IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Migrating and upgrading your IBM BPM environment > Migrating from previous versions > Migration methods
Application migration
Application migration uses a parallel target production environment that is configured differently from the source production environment. You redeploy the applications from the source environment into the target environment.
There are two types of application migration.
- Application migration with a new database
Application migration with a new database uses a parallel target production environment that is configured differently from the source production environment. You configure a new database when creating the target environment and selectively redeploy applications from the source environment to the target environment.- Application migration with the previous database
Application migration with the previous database uses a parallel target production environment that is configured differently from the source production environment. You use the existing product databases and upgrade the databases to work with the new environment.You redeploy the applications from the source environment into the target environment.