Migrate from a previous version of WebSphere Commerce

Prior to starting a WebSphere Commerce migration, review this information for an overview of the migration process.

This 10-minute presentation provides an overview of the migration process from WebSphere Commerce V5. x to WebSphere Commerce, version 6.0. It will help you plan your migration by informing you about the recommended migration approaches, as well as the tools and resources available from IBM. This presentation will help you get started on your migration project. Print speaker notes Download For a migration tutorial, refer to Migrating WebSphere Commerce with a wizard. Information about migrating WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Commerce Developer is provided in both the WebSphere Commerce Migration Guide and the WebSphere Commerce Information Center. Migration guide The migration guide leads you through the end-to-end migration process using the WebSphere Commerce Migration wizard. This wizard simplifies the migration process and reduces the probability of errors. The migration guide describes the following topics: Premigration actions and considerations Steps to back up assets from your previous system Steps to migrate your WebSphere Commerce development environment using the Migration wizard Tools to migrate your WebSphere Commerce application and database using the Migration wizard Refer to the Where to find more information page to download the WebSphere Commerce migration guides. Migration master technote The WebSphere Commerce v6 migration technote contains information on known migration issues. Review the migration master technote prior to starting your migration. Information center The WebSphere Commerce Information Center describes how to migrate optional components of WebSphere Commerce: LikeMinds Personalization Server WebSphere Commerce Payments The WebSphere Commerce Information Center also describes how to perform an advanced migration using the WCIM utility and command line database scripts. These scripts are not the recommended way to perform WebSphere Commerce migration. Advanced migration: Migrate WebSphere Commerce Developer Migrate WebSphere Commerce Server Migrate WebSphere Commerce in a clustered environment Changes in this release For information about new and changed functionality in this release, refer to the following topics: What's new in this release For information describing the database schema changes from previous releases, refer to the following topics: Database schema changes from version 5.5 to version 6.0 Database schema changes from version 5.6 to version 6.0 Database schema changes from version 5.6.1 to version 6.0 For information about changes to public APIs from previous releases, refer to the following topics: Summary of API changes from version 5.5. to version 6.0 Summary of API changes from version 5.6. to version 6.0 Summary of API changes from version 5.6.1 to version 6.0

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