Migrate from Old webMethods Broker to New webMethods Broker

In the 9.7 and later webMethods releases, the webMethods Broker release number is still 9.6 and is the same release that was available with the webMethods 9.6 release. For most types of upgrade, the tasks you perform depend on whether the new machine is the same as or compatible with the old machine, where “compatible” means the new machine has a similar hardware architecture that is running on the same or a higher version of the same operating system.

Type of Upgrade	Instructions
9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, or 9.10 upgrade: The old webMethods Broker resides on its own machine, and you are going to continue using it with the new webMethods release.	Point 9.12 Broker clients, including Integration Server 9.12, to the old webMethods Broker.
9.0 or 9.5 upgrade: You installed the new webMethods Broker on an IBM System z machine that is running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.	Create new storage and then migrate the Broker Server configuration from the old storage to the new storage using the webMethods Broker export\import utilities. For instructions, see Administering webMethods Broker 9.6.
You installed the new webMethods Broker on a machine that is not compatible with the old machine.	Create new storage and then migrate the Broker Server configuration from the old storage to the new storage using the webMethods Broker export\import utilities. For instructions, see Administering webMethods Broker 9.6.
You installed the new webMethods Broker on the same machine as the old webMethods Broker, or on a machine that is compatible with the old machine.	Follow the instructions in Create a Broker Server and Use the Old Storage, below.