If you are going to install the new webMethods Broker on a different machine than the old webMethods Broker, use the same host name for the new machine that you used for the old machine so you will not have to modify your territory/cluster setup, connection aliases, or Integration Server Messaging settings.

In the webMethods 9.7 and later releases, the webMethods Broker release number is still 9.6 and is the same release that was available with the webMethods 9.6 release. If you have webMethods Broker 9.6 and it resides on its own machine, you can continue using it with your new products. Regardless of whether you install a new webMethods Broker or not, however, you must perform tasks later in this guide for webMethods Broker.