Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Migration with WebSphere Commerce V5.6 -- Chapter 1. An overview of WebSphere Commerce V5.6 -- 1.1 Product overview -- 1.2 WebSphere Commerce software components -- 1.2.1 Web server -- 1.2.2 WebSphere Application Server -- 1.2.3 Database server -- 1.2.4 WebSphere Commerce Server -- 1.2.5 WebSphere Commerce Payments Server -- 1.2.6 Enablement software -- 1.3 WebSphere Commerce Server subsystems -- 1.3.1 Member subsystem -- 1.3.2 Catalog subsystem -- 1.3.3 Trading subsystem -- 1.3.4 Order subsystem -- 1.3.5 Merchandising subsystem -- 1.3.6 Marketing subsystem -- 1.3.7 Inventory subsystem -- 1.3.8 Messaging subsystem -- 1.4 WebSphere Commerce Tools -- 1.5 WebSphere Commerce business models -- 1.5.1 Direct sales -- 1.5.2 Value chain -- 1.5.3 Hosting ex-sites -- 1.6 What's new in WebSphere Commerce V5.6 -- 1.6.1 WebSphere Commerce development environment -- 1.6.2 WebSphere Commerce Payments -- 1.6.3 Configuration Manager -- 1.6.4 Loader Package -- 1.6.5 Password Manager -- 1.6.6 Adapter for CrossWorlds -- 1.6.7 Catalog and product management -- 1.6.8 Business models -- 1.6.9 Access control -- 1.6.10 Collaboration -- 1.6.11 Campaigns and promotions -- 1.6.12 Order and inventory management -- 1.6.13 Analytics -- 1.6.14 Security -- 1.6.15 Caching -- 1.6.16 Product Advisor -- Chapter 2. Migration strategy and planning -- 2.1 Migration strategy considerations -- 2.1.1 Adding or replacing functionality -- 2.1.2 Taking advantage of DynaCache -- 2.1.3 Optimization -- 2.1.4 External product and user management -- 2.1.5 How custom code impacts the process -- 2.1.6 Preparing a detailed plan -- 2.2 Migration planning -- 2.2.1 Skill requirements -- 2.2.2 Hardware and software prerequisites.

2.3 Product versions mapping -- 2.4 Migration approach for a development environment -- 2.5 Migration approaches for a runtime environment -- 2.5.1 Switch-over migration scenario -- 2.5.2 Co-existence migration scenario -- 2.5.3 In-place migration scenario -- 2.6 Approach used for this migration -- 2.6.1 Overview of the development migration -- 2.6.2 Overview of the production environment migration -- Chapter 3. Commerce application used in the migration -- 3.1 Commerce application -- 3.1.1 Application environment -- 3.2 Commerce customization -- 3.2.1 Shopping flow -- 3.2.2 Commands -- 3.2.3 Database tables -- 3.3 Catalog -- 3.4 Database -- Part 2 Development environment -- Chapter 4. Installing the WebSphere Commerce V5.6 development environment -- 4.1 Development environment overview -- 4.2 Pre-installation requirements -- 4.2.1 VisualAge for Java V4.0 prerequisites -- 4.3 WebSphere Studio Application Developer -- 4.3.1 Pre-installation steps -- 4.3.2 Installing WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.1.1 -- 4.3.3 Applying fixes to the test environment -- 4.4 WebSphere Commerce V5.6 Toolkit -- 4.4.1 Installing the toolkit -- 4.4.2 Verifying the installation -- 4.5 DB2 Universal Database V8.1 -- 4.5.1 Backing up development databases -- 4.5.2 Installation requirements -- 4.5.3 Preparing a Windows user for DB2 -- 4.5.4 Installing DB2 Universal Database V8.1 -- 4.5.5 Installing DB2 Universal Database fixpack 5 -- 4.5.6 Migrating databases to DB2 Universal Database V8.1 level -- 4.6 Configuring the development environment for DB2 -- 4.7 VisualAge for Java V4.0 -- 4.7.1 Installing VisualAge for Java V4.0 -- 4.7.2 Configuring VisualAge for Java V4.0 -- Chapter 5. Pre-migration steps -- 5.1 Preparation overview -- 5.2 Preparing the development instance -- 5.2.1 Updating the product information file -- 5.2.2 Preparing resources.

5.2.3 Merging EJB groups -- 5.2.4 Exporting code from VisualAge for Java V3.5.3 -- 5.3 Preparing the database -- 5.3.1 Updating the database configuration values -- 5.3.2 Unsent messages -- 5.3.3 Order status -- 5.3.4 Catalog -- 5.3.5 Members -- 5.3.6 Custom message types -- 5.3.7 Dropping foreign key references -- 5.3.8 Erroneous data in encrypted fields -- Chapter 6. Migrating the development environment -- 6.1 Current development environment -- 6.2 Development environment migrated -- 6.3 Migrating the development instance -- 6.3.1 Overview of the WCIM tool -- 6.3.2 Running the tool -- 6.4 Migrating the development database -- 6.4.1 Migrating unencrypted data -- 6.4.2 Migrating encrypted data -- 6.4.3 Summary -- 6.5 Migrating custom EJBs -- 6.5.1 Overview of the migration process -- 6.5.2 Exporting the EJB project from VisualAge for Java V3.5.3 -- 6.5.3 Importing the EJB projects into VisualAge for Java V4.0 -- 6.5.4 Regenerating the deployed code for the EJBs -- 6.5.5 Exporting EJBs as EJB 1.1 JAR files -- 6.5.6 Importing EJBs into WebSphere Studio Application Developer -- Chapter 7. Post-migration steps -- 7.1 Setting up aliases -- 7.2 Migrating custom code -- 7.2.1 Access control -- 7.2.2 Command parameter validation -- 7.2.3 User registration -- 7.2.4 Logon command -- 7.2.5 Calculation usage framework -- 7.2.6 Configuration and code changes for migrated EJBs -- 7.2.7 J2EE Connector Architecture -- 7.2.8 Pricing -- 7.2.9 Product Advisor -- 7.2.10 Rule server administration commands -- 7.2.11 JSP and property file changes -- Part 3 Production environment -- Chapter 8. Installing WebSphere Commerce V5.6 -- 8.1 Single-node runtime overview -- 8.1.1 Hardware -- 8.1.2 Software -- 8.2 Installing on a single-tier node -- 8.2.1 Installing WebSphere Commerce V5.6 -- 8.2.2 Configuring IBM HTTP Server -- 8.3 Verifying the installation.

8.3.1 Verifying the installation log files -- 8.3.2 Creating a test instance -- 8.3.3 Removing the test instances -- Chapter 9. Pre-migration steps -- 9.1 Preparation overview -- 9.2 Preparing the instance -- 9.2.1 Updating the product information file -- 9.2.2 Preparing the resources -- 9.2.3 Disabling security on WebSphere Application Server -- 9.3 Preparing the database -- 9.3.1 Unsent messages -- 9.3.2 Copying the database from Commerce V5.1 to Commerce V5.6 -- 9.3.3 Updating the database configuration values -- 9.3.4 Orders status -- 9.3.5 Catalog -- 9.3.6 Members -- 9.3.7 Custom message types -- 9.3.8 Dropping foreign key references -- 9.3.9 Erroneous data in encrypted fields -- Chapter 10. Migrating WebSphere Commerce components -- 10.1 Migration overview -- 10.2 Migrating the commerce instance configuration -- 10.2.1 Migrating the instance -- 10.3 Migrating commerce database -- 10.3.1 Migrating the database -- 10.3.2 Choosing the master catalog -- 10.3.3 Migrating the encrypted data -- 10.4 Migrating Payment Manager -- 10.4.1 Installing a fixpack for WebSphere Payment Manager -- 10.4.2 Installing the WebSphere Commerce Payments remote node -- 10.4.3 Packaging and transferring the WCIM tool -- 10.4.4 Backing up the WebSphere Payment Manager instance -- 10.4.5 Backing up the WebSphere Payment Manager database -- 10.4.6 Transferring assets to WebSphere Commerce Payments node -- 10.4.7 Restoring the WebSphere Payment Manager database -- 10.4.8 Migrating the WebSphere Payment Manager instance -- 10.4.9 Migrating the WebSphere Payment Manager database -- Chapter 11. Post-migration steps -- 11.1 Post migration steps for IBM HTTP Server -- 11.1.1 Migrating static content -- 11.1.2 Updating the configuration -- 11.2 Deploying -- 11.2.1 Deploying EJBs -- 11.2.2 Deploying commands and databeans -- 11.2.3 Deploying the store assets -- Part 4 Appendixes.

Appendix A. Managing WebSphere Commerce components -- WebSphere Commerce instance management -- Checking the instance status -- Starting the instance -- Stopping the instance -- WebSphere Commerce Payments instance management -- Checking the instance status -- Starting the instance -- Stopping the instance -- Starting the Configuration Manager -- Restarting IBM HTTP Server -- Modifying the trace strings for a running server -- Tracing with the WebSphere Commerce V5.6 Toolkit -- Tracing for the Lightweight WebSphere Test Environment -- Tracing for a Full WebSphere Test Environment -- Creating missing password scripts -- Creating the wcs_password script -- Creating the wcs_pmpassword script -- Appendix B. Backing up WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1 -- File system -- Default directories -- Custom directories -- Database -- Database backup -- Appendix C. Migration scripts -- WebSphere Commerce V5.6 migration scripts behavior -- migratedb.bat behavior -- migrateEncryptedInfo.bat behavior -- wcim.bat behavior -- Custom database migration scripts behavior -- Database preparation batch script -- Database preparation SQL script -- Database migration batch script -- Database post migration batch script -- Database post migration SQL script -- Appendix D. Moving from a single to multi-node environment -- Single-node environment -- Installing and configuring the database node -- Creating a Windows user for DB2 -- Installing DB2 -- Moving the database -- Connecting to the remote database -- Verifying connectivity -- Appendix E. Additional material -- Locating the Web material -- Using the Web material -- How to use the Web material -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.