IBM WebSphere InterChange Server Migration to WebSphere Process Server

IBM® WebSphere® Process Server is the next generation business process integration server that has evolved from proven business integration concepts, application server technologies, and the latest open standards. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we provide guidance on how to migrate IBM WebSphere InterChange Server and WebSphere Business Integration Adapters to WebSphere Process Server.

We discuss the critical concepts that are related to integration solution architecture, migration project planning, and the technical implementation approach. We provide a detailed discussion about the capabilities of the migration tools. In addition, we include various migration examples that show how to upgrade IBM WebSphere InterChange Server and WebSphere Business Integration Adapters to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Adapters.

This book is divided into five parts:

• Part 1 introduces the high level concepts required to comprehend the migration roadmap.
  
• Part 2 discusses relevant migration implementation concepts.
  
• Part 3 covers the standard migration tools to upgrade from WebSphere InterChange Server to WebSphere Process Server
  
• Part 4 shows examples that guide you through artifact migration to WebSphere Process Server by using the tools.
  
• Part 5 provides examples of solution migration.
  

Part 1. Migration concepts
Chapter 1. Introduction to this book
Chapter 2. Integration background
Chapter 3. Usage patterns
Chapter 4. Migration planning

Part 2. Migration implementation concepts
Chapter 5. Products overview
Chapter 6. Upgrade of the server components
Chapter 7. Adapters and data handlers upgrade
Chapter 8. Migration implementation approach

Part 3. Migration tools
Chapter 9. Overview of the migration tools
Chapter 10. Artifact migration
Chapter 11. Post migration tasks
Chapter 12. Best practices

Part 4. Technical examples
Chapter 13. Server migration process with the WebSphere Integration Developer Migration wizard
Chapter 14. Server migration process with the reposMigrate utility
Chapter 15. Access EJB migration
Chapter 16. Running the WBI Adapter with WebSphere Process Server: JDBC
Chapter 17. Upgrading to WebSphere Adapters for JDBC
Chapter 18. Upgrading to WebSphere Adapters for SAP
Chapter 19. Upgrading to WebSphere Adapters for Flat File
Chapter 20. Upgrading to the Enterprise JavaBeans binding
Chapter 21. Upgrading to the Web service binding
Chapter 22. Upgrading to the MQ JMS binding
Chapter 23. SCA authentication and authorization
Chapter 24. Artifact migration: Troubleshooting

Part 5. End-to-end technical solutions
Chapter 25. Preparation for the technical solutions
Chapter 26. Data access project migration
Chapter 27. Data synchronization project migration
Chapter 28. Enhanced error handling
Chapter 29. Advanced optimization options
Chapter 30. Solution migration: Troubleshooting
Appendix A. Additional material

• IBM System Storage Tape Library Guide for Open Systems, SG24-5946-06
• IBM System Storage N series, SG24-7129-02
• PowerVM Virtualization on IBM System p: Introduction and Configuration Fourth Edition, SG24-7940-03

Publish Date
05 December 2008

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Saida Davies is a project leader for the ITSO and has published several IBM Redbooks and Redpapers publications on WebSphere Business Integration, Web services, and WebSphere Service Oriented Middleware using multiple platforms. Saida has experience in the architecture and design of WebSphere MQ solutions, extensive knowledge of the z/OS operating system, and a detailed working knowledge of both IBM and independent software vendors' operating system software. Prior to joining the ITSO, she was a Senior IT Specialist who was responsible for the development of services for WebSphere MQ within the z/OS and Microsoft Windows platform. This covered the architecture, scope, design, project management, and implementation of the software on stand-alone systems or on systems in a Parallel Sysplex environment. She has received Bravo awards for her project contributions. Saida has a degree in computer studies, and her background includes IBM System z programming. She supports, contributes, and participates in Women in Technology activities and meetings.

• Saida Davies

Gopal Balasubramanian is a software engineer with the WebSphere Adapters team. He joined IBM six years ago and has predominantly worked on the application adapters for PeopleSoft, Siebel, and JD Edwards as well as the adapter for Java Database Connectivity (JDBC). He was a consultant with CrossWorlds prior to its acquisition by IBM and has over eight years of experience in dealing with several adapters including C++ adapters such as Vantive, PeopleSoft, and Siebel COM. He is currently leading the efforts for WebSphere Business Integration to WebSphere adapters migration. Since joining IBM, Gopal has submitted several patents, of which four have been approved for filing. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from University of Madras.

• Gopal Balasubramanian

Pamela H. Fong is a software developer with the WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus team in Hursley, United Kingdom. She has been with IBM for five years. Her expertise is in financial risk management systems, messaging systems, J2EE, service-oriented architecture (SOA), project management, and software development methodology. While at IBM, Pamela has led the Service Component Architecture (SCA) asynchronous programming model from concept to production for WebSphere Process Server. Her development responsibilities include messaging, transactions, security, bindings, deployment, and clustering enablement. She is currently working on the next generation SCA messaging bindings built on the open source Apache Tuscany project. Pamela has filed a few patents in the area of SOA and has written publications in the area of multimedia systems and SOA programming. She holds a bachelor degree in computer science and a master degree in electrical engineering and computer science, both from University of California at Berkeley.

• Pamela H. Fong

Susan Herrmann is a software engineer at the IBM Development Lab in Bšblingen, Germany. She has six years of experience in the areas of business integration and business process management (BPM). After joining IBM in 2001, she worked on the design and implementation of WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks, which is an enterprise banking solution. Her current main area of expertise is WebSphere Process Server, which is the IBM SOA solution. Susan has extensive knowledge in solution architecture and many SOA technologies, which include BPEL, several J2EE technologies, messaging, and message broker solutions. She has several IBM Certified Solution Developer and Specialist certifications. As a member of the WebSphere Process Server SWAT team, she provides vital support in numerous critical customer situations worldwide and takes part in complex Proof of Concepts (PoCs). Susan has an engineering degree in IT from Berufsakademie Stuttgart.

• Susan Herrmann

Jeremy Kong is an IBM Consulting Certified IT Specialist for IBM Software Group U.S.A. He joined IBM six years ago as part of CrossWorlds Software acquisition and has continued his role as a Technical Sales Leader specifically working in the San Francisco/Bay Area Region of USA. His main focus has been supporting customers and providing technical sales support as part of the local sales team. During this period, he has won several awards as Regional WebSphere IT Specialist of the Year. He is currently a BPM Technical Specialist for the Pacific Northwest Region. He supports various WebSphere products including WebSphere Business Modeler, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Business Monitor, WebSphere Service Registry and Repository, and WebSphere Business Fabric. In addition, he is an Integration Solution Architect for the WebSphere family of products. He graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biochemistry.

• Jeremy Kong

Kevin McKenney is a Managing Consultant with IBM Software Services for WebSphere. He has fifteen years of experience in designing and implementing integration components for enterprise information systems (EIS) including various existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Since joining IBM two years ago, he has helped various clients achieve significant value from their investment in WebSphere technology. His consulting experience includes WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere InterChange Server, WebSphere Process Server, and WebSphere Partner Gateway. He has deep knowledge of and extensive experience with enterprise application integration (EAI), object modeling, and J2EE. Kevin is an IBM Certified System Administrator for WebSphere Application Server, a Sun Certified Java Programmer for the Java 2 Platform (SCJP), and a Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (SCEA). He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree.

• Kevin McKenney

Julien Nagel is a business integration consultant for IBM Software Group. Since joining IBM ten years ago, he has worked on various programming languages and software products including COBOL on System z, Java, ATG Dynamo, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere InterChange Server, and WebSphere Process Server. In the last seven years, his contribution has been in Business Integration Software services. His assignments at customers have ranged from full life cycle, long-term, large-scale integration projects from early architecture design to go-live assistance and audits. During these engagements, Julien has acquired deep knowledge of EAI and SOA. He takes pride in having assisted many customers implement and go live successfully with WebSphere InterChange Server and WebSphere Process Server. His current focus is on providing enablement to ease migration for WebSphere InterChange Server customers to WebSphere Process Server in SouthWest Europe. Julien has an Engineering School Diploma in Fluid Mechanics.

• Julien Nagel

Frank M. Neumann is a senior support engineer for WebSphere Business Integration products in the Bšblingen Lab in IBM Germany. He has eleven years of experience in customer support, software development, and quality assurance. His areas of expertise include WebSphere Business Integration products, such as WebSphere Interchange Server, Adapter Framework, SAP Adapter, WebSphere Process Server, and Integration for Financial Networks. He worked as a Java software engineer in portal server development. He joined IBM in 2002 and worked for SAP AG in Walldorf, Germany, in the fields of SAP R/3 installation, OS/DB migration, and ABAP Development Workbench. He received a Bravo award for supporting the WebSphere Business Integration Solution. He has published an article on modification assistant and object adjustment tools in the SAP Professional Journal. He studied solid state physics at Stuttgart and Essen University in Germany and holds a doctoral degree (PhD).

• Frank M. Neumann

Jayasaikumar Padimiti is a director for Miracle Software Systems (in Novi, MI), which is an IBM Business Partner Innovation Center and a technological facility that focuses on WebSphere software and SOA. He has over five years of IT experience, with over three years of experience in SOA and ESB architecture-based implementations, Web services design and development, advanced Java and J2EE technologies, and WebSphere tools and technologies. His areas of expertise include BPM, Java, J2EE, application integration, business integration, and WebSphere. Jayasaikumar is an IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer and IBM Certified Deployment Professional for WebSphere Process Server V6.0. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science and engineering from M.V.S.R Engineering College, Hyderabad, India, and a Master of Science degree in computer science from The University of Kansas.

• Jayasaikumar Padimiti

Pravesh Patel is an advisory software engineer for IBM Software Group. He joined IBM ten years ago and has worked on various software products including MetalView, AutoView, WebSphere Business Integrator, and ComponentKnowledge. In the last seven years, his work has been in the area of business integration adapters. He specializes in Ariba Messaging Framework interface integration with Ariba Buyer. Pravesh currently owns development responsibilities for several IBM products including the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Ariba Buyer, WebSphere Business Integration Data Handler for Complex Data, and the WebSphere Adapter Toolkit. He is WebSphere Business Integration Adapter migration lead, in which he evaluates, designs, and implements migration strategies for IBM WebSphere Business Integration adapters and data handlers. Pravesh contributed to the over all design of "An Extensible Mechanism for Automatically Migrating Resource Adapter Component in a Development Environment," which has been approved for patent filing. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the Pennsylvania State University.

• Pravesh Patel

Brian Petrini is an integration architect and consultant with IBM Software Services for WebSphere (ISSW) and part of the Focused Technology Practice for WebSphere Business Integration. His role is to enable ISSW and customers on the latest WebSphere Business Integration technology and to share their experiences as feedback to IBM product development. His specializes in WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, WebSphere Adapters (J2C), WebSphere InterChange Server, and WBI Adapters. He has worked with customers advising them on integration since 1999 for CrossWorlds Software and since 2002 for ISSW. Brian has worked with many customers globally and is a frequent presenter at conferences. He has written several white papers about WebSphere InterChange Server high availability, performance tuning, monitoring and alerting, and WBI adapter selection, choice and deployment. He is a technical leader for WebSphere InterChange Server to WebSphere Process Server migration. He was a co-leader of the initial enablement of WebSphere Process Server 6.0 and has been the lead architect on several WebSphere Process Server engagements since then. He discovers, collects, presents, and propagates the best practices of WebSphere Process Server with his teammates and feeds back many of the customer usage patterns for the products to development. He has qualification in electrical and computer engineering.

• Brian Petrini

Ashish Rahurkar is a software developer in the WebSphere Adapters development team of IBM Software Group, U.S.A. He joined IBM five years ago with the CrossWorlds Software acquisition. Prior to his role in IBM, Ashish has held various positions in software development at companies in India and USA. Since joining IBM, Ashish has worked on the technology adapters and WebSphere Business Integration Competency teams. As part of the technology adapters team, he led the technology adapters and data handlers development team. For the WebSphere Business Integration Competency team, he provided technical guidance to IBM Business Partners to develop business integration solutions based on the IBM Business Integration product suite. Ashish is currently a member of the WebSphere Process Server SWAT team and the focal resource for adapter-related issues. He supports customers worldwide with onsite guidance on various issues ranging from development, deployment to installation and troubleshooting of WebSphere Process Server based solutions. He has also provided assistance in various proof of concepts, published a developerWorks article and conducted lab sessions at the WebSphere Technical Conference. Ashish recently received approval by the U.S. patent office for his invention of "Mapping XML Schema Components to Qualified Java Components." He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Pune in India.

• Ashish Rahurkar

Vishnu Selvaraj is a software engineer in IBM Burlingame, California. He has five years of experience in IT, which includes three years working on the design and implementation of WebSphere InterChange Server-based application integration solutions. He is part of the adapter development team and is now working in the SWAT team supporting WebSphere Process Server. His current responsibilities include solving critical customer problems and providing feedback to development teams on product enhancements. He completed his master degree in engineering from University of Cincinnati in Ohio, U.S.A.

• Vishnu Selvaraj

Sascha Schefenacker is an IBM Advisory Accredited IT Specialist for IBM Software Group Germany. He joined IBM seven years ago and has spent the last five years working predominantly on SAP-related projects. His main focus has been working in the Bšblingen laboratories and in IBM PartnerPort in Walldorf. He is currently a member of the WebSphere SAP Technology Team (WSTT) in the Bšblingen laboratories. The team is responsible for building WebSphere SAP-related architecture, including customer assignments and proof of concepts. During this period, he has published several white papers and an external developerWorks article about IBM Rational Application Developer development for SAP related JavaServer Faces (JSF) portlets. He has also authored Connect WebSphere Service Oriented Middleware to SAP, SG24-7220. His main responsibility is to evaluate, design, and architect areas where IBM products and services can be used in conjunction with SAP software. His additional expertise is in WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Portlet Factory, Rational Application Developer, and WebSphere Portal-based projects. He helps worldwide key customers to assess scenarios where IBM software can be used to complement SAP infrastructures. Sascha is an IBM Certified Solution Designer for SOAs and specializes in combining SAP NetWeaver and the WebSphere middleware process platform. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in IT, project management, and on-demand business from the University of Cooperative Education, Stuttgart.

• Sascha Schefenacker

Iftekhar Siddiqui is a senior WebSphere IT Specialist with the IBM Technical Channel Sales Team. He joined IBM in 1999. His current job is working with IBM Business Partners to drive IBM SOA and ensure client success by developing their technical skills plan. He delivers education in many WebSphere platform software including WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Process Server Integration products. Iftekhar has thirteen years of experience in IT and has worked as a developer using Object Oriented design, C/C++, and the Java and J2EE platform. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from California State University.

• Iftekhar Siddiqui

Sandeep Sinha is an integration architect and a managing consultant with IBM Software Group. He joined IBM six years ago and has been working with EAI and SOA technology for almost nine years. He is currently a member of ISSW in the U.S.A. The team is responsible for helping clients with SOA implementations by using the WebSphere suite of products. He is an SOA certified solution designer and has experience with WebSphere Interchange Server, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Integration Developer, WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere Business Modeler. Sandeep holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from National Institute of Technology in Karnataka, India, and an MBA degree from Institute of Management, Development, and Research in Pune, India.

• Sandeep Sinha

Ratan Siripurapu is a senior technical architect at Sarasu IT Solutions, LTD, based in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company provides consulting services that specialize in WebSphere, SOA, application integration, and process management. He has ten years of experience in IT with a focus on BPM, EAI, and messaging. He is highly experienced with WebSphere and the WebSphere Business Integration suite of products and SOA. He holds a bachelor degree in computer science and engineering from Amaravati University in India and a master degree in computer engineering from University of South Carolina in the U.S.

• Ratan Siripurapu

Kiran S Sundar is a systems engineer at IBM India Software Labs. He joined IBM three years ago and has worked in the OS/2 IBM Web Browser Support Team for the past three years. He has also worked on a variety of other projects, including developing command line tools for the Apache Tuscany Open Source Project and the RFIDIC Installer for IBM EPCIS team. Currently Kiran is a member of the IBM WebSphere Adapters Support team providing support to JMS and WebSphere MQ Adapters. He is certified Sun Java Programmer, Web Component Developer, and Business Component Developer. His areas of interest include Java, J2EE, Web services, and IBM SOA. He has published the article "Memory leak patterns in JavaScript" for developerWorks. Kiran holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronics and communication from Visweshwaraya Technology University.

• Kiran S. Sundar

Tassanee Supakkul is a Certified IT Specialist at the IBM Global Solution Center in Dallas, Texas. She has over twenty years of experience in software and solution development. During her six years with IBM, Tass has been a key resource in supporting presales opportunities, customer briefings, and workshops; bridging the business and technical aspects; and developing solution prototypes. Her areas of expertise include application development, business integration, and middleware. She has served as a technical lead for Retail Banking projects and several others. She led design, development, and integration efforts by using various IBM products and tools and business partner document capture and electronic signature software. Tass has received awards in mentoring among others in recognition of her contribution and dedication throughout her career. She has filed two patents and written two developerWorks articles. Tass holds a Bachelor of Science degree in statistics from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and a Master of Science degree in computer science from East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas.

• Tassanee Supakkul

Chang Liang Xing is a software engineer at the IBM China Software Development Lab. He joined IBM two years ago and is currently working on the WebSphere Adapter team. Since joining IBM, he has focused on development and Level 3 technical support work for WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for JDBC and PeopleSoft. He has also participated in the development work of WebSphere Adapter for PeopleSoft. In addition, he is interested in Open Source, SOA, and related technologies. He is an IBM Certified System Administrator for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.0. He holds a master degree in computer science from the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Science and Technology of China.

• Chang Liang Xing

Ji Yu is a staff software engineer for the IBM China Development Lab. She joined IBM five years ago and is currently working on the WebSphere Process Server system test team. As the team lead, she is responsible for system testing for migration of WebSphere InterChange Server to WebSphere Process Server and migrating WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server. Ji has been working on the WebSphere Process Server product for three years. She is an IBM Certified System Administrator of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.0 and WebSphere Process Server Network Deployment V6.0. She has written an article for developerWorks and coauthored Migrating WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server V6.1, SG24-7673. Ji holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering degree from Tsinghua University of China.

• Ji Yu

Qu Ji Zhang is a Level 3 Customer support representative for IBM China. He joined IBM five years ago and has since worked as a L3 software engineer, supporting WebSphere InterChange Server for the first three years and WebSphere Process Server for two years. He has extensive experience in resolving issues raised by customers for WebSphere InterChange Server and WebSphere Process Server. Zhang has published several external developerWorks articles on WebSphere Process Server. His current focus is on WebSphere InterChange Server migration to WebSphere Process Server. Zhang holds a bachelor degree in computer science from Beijing industry university.

• Qu Ji Zhang

ISBN

0738431877

IBM Form Number
SG24-7415-00

Number of pages
1166