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WebSphere Commerce 5.1 to 5.6 Migration Guide
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Notices
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Trademarks
Preface
The team that wrote this redbook
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1.1 Overview
1.2 Structure of the book
Part 1, Introduction to WebSphere Commerce V5.6
Part 2, Development environment
Part 3, Production environment
Part 4, Appendixes
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Overview
2.1 Product overview
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Figure 2-1 WebSphere Commerce Server runtime components
2.2 WebSphere Commerce software components
WebSphere Application Server
HTTP
WebSphere Commerce Payments Server
Configuration Tools
2.2.1 Web server
2.2.2 WebSphere Application Server
2.2.3 Database Server
2.2.4 WebSphere Commerce Server
2.2.5 WebSphere Commerce Payments Server
2.2.6 Enablement software
WebSphere Commerce enablement software
WebSphere enablement software
2.3 WebSphere Commerce Server subsystems
2.3.1 Member subsystem
User registration methods
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Member security services
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Single sign-on
2.3.2 Catalog subsystem
2.3.3 Trading subsystem
2.3.4 Order subsystem
2.3.5 Merchandising subsystem
2.3.6 Marketing subsystem
2.3.7 Inventory subsystem
2.4 WebSphere Commerce Tools
WebSphere Commerce Accelerator
Configuration Manager
Organization Administration Console
Administration Console
2.5 WebSphere Commerce Business models
2.5.1 Direct Sales
Consumer direct
B2B direct
2.5.2 Value Chain
Demand chain
Buyers, resellers, and manufacturers
Resellers, manufacturers, and distributors
Supply chain
2.5.3 Hosting Ex-Sites
Hosting
Ex-Site
2.6 Whats new in WebSphere Commerce V5.6
2.6.1 WebSphere Commerce Development Environment
2.6.2 WebSphere Commerce Payments
2.6.3 Configuration Manager
2.6.4 Loader Package
2.6.5 Password Manager
2.6.6 Adaptor for CrossWorld
2.6.7 Catalog and product management
Catalog import
Catalog filtering
Master and Navigational catalog
SKU generation
Accounts (Business Edition)
The Product Management tooling
2.6.8 Business Models
2.6.9 Access Control
2.6.10 Collaboration
2.6.11 Campaigns and Promotions
2.6.12 Order and inventory Management
2.6.13 Analytics
2.6.14 Security
2.6.15 Caching
Dynacache
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2.6.16 Product Advisor
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Planning
3.1 Migration Strategy considerations
3.1.1 Add or replace functionality
3.1.2 Take advantage of DynaCache
3.1.3 Optimization
3.1.4 External product and user management
3.1.5 How does custom code impact the process?
3.1.6 Prepare a detailed Plan
3.2 Migration Planning
3.2.1 Skill requirements
3.2.2 Hardware and software prerequisites
Production Environment
Hardware prerequisites
Software prerequisites
Development Environment
Hardware prerequisites
Software prerequisites
3.3 Product versions mapping
3.4 Migration approach for development environment
3.5 Migration approaches for runtime environment
3.5.1 Switch-Over migration scenario
FIREWALL
3.5.2 Co-existence migration scenario
3.5.3 In-place migration scenario
3.6 Approach used for this migration
3.6.1 Detailed overview of development migration steps
3.6.2 Detailed overview of production environment migration
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during the migration
4.1 Commerce application
4.1.1 Application environment
Hardware Configuration
Application Server Tier
Database Server Tier
4.2 Commerce customization
4.2.1 Shopping flow
Account Creation
Dynamic Shiprates/Expected Delivery Dates
Payment Processing
Offline Orders
Billing/Shipping Selection
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4.2.2 Commands
Table4-1 provides a summar y of the custom commands used with the application.
4.2.3 Database tables
4.3 Catalog
4.4 Database
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Commerce Development Environment
5.1 Development environment overview
5.2 Pre-installation requirements
5.2.1 VisualAge for Java V4.0 prerequisites
5.3 Installing WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5.3.1 Pre-installation steps
5.3.2 Installing WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.1.1
5.3.3 Apply fixes to the test environment
Prepare for fixpack installation
Install WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2 cumulative fix 3
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Install interim fixes
5.4 Installing WebSphere Commerce V5.6 Toolkit
5.4.1 Installing WebSphere Commerce V5.6 Toolkit
Installation verification
5.5 Installing DB2 Universal Database V8.1
5.5.1 Backup development databases
5.5.2 Installation requirements
5.5.3 Preparing a Windows user for DB2
5.5.4 Installing DB2 Universal Database V8.1
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5.5.5 Installing DB2 Universal Database fixpack 5
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5.5.6 Migrate databases to DB2 Universal Database V8.1 level
5.6 Configuring the development environment for DB2
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5.7 Installing VisualAge for Java V4.0
5.7.1 Installing VisualAge for Java V4.0
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5.7.2 Configuring VisualAge for Java V4.0
Install features and fixes for VisualAge for Java V4.0
Install the DeployTool fix
Add features to workspace
Install the Readonly fix
Install IBM WebSphere Test Environment fix
Install IBM EJB Tool fix
Prepare the VisualAge for Java V4.0 workspace
Import WebSphere Commerce Studio V5.1 repository
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6.1 Preparation overview
6.2 Instance preparation
6.2.1 Updating the product information file
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6. Save and close the file. 7. Copy the file product.dtd from the following directory :
To the following directory:
For example, we copied the file product.dtd from the directory:
6.2.2 Prepare resources
6.2.3 Merge EJB groups
6.2.4 Export code from VisualAge for Java V3.5.3
Overview
repository
Exporting the Java code
6.3 Database preparation
6.3.1 Update database configuration values
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6.3.2 Unsent messages
6.3.3 Order status
6.3.4 Catalog
Master catalog
Product-item relationship
6.3.5 Members
Organizational structure
Profile types
Administrators
Role changes
6.3.6 Custom message types
6.3.7 Dropping foreign key references
6.3.8 Erroneous data in encrypted fields
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environment
7.1 Current development environment
7.2 Development environment migrated
7.3 Migrating the development instance
7.3.1 Overview
7.3.2 Running the tool
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7.4 Migrating the development database
7.4.1 Migrating unencrypted data
7.4.2 Migrating encrypted data
7.4.3 Summary
7.5 Migrating custom EJBs
7.5.1 Overview
7.5.2 Export the EJB project from VisualAge for Java V3.5.3
7.5.3 Import the EJB projects into VisualAge for Java V4.0
7.5.4 Regenerate the deployed code for the EJBs
7.5.5 Export EJBs as EJB 1.1 JAR files
7.5.6 Import the EJBs into WebSphere Studio Application Developer
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8.1 Setting up aliases
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8.2 Migrating custom code
8.2.1 Access control
8.2.2 Command parameter validation
8.2.3 User registration
8.2.4 Logon command
8.2.5 Calculation usage framework
Background
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Migration
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Interface changes
WebSphere Commerce V5.6 command interfaces
WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1 command interfaces
Accessing the order items
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8.2.6 Configuration and code changes for migrated EJBs
Access bean string converters
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Change the access isolation level
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Add the WCSecurity role
Change the container transaction type
Remove serialVersionUID constants
Ensure that ejbCreate returns primary key object
Remove java.rmi.RemoteException from remote methods
Match ejbPostCreate and ejbCreate methods
Remove FinderHelper interface
Regenerating the deploy code
8.2.7 J2EE Connector Architecture
8.2.8 Pricing
New task commands
New data bean methods
8.2.9 Product Advisor
Package name change
8.2.10 Rule server administration commands
8.2.11 JSP and property file changes
Changes to myAccount.jsp
Changes to Register.jsp
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Changes to property files
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9.1 Single-node runtime overview
9.1.1 Hardware
9.1.2 Software
9.2 Installation
9.2.1 Install WebSphere Commerce V5.6
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9.2.2 Configuring IBM HTTP Server
Enabling for SSL
Enabling Cache accelerator
9.3 Verifying the installation
9.3.1 Verify installation log files
WebSphere Commerce installation logs
DB2 Universal Database installation logs
WebSphere Application Server installation logs
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IBM HTTP Server installation logs
9.3.2 Create test instance
Create a WebSphere Commerce instance
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Create a WebSphere Commerce Payments instance
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9.3.3 Removing test instances
Removing WebSphere Commerce instance
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Removing WebSphere Commerce Payments instance
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10.1 Preparation overview
10.2 Instance preparation
10.2.1 Updating the product information file
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In our example the product.xml file looked like this:
10.2.2 Prepare resources
10.2.3 Disable security on WebSphere Application Server
10.3 Database preparation
10.3.1 Unsent messages
10.3.2 Copying the database from Commerce V5.1 to Commerce V5.6
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10.3.3 Updating database configuration values
10.3.4 Orders status
10.3.5 Catalog
Master catalog
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Product-item relationship
10.3.6 Members
Organizational structure
Profile types
Administrators
Role changes
10.3.7 Custom message types
10.3.8 Dropping foreign key references
10.3.9 Erroneous data in encrypted fields
Commerce components
11.1 Migration overview
11.2 Migrating commerce instance configuration
11.2.1 Migrating the instance
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11.3 Migrating commerce database
11.3.1 Migrating the database
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11.3.2 Choosing the master catalog
11.3.3 Migrating the encrypted data
Merchant key and encrypted data
Users
Credit cards
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11.4 Migrating Payment Manager
11.4.1 Install Fixpack for WebSphere Payment Manager
11.4.2 Install WebSphere Commerce Payments remote node
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11.4.3 Package and transfer the WCIM tool
11.4.4 Backup the WebSphere Payment Manager instance
11.4.5 Backup the WebSphere Payment Manager database
11.4.6 Transfer assets to WebSphere Commerce Payments node
11.4.7 Restore WebSphere Payment Manager database
11.4.8 Migrate the WebSphere Payment Manager instance
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11.4.9 Migrate the WebSphere Payment Manager database
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12.1 Post migration steps for IBM HTTP Server
12.1.1 Migrating static content
12.1.2 Updating configuration
12.2 Deploying
12.2.1 Deploying EJBs
Configure and export the JAR file
Applying the JAR file to the production environment
12.2.2 Deploying commands and databeans
Export the JAR file
Applying the JAR file to the production environment
12.2.3 Deploying store assets
Exporting store assets
Applying the store assets to the production environment
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Commerce components
WebSphere Commerce instance management
Checking instance status
Starting the instance
Stopping the instance
WebSphere Commerce Payments instance management
Checking instance status
Starting the instance
Stopping the instance
Start the Configuration Manager
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Restarting IBM HTTP Server
Modifying trace strings for a running server
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Tracing with WebSphere Commerce V5.6 Toolkit
Tracing for Lightweight WebSphere Test Environment
Tracing for Full WebSphere Test Environment
Create missing password scripts
Create wcs_password script
Create wcs_pmpassword script
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File system
Default directories
Custom directories
Database
Database backup
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WebSphere Commerce V5.6 migration scripts behavior
migratedb.bat behavior
migrateEncryptedInfo.bat behavior
wcim.bat behavior
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Custom database migration scripts behavior
Database preparation batch script
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Database preparation SQL script
Database migration batch script
Database post migration batch script
Database post migration SQL script
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multi-node environment
Single-node environment
Installing and configuring the database node
Create a Windows user for DB2
Installing DB2
Moving the database
Connecting to the remote database
Verify connectivity
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Locating the Web material
Using the Web material
How to use the Web material
Abbreviations and acronyms
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Related publications
IBM Redbooks
Other publications
Online resources
How to get IBM Redbooks
Help from IBM
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