Before you install this version of the adapter, IBM recommends that you back up and uninstall the previous version. This section describes how to:
IBM recommends that you back up your WAAB instance by copying the entire adapter installation directory to an archive location before you uninstall the adapter.
After you have backed up the adapter installation directory, follow the instructions for uninstalling the adapter that are given in the WebSphere Adapter for Ariba Buyer User Guide.
To install the new adapter, refer to "Installing the adapter"of this guide.
IBM provides a utility to assist customers migrating from WAAB to WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Ariba Buyer. The migration utility is included as part of the adapter installation.
To configure the migration utility:
classes/BIA_IBMMigration.jar
\Server\channels\MQSeries
You may delete this directory after running the migration task harness successfully.
The utility is now installed. You will run it as one of the integration channel migration tasks described below.
Table 23 lists the files included in the migration utility package and provides a brief description of each one.
Table 23. Contents of migration utility package
Subdirectory | Description |
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\channels\IBM\migration\ WBIAABMigrationTaskList.xml |
File that
describes the list of tasks to be run as part of the adapter migration. This file is used as input to the migration harness. |
\channels\IBM\migration\ UpdateIBMParameters.txt |
File that
describes the changes to be performed on the Parameters.table file. |
\channels\IBM\migration\ loaddb_removelist.txt |
List of
integration events that must be removed from the config\LoadDB.txt file. These events are not required by the new adapter. |
\classes\BIA_IBMMigration.jar | File that contains all the code required to migrate the adapter. |