Migrate WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 7 to WebSphere Commerce version 9.0.0.3+

The following section outlines the high-level steps that complete to migrate to WebSphere Commerce version 9.0.0.3+. Start by migrating the development environment, which includes the development database, custom assets, storefront, and search application. With a successfully migrated development environment, you then deploy your migrated assets to the WebSphere Commerce version 9.0.0.3+ runtime environments.


Before beginning

  1. Review Planning to migrate WebSphere Commerce.

  2. Upgrade the WebSphere Commerce Version 7 environments to Feature Pack 7.

  3. Update the development and runtime databases to one of the following versions.

  4. Update your Feature Pack 7 development and runtime environments to the to latest NIST SP 7.0-131A security standards.

  5. From your Feature Pack 7 environment, ensure that all tasks are approved and all workspaces are closed.

  6. From your Feature Pack 7 environment, use the following utilities to ensure that the staging database and production database are synchronized:

    1. stagingprop utility

    2. Propagating the search index

    Note: Once the staging and production databases are in sync, a content-freeze must be in effect until the live production database is migrated.

  7. Install the WebSphere Commerce Version 9 development environment, including the latest maintenance package.

  8. Plan and deploy the WebSphere Commerce Version 9 production environment, including the staging environment and the latest maintenance package.


About this task

The following steps outline the entire migration process. It is likely that your migration is completed in planned chunks, starting with migrating the development environments. If we are interested in only migrating the development environment now, complete steps 1 - 11. The remaining steps cover how to package and deploy your migrated assets for ythe production environment, and how to migrate our production database and switch your live traffic to your version 9.0 production environment.


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