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Upgrade Guide
Overview of the Upgrade Process from WebLogic Portal 7.0 SP2 to 8.1
Definitions
Portal Version 7.0 SP2 to 8.1 Upgrade Process Overview
Comparing Supported Features
Look and Feel
Stylesheets
Properties
Scripts
Images
Skeletons
JSP
Layouts
Layout Definition
Group Portals
Webflow Support and Limitations
Exceptions
Page Flows
Portal Services
Security
Commerce and Personalization
Struts
How to Upgrade Existing Applications
Compatibility Domain
Upgrading to Weblogic Portal 8.1
Conversion of Portal and Portlet Definition Files
Portal Web Applications
Look and Feel Components
Version 8.1 Compatibility Domain
Hosting 7.0 Applications in 8.1 Compatibility Domain
Compatibility Explained
Features and Limitations of the Compatibility Domain
Development Issues
XA - Transaction Level Support
MBean Configuration Mechanism
Runtime and Administrative Issues
Listing Parent Groups
Authentication Providers in Portal Compatibility Domain
User and Group Management
Procedure for Hosting in Compatibility
Creating a Portal Compatibility Domain
Before You Begin
Step 1: Create New Portal Domain
Step 2: Edit Start Script
Step 3: Configure the New Domain
Step 4: Configure the Database
Upgrade Existing Data
Security Upgrade
Install and Configure the RDBMS Authentication Provider
Upgrading the Enterprise Application
Before You Begin
Procedure for Each Enterprise Application
Content Management Configuration
Modify Code
Upgrade Application-Sync Files
Final Adjustments to the Domain
Add Users to PortalSystemAdministrators Group
Upgrade CustomerRole in SSPI to Point to RDBMS Groups
Users and Groups Specified in fileRealm.properties
Upgrading to WebLogic Portal 8.1
Upgrading from Compatibility Mode to WebLogic Portal 8.1
Before You Begin
Procedure for Upgrading from Compatibility
Adding Catalog Administration
Group Portals
Struts Support
Struts Applications in WebLogic Portal 7.0
Support for Struts in WebLogic Portal 8.1
Upgrading Struts Applications to Page Flows in WebLogic Portal 8.1
JSP Tag Replacements
Upgrading Database and Metadata Files from 7.0 to 8.1
Step 1: Upgrade PointBase Triggers
Step 2: Upgrade WebLogic Portal 7.0 Schema
Step 3: Upgrade Application-Sync Files
Step 4: Upgrade Portal and Portlet Files
Step 5: Upgrade ENTITLEMENT_RULESET Records
Step 6: Upgrading Existing Behavior Tracking Data
Upgrading 8.1 to Service Pack 2
Step 1: Upgrade an Existing Domain or Create a New SP2 Domain
Upgrading an Existing Domain
Creating a New SP2 Domain
Step 2: Upgrade Existing Applications and Projects
Before You Begin - About UUP
Update the Portal Libraries
Step 3: Redeploy the Upgraded Application
Upgrading to Service Pack 3
The Service Pack Upgrade Process
Step 1: Upgrade an Existing SP2 Domain or Create A New SP3 Domain
Upgrading an Existing SP2 Domain
WebLogic Portal Upgrade Installer
WebLogic Portal Full Installer
Creating a New SP3 Domain
Step 2: Upgrade Existing Database Schema
Upgrading a PointBase Database
Remove OLD_ Tables After Upgrade (Optional)
Upgrading a Sybase Database
Remove OLD_ Tables After Upgrade (Optional)
Upgrading a SQL Server Database
Remove OLD_ Tables After Upgrade (Optional)
Upgrading an Oracle or DB2 Database
Remove OLD_ Tables After Upgrade (Optional)
Step 3: Upgrade Existing Applications
Re-Encrypting Password
Encrypting Passwords
Note on Changing Passwords
Before You Begin - About UUP
Update the Portal Libraries
Step 4: Redeploy the Upgraded Application
Upgrading to Service Pack 4
The Service Pack Upgrade Process
Step 1: Upgrade an Existing SP2 or SP3 Domain or Create A New SP4 Domain
Upgrading an Existing SP2 or SP3 domain
WebLogic Portal Upgrade Installer
WebLogic Portal Full Installer
Creating a New SP4 Domain
Step 2: Upgrade Existing Database Schema
Upgrading a PointBase Database
Upgrading a Sybase Database
Upgrading a SQL Server Database
Upgrading an Oracle or DB2 Database
Step 3: Upgrade Existing Applications
Re-Configure Third-Party Content Management Systems
Re-Encrypting Passwords for WSRP Producers
Encrypting Passwords
Note on Changing Passwords
Updating Portal Libraries
Before You Begin - About UUP
Update the Portal Libraries
Step 4: Redeploy the Upgraded Application
Step 5: Review Functional Changes for SP4
Upgrading to Service Pack 5
The Service Pack Upgrade Process
Step 1: Upgrade an Existing SP3 or SP4 Domain or Create A New SP5 Domain
Upgrading an Existing SP3 or SP4 Domain
WebLogic Portal Upgrade Installer
WebLogic Portal Full Installer
Creating a New SP5 Domain
Step 2: Upgrade Existing Portal Framework Data
Step 3: Upgrade Existing Applications
Re-Configure Third-Party Content Management Systems
Re-Encrypting Passwords for WSRP Producers
Encrypting Passwords
Note on Changing Passwords
Updating Portal Libraries
Before You Begin - About UUP
Update the Portal Libraries
Step 4: Redeploy the Upgraded Application
Step 5: Review Functional Changes for SP5
Upgrading to Service Pack 6
The Service Pack Upgrade Process
Step 1: Upgrade an Existing SP4 or SP5 Domain or Create A New SP6 Domain
Upgrading an Existing SP4 or SP5 Domain
WebLogic Portal Upgrade Installer
WebLogic Portal Full Installer
Creating a New SP6 Domain
Step 2: Upgrade Existing Applications
Re-Configure Third-Party Content Management Systems
Re-Encrypting Passwords for WSRP Producers
Encrypting Passwords
Note on Changing Passwords
Updating Portal Libraries
Before You Begin - About UUP
Update the Portal Libraries
Step 3: Redeploy the Upgraded Application
Step 4: Review Functional Changes for SP6
Functional Changes Affecting Your WebLogic Portal Environment
Portlet State Persistence (Base Release, SP5)
New Option for Request Attribute Persistence (SP4)
New Generic URL Tag (SP6)
Oracle 10g R2 Database Requires Manual Privilege Setup
Associating Portlets with Pages (Base Release, SP5)
Mandatory Portlets (8.1 Base Release)
Upgrading Simple Producers from Service Pack 3
Aggressive Control Tree Persistence (SP4)
Content Management Portlet (SP4)
URL Template File Updates (SP4)
Creating New Portals Using Administration Portal
URL Template File Update for WSRP
Updates for Java Portlets
Portlet Preferences Behavior on Server Restart (SP4)
Entitlements Data Source (SP4)
Storage of Policy Reference Data in RDBMS (SP4)
Using Role Caching with Entitlements (SP4)
Setting up JDBC Connection Polling (SP4)
Portal Projects in Source Control (SP4)
Using New Proxy Portlet Cache (SP6)
Using Content Query Expressions (SP6)
Propagating Request Parameters from WSRP Requests (SP6)
Changes to Visitor Tools for SP4
Functional Changes
Code Changes
Internationalization
Moving JavaScript to .js Files
Changes to JSP Files
Changes to Java Files
Unchanged Files
Database Changes for SP4
Entitlement Policy Reference
Portal Framework
Sybase Database Changes
SQL Server Database Changes
DB2 Database Changes
Database Changes for SP3
Virtual Content Management
Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP)
WebLogic Commerce Services (CMV)
Portal Framework
Framework Reference for Portal Upgrades from 7.0 to 8.1
Security
Security Framework JSPs
Authentication Providers
Unified User Profile (UUP)
Connecting to an Active Directory Server
Portal Properties
Portal Component Properties
Desktop Properties
Header and Footer Properties
Book and Page Properties
Placeholder Properties
Portlet Type Properties
Portlet Instance Properties
Framework File Reference
Framework Files
JSP Reference
JSP Tag Changes
JSP Tag Libraries
Notes on Individual JSP Tags