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This chapter describes upgrade tasks related to upgrading your WebLogic Portal product to version 9.2. Tasks related to upgrading individual portal projects that you created with previous releases of WebLogic Portal are described in the Upgrading WebLogic Portal Projects from Version 8.1 to Version 9.2 chapter in the Portal Development Guide.
You can only upgrade WebLogic Portal version 8.1 SP4, SP5, and SP6 portal applications. For information on upgrading earlier versions to WebLogic Portal 8.1 SP4, SP5, or SP6, so that you can then upgrade to WebLogic Portal 9.2, see the Upgrade Guide for Version 8.1.
The WebLogic Upgrade Wizard executes database scripts to add and modify database tables for WebLogic Portal 9.2.
| Note: | Oracle 8.1.7 (DBMS version and drivers) is no longer supported. Upgrade to either Oracle 9i or 10G by following your vendor's instructions prior to upgrading to WebLogic 9.2. |
The WebLogic Portal PointBase database is automatically upgraded when you run the WebLogic Upgrade Wizard. It is recommended that you keep the default option, which backs up the domain (including the existing workshop.dbn and workshop$#.wal files). During domain upgrade, the database files for weblogic_eval are renamed and other upgrade tasks are performed for the new version of PointBase, 5.1.
For additional information on database changes and how to perform database upgrade tasks manually, see Performing Database Upgrade Tasks Manually.
BEA recommends that before upgrading your application environment, you manually back up the domain and any external application and application database resources in a separate process. You should back up the relevant information on all machines in the domain. The wizard backs up the domain directory only and does not preserve file permissions.
This section provides general upgrade information for WebLogic Portal database and metadata files. The process consists of the following steps:
To start the WebLogic Upgrade Wizard in graphical mode and upgrade a WebLogic domain on a Windows platform, either:
upgrade.cmd from the WL_HOME\common\bin directory| Note: | The WebLogic Upgrade Wizard is described in detail in Upgrading WebLogic Application Environments. |
| WARNING: | If you have a platform domain containing WebLogic Integration 8.1, you cannot perform a domain upgrade using this wizard. Contact Technical Support. |
The wizard upgrades your portal, content management, and personalization database data. It optionally upgrades your version 8.1 RDBMSAuthenticator to the version 9.2 WebLogic SQLAuthenticator. For more information on upgrading your user store, see Security.
| Note: | The BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform Programmer's Guide, available as part of the Workshop for WebLogic help, contains several useful topics that you should review as you prepare to upgrade your portal application. The Workshop for WebLogic documentation includes step-by-step instructions for using the Import Wizard, and detailed information about what happens during the upgrade process and any required manual pre- or post-upgrade tasks. |
| Caution: | You should be familiar with the Workshop for WebLogic upgrade steps, and any related limitations, before you attempt to upgrade a WebLogic Portal application from Version 8.1 4 or 8.1.5 to Version 9.2. Before proceeding, refer to the Workshop for WebLogic documentation on e-docs or by choosing Help > Help Contents > BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform Programmer's Guide in the main menu of the product. |
Review the functional changes that are described in Functional Changes Affecting Your WebLogic Portal Environment. If any manual upgrade tasks are required for your particular environment, perform those tasks as instructed.
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