This section lists some things that you should consider when you
are thinking of installing WebSphere® MQ Version 6.0 on
an IPv6 network.
- To ensure consistency across the network, you should plan the introduction
of IPv6 for the whole network, especially where clusters are involved. For
example, although a queue manager is now IPv6 capable, this doesn't imply
that the queue managers it can communicate with are also IPv6 capable.
- When setting the domain name server (DNS) or equivalent, consider whether
the system on which the target queue manager is running can resolve to an
IPv4 address, an IPv6 address or a dual IPv4 and IPv6 address.
- If the system that you are installing WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 on
does not support IPv6, WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 will
only be able to connect using IPv4.
- For a queue manager running on an IPv6 enabled system to be able to communicate
with a queue manager running on an IPv4 enabled system, the IPv4 enabled system
must have a hostname that resolves to an IPv4 address only.
- If there are multiple domain name servers in a WebSphere MQ network,
each hostname used in a channel definition must resolve to the same address
(or addresses), regardless of which DNS is used.
- If the hostname used in a channel definition resolves to a system which
hosts a queue manager from WebSphere MQ Version 5.3 or
earlier, the hostname must resolve to an IPv4 address only.