Upgrading Components with JBoss EAP distribution version 6.4 to use version 7.0/7.1

Perform the steps listed below to upgrade components that use distribution version 6.4 to version 7.0/7.1.

Procedure

Navigate to Stacks > Components and identify the component that you want to upgrade.
Click the Component Actions menu icon on the row for the component you want to update and choose Change Enabler. Select the target enabler version and click OK. Note that you cannot downgrade a component.
Edit the component and update the values of DISTRIBUTION_NAME and DISTRIBUTION_VERSION runtime context variables as per the configuration defined in your grid-library.xml file. Note that, this is optional for upgrading to JBoss EAP distribution version 7.0. It is needed only when you upgrade to JBoss EAP distribution version 7.1. The supported distribution gridlib required for the upgrade, must be uploaded to broker before upgrading the component.
Click the component Actions menu icon again, click Publish Changes , and then click OK to publish the selected component.
After upgrade, please check on Engines > Engines page if upgraded component needs a restart. If so, click Restart Component from the respective component actions.