BEA WebLogic Server 7 Upgrade Manual page 51

Upgrading Your WebLogic Server Configuration: Main Steps
3. Upgrade your server license files. For instructions on how to convert your
licenses to the new format, see
page 2-4.
4. Convert your
weblogic.properties
your
weblogic.properties
to XML Files" on page 2-5
5. Enter a name for you new Administration Server in the provided window in the
Console. This name is used as the Server Name for the Administration Server. If
the name is not specified, the name will be
6. Enter a directory location for the resulting conversion output configuration. All
files and subdirectories created as a result of the conversion of your original
domain will be placed in this directory location.
7. Add classes to your Java system
"Classloading in WebLogic Server 7.0" on page
8. Modify your existing startup scripts to work with WebLogic 7.0. See
Startup Scripts" on page
9. Package and port your WebLogic server-side business object implementations
(referred to as Web applications beginning with WebLogic Server 6.0) to run on
WebLogic 7.0. See
Applications" on page
10. If you need to port EJBs, see
Applications" on page
11. Upgrade JMS. Many new configuration attributes have been added to JMS since
WebLogic Server 4.5. For more information, see
To upgrade a cluster of servers, follow the above steps for each server and then follow
the steps outlined in Setting up WebLogic Clusters
servers in the cluster should be running 7.0 since there is no interoperability between
4.5 and 7.0 or between 5.1 and 7.0.
To upgrade from WebLogic Server 7.0 to WebLogic Server 7.0.0.1, see
WebLogic Server 7.0 GA (7.0.0.0) to 7.0.0.1
"Upgrading WebLogic Server License Files" on
file. For instructions on how to convert
file, see "Converting the weblogic.properties File
and the Console Help
CLASSPATH
2-8.
"Converting and Porting Your Existing Applications into Web
2-9.
"Porting and Converting Enterprise JavaBeans
2-16.
in the Installation Guide.
BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 Upgrade Guide
documentation.
by default.
myserver
. For more information see
2-8.
"Upgrading JMS" on page
in Using WebLogic Clusters. All
"Modifying
2-25.
Updating
2-3