WebSphere Commerce DeveloperWebSphere Commerce Version 8.0.4.26 or later

Upgrading from Rational Application Developer Version 9.5 to Rational Application Developer Version 9.6

If you are upgrading from Rational Application Developer Version 9.5 to Rational Application Developer Version 9.6 on your WebSphere Commerce development environment, you must manually run the migrateTo96 utility script to complete the migration.

Before you begin

Ensure that you are running WebSphere Commerce Developer 8.0.4.24 or 8.0.4.25.

Procedure

  1. Upgrade your development environment in the required order.
    1. Upgrade your development environment to Java 8.
    2. Install Rational Application Developer 9.6.
    3. Install WebSphere Commerce Developer 8.0.4.26.
  2. Run the migrateTo96 utility script.
    1. Open a command prompt, and navigate to the WCDE_installdir/bin/ directory.
    2. Run the migrateTo96 utility script by pointing it to your Rational Application Developer installation directory.
      ./migrateTo96.bat RAD_install_dir
      Where:
      RAD_install_dir
      Your Rational Application Developer installation directory.
      For example:
      ./migrateTo96.bat W:/IBM/SDP96

Results

You have successfully migrated your WebSphere Commerce Developer Rational Application Developer 9.5 installation to Rational Application Developer 9.6.