Migrate the WebSphere Commerce Version 8 configuration files

Migrate the WebSphere Commerce configuration files by manually merging them with or copying them to the WebSphere Commerce Version 9 development environment.

Procedure

1. If you customized any of the following files in WebSphere Commerce Version 8, merge the customized file to the WebSphere Commerce Version 9 development environment.

   • workspace_dir/Stores/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component/*

     Note: This path refers to the whole directory.

   • workspace_dir/WC/META-INF/ibmconfig/cells/defaultCell/applications/defaultApp/deployments/defaultApp/resources.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/BusinessAuditDataCapture.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/payments/ppc/plugins/CustomizationPlugin/PluginDeployment.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/payments/ppc/plugins/LOCPlugin/PluginDeployment.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/payments/ppc/plugins/PaymentechPlugin/PluginDeployment.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/payments/ppc/plugins/SimpleOffline/PluginDeployment.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/payments/ppc/plugins/SimplePunchoutPlugin/PluginDeployment.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/wc-server.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/ldap/ldapentry.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/member/MemberRegistrationAttributes.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/PromotionEngineConfiguration/*PromotionEngineConfig.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component

   • workspace_dir/WC/META-INF/ibmconfig/cells/defaultCell/applications/defaultApp/deployments/defaultApp/resources.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/BusinessAuditDataCapture.xml

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/businessContext.xml

2. Copy the files under the following directory for all of your different component in the WebSphere Commerce Version 8 development environment to the WebSphere Commerce Version 9 development environment.

   • workspace_dir/WC/xml/config/com.ibm.commerce.component_name-ext/*

   Where:

   component_name-ext

   The name of the component that you customized, for example, catalog or member.

3. Update your wc-server.xml file to contain the correct paths and host name for the WebSphere Commerce Version 9 development environment.

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