Feature Pack 2

Migration overview from Version 7, or from Version 7 Feature Pack 1, to Version 7 Feature Pack 2

If you have an existing Management Center installation at the Version 7.0 or Version 7.0 Feature Pack 1 level and have customizations, use the information in this topic to help you understand the migration process, if you decide to upgrade your Management Center to the Version 7 Feature Pack 2 level.

Procedure

Review the overview steps:
  1. Identify customizations on Management Center Version 7 Feature Pack x. A comparison utility generates a comparison report that outlines the changes you made to the Management Center Version 7 Feature Pack x web module.
  2. In the WebSphere Commerce Developer Version 7 environment, install Feature Pack 2.
  3. In the WebSphere Commerce Developer Version 7 environment, enable the Management Center feature.
  4. Manually merge your customized files to Version 7 Feature pack 2.
    Note: To enhance the performance of Management Center, Feature Pack 2 removes some OpenLaszlo files (*.lzx) and delivers some definition files (*.def) instead. In Step 3 the enablement script converts some of the customized OpenLaszlo files to definition files. In this step, you must manually merge your customizations into the definition files with the help of the compare tool.
  5. Rebuild your LOBTools project and test the updated project within your development environment.
  6. Package the Management Center files for deployment.
  7. In the WebSphere Commerce production environment, install Version 7 Feature Pack 2 and enable the management-center feature.
  8. Deploy the development environment changes into the production environment:
    1. Deploy the WAR file from Step 6.
    2. Deploy your store assets.
      For more information about deploying custom code, see Deploy your customized code.