This page provides a high-level view of upgrade-related documentation offered in this release. For the most part, it lists content related to upgrade from version 8.1 to version 9.2 of WebLogic Server, WebLogic Portal, and Workshop for WebLogic. The upgrade content itself is provided in the documentation sets of the respective products; see the links below.
These links are grouped in the following categories:
Overview — Links to overview information for each product.
Upgrade Tools — Links to upgrade-related tools in this release.
Changes and Workarounds — Links to content that describes, for each product, the significant changes that upgrade involves, along with suggested workarounds when these changes are not fully accounted for by tools.
Component and Application Types — Links grouped by likely development outcomes, such as portals, page flows, controls, and so on.
Upgrading to version 9.2 involves some substantial changes, particularly if you're upgrading from version 8.1. In particular, version 9.2 incorporates standard and open source technologies that were not used in version 8.1. Note that version 9.2 releases of Workshop for WebLogic and WebLogic Portal incorporate technologies that began to appear in version 9.0 of WebLogic Server.
WebLogic Server domains and applications.
Upgrading WebLogic Application Environments: Introduction describes the procedures to upgrade your application environment to WebLogic 9.2. This includes applications, WebLogic domains, and any application data associated with the domain.
This release includes several upgrade-related tools. These tools are each aimed at making upgrade easier for a different part of your application.
Use the WebLogic Upgrade Wizard to upgrade domains and resource dependencies. This tool is also useful for upgrading applications that were not built with WebLogic Workshop.
Use Workshop for WebLogic upgrade tools to upgrade version 8.1 WebLogic Workshop applications to version 9.2
Changes and Workaround
If you're upgrading from version 8.1 to version 9.2, you should be aware of many potential changes made to application code during upgrade. Some of these changes arise due to API changes, while others come from standards and open source technologies included in this release.
Web services. BEA offers two main alternatives for authoring web services: using the WebLogic Server toolset and using Workshop for WebLogic.
Choose the documentation for upgrading from the model you've used in the past.
EJBs built without WebLogic Workshop will be upgraded in the course of upgrading a WebLogic Server domain with the WebLogic Upgrade Wizard.
EJBs built with WebLogic Workshop are upgraded by using the Workshop for WebLogic upgrade tools and the content in Upgrading Enterprise JavaBeans.
Page flows
Page flows are upgraded by the upgrade tools available with Workshop for WebLogic. See Upgrading Page Flows for information on changes between the version 8.1 and 9.2 releases.
Controls
Control code is upgraded by Workshop for WebLogic upgrade tool. See Upgrading Controls for changes between versions 8.1 and 9.2.
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Inventory of Upgrade Documentation in this Release
Each of the version 9.2 technology areas provides detailed content on upgrade considerations within those areas. The following links provide access to main topic areas within each technology area.
WebLogic Server
Most content describes upgrade of application environments — that is, domains, external resources, and applications not built with WebLogic Workshop.
Content is generally divided between that which describes how to upgrade the WebLogic Portal product, and that which describes how to upgrade applications built with the previous version.
Content describes the tools provided with the IDE for upgrading version 8.1 applications. Much of the content, however, describes changes that occur during upgrade, including workarounds where available.
