Graduate Legacy Gportal and GCRegistration Apps - Move to Tomcat Servers

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Summary:

Migrate two legacy Java apps from WebSphere 5 to Tomcat server farm. The WebSphere 5 software is no longer supported by IBM or UTO and these apps need to be moved to Tomcat in the short term until they can be retired in entirety.

Start Date:

October 5, 2009

Go Live:

November 10, 2009

End Date:

November 10, 2009

Current Milestone:

11/17/2009 - Migrate to production and update vanity url's

Stage:

Recently Released - Completed in last 3 months.

People

Sponsor/Champion:

none

Lead Customer:

Roger Lurie

Project Manager:

Roger Lurie

Contact for more information:

roger.lurie@asu.edu

Associate VP University Technology:

John Rome

University Technology Director:

Leah Lommel

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Source:

Internal

Priority:

High

Scope:

No functional design changes will result from this project.

* Migrate existing applications from WebSphere 5 to Tomcat
* Alter db connections to use JNDI
* Detach gcregistration from use of intsite.jar for authentication
* Stress test applications

All Milestones and Schedule:

* Allocate space on Tomcat server for apps, 10/5/2009, WebApp Team - COMPLETE
* Modify application code to use JNDI connections instead of JDBC, 10/16/2009, Josh - COMPLETE
* Run FindBugs utility and resolve any outstanding issues, 11/12/2009, Josh - COMPLETE
* Perform stress test on apps, 11/12/2009, Roger - COMPLETE
* Update vanity url's and references to registration tool, 11/17/2009, Roger - COMPLETE
* Migrate apps to Tomcat servers, disable on WebSphere 5, 11/17/2009, WebApp Team - COMPLETE

Risk & Threats:

WebSphere 5.0 is currently out of support and there are inherent risks in continuing to run these apps in their current environment.