes upgrading the apps. Most of this upgrade is automatically done for you when we use the installer. However, the upgrade might also involve some manual operations, such as setting various properties, using special command facilities, and running supplied Ant tasks. The complete upgrade procedures are detailed in the following topics.

Those topics cover how to upgrade to v6.3.0 of MobileFirst Studio and MobileFirst Server, and how to migrate the applications for v6.3.0.

• Separation of lifecycle between MobileFirst Server and MobileFirst Studio
  There is a separation of the MobileFirst Studio and the MobileFirst Server upgrade lifecycles, which provides benefits to both developers and IT staff.

• Upgrading to MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0
  How to upgrade the current version of MobileFirst Studio to the latest version.

• Migrate projects to v6.3.0 using MobileFirst Platform Command Line Interface
  If we are using IBM MobileFirst Platform Command Line Interface to develop an IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation project that is from any release before v6.3.0, the project is automatically migrated to v6.3.0.

• Migrate IBM SmartCloud Analytics Embedded to IBM MobileFirst Platform Operational Analytics
  If we used IBM SmartCloud Analytics Embedded in previous versions of MPF, we must now migrate to IBM MobileFirst Platform Operational Analytics.

• Upgrading to MobileFirst Server v6.3.0 in a production environment
  Upgrading MobileFirst Server in a production environment is a more exacting process than in the development environment because we must back up the data and prepare for the upgrade carefully to minimize production downtime. This section provides a series of steps to upgrade the production server or servers efficiently and in the shortest time possible.

• Rolling upgrade procedure to apply a fix pack IBM MPF v6.3.0
  We can perform a rolling upgrade to apply a fix pack or an interim fix to an installation of MobileFirst Server v6.3.0 without downtime of the MobileFirst runtime environment. Performing this rolling upgrade ensures that there is no interruption of service for the mobile applications that query the MobileFirst Server .