Upgrading RepConnector on an Unsupported Application Server Version

Upgrade RepConnector on an unsupported WebLogic application server version.

Prerequisites

Upgrade the application server to the supported version on which you are deploying it.

Task

Make a backup copy of your repra directory.
Upgrade your existing installation of WebLogic to WebLogic version 12c (12.1.1 and later), or install the new version of WebLogic application server into the existing WebLogic installation directory.
See the WebLogic Server documentation for installation instructions.
1. Create a backup of the registry.xml file in $WL_HOME (UNIX) and in %WL_HOME% (Windows) directory.
2. Edit the registry.xml file to:
  - Delete any <release> XML elements relating to the earlier version of WebLogic application server.
  - Delete any <java-installation> XML elements relating to JDK 1.4 or JDK 1.6.
3. Restart the WebLogic application server.
4. Restore the original registy.xml file from the backup you created.
Install the new version of RepConnector into the WebLogic installation directory. See Setting Up the Application Server.
On UNIX:
1. From the backup copy of the repra directory:
  - Copy the *.prop files in the repra/conf directory to the repra/conf directory of the new installation directory. This enables you to access all existing RepConnector connections. Check each connection to verify whether any values need to be updated.
  - Copy the *.ser files in the repra/sers directory to the repra/sers directory of the new installation directory.
2. Modify the repra/bin/repra_env.sh file in the new installation directory to include any customizations made to the repra/bin/repra_env.sh file in the earlier installation directory of WebLogic.
3. Restart the WebLogic application server.
On Windows:
1. From the backup copy of the repra directory:
  - Copy the *.prop files in the repra\conf directory to the repra\conf directory of the new installation directory. This enables you to access all existing RepConnector connections. Check each connection to verify whether any values need to be updated.
  - Copy the *.ser files in the repra\sers directory to the repra\sers directory of the new installation directory.
2. Modify the repra\bin\repra_env.bat file in the new installation directory to include any customizations made to the repra\bin\repra_env.bat file in the earlier installation directory of WebLogic.
3. Restart the WebLogic application server.