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Migrate product and Web server configurations
Expand Migration > Migrating product configurations in the information center navigation to obtain instructions for various navigational paths to Version 6.0.x from previous versions and other editions.
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Find out about supported migration paths, migration tools, the goals of migration and coexistence, and more.
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Learn what changes during migration, which involves migrating a single instance to another single instance on the same machine or a separate machine.
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Learn which product configurations are supported.
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Become acquainted with the tools that the product provides for automated migration.
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Migrate the configurations used by the application server to communicate with supported Web servers.
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Migrate your applications
Expand Migration > Migrating WebSphere applications in the information center table of contents for information about migrating specific application components, their deployment descriptors, and their administrative configurations (such as EJB container settings).
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Review a summary of deprecated features in Version 6.0.x. As they become available, links to additional information are provided to help you migrate away from deprecated features.
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Learn which product configurations are supported. Specification levels are included.
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Use this section as a starting point to investigate the technologies used in and by applications that you deploy on the application server.
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Coexist
Expand Migration > Coexisting in the information center navigation to obtain instructions for various coexistence scenarios. Coexistence, as it applies to WebSphere Application Server products, is the ability of multiple installations of WebSphere Application Server to run on the same machine at the same time. Multiple installations include multiple versions and multiple instances of one version. Coexistence also implies various combinations of Web server interaction.
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All combinations of V4.x products, V5.x products, and V6.0 products can coexist so long as there are no port conflicts. There are some coexistence limitations for V5 products that have the embedded messaging feature installed, as described in the documentation.
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Version 6 autonomically detects free ports among profiles installed from the same core product files. The port mechanism does not detect ports in use by previous versions or by other products. You must verify that you are using ports that do not conflict with other products and programs running on your node.
Select free ports on ports selection panel of the Profile creation wizard.
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Interoperate
Interoperability is exchanging data between two coexisting product installations.
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WebSphere Application Server, Version 6.0.x is generally interoperable with some previous versions. However, there are specific requirements to address for each version. Certain changes are required to support interoperability between versions.
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Troubleshoot migration
Troubleshoot problems that occur during migration.
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Find details about logs and messages pertaining to the automated migration tools, plus other tips for solving problems that occur during migration.
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Related concepts
Contents of this section: Migrating, coexisting, and interoperating
Overview and new features for migrating, coexisting, and interoperating
Product overview and quick start