To migrate a broker domain to WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.1 or WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension Version 6.1, plan your migration strategy, perform pre-migration tasks, migrate your domain components, then complete post-migration tasks.
You can migrate to WebSphere® Message Broker Version 6.1 or WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension Version 6.1 from the following products:
The instructions apply to all operating systems supported by the Version 5.0 and Version 6.0 products.
The tasks in this section refer to installing Version 6.1; see the Installation Guide for details of how to complete this task.
Version 5.1 Message Broker Toolkit: if you are using the Version 5.1 Message Broker Toolkit, follow the instructions in this section, replacing all references to "Version 5.0 Message Broker Toolkit" with "Version 5.1 Message Broker Toolkit".
If you have WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension Version 5.0 or WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension Version 6.0, you are not required to complete any additional steps to migrate the extension.
If you are already using WebSphere MQ Publish/Subscribe, migrate your applications to use the publish/subscribe functions provided by WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.1 following the instructions in this section.
This section contains the following topics: