Installation Method

WebSphere® MQ is supplied as a set of filesets that are installed using AIX's standard installation tools. The procedure below uses the system management interface tool (SMIT), but you may chose to use installp, geninstall or the Web-based System Manager. You may select which components you want to install. The components and filesets are listed in WMQ Components; you must install at least the Runtime, and Server components.

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Insert the WebSphere MQ Server CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  3. Enter the following command to mount the CD-ROM:

    mount /cdrom

  4. Select the required smit window using the following sequence:
    Software Installation and Maintenance
    	Install and Update Software
    		Install and Update from ALL Available Software
    Alternatively you can use a fastpath command (smitty install_latest), however this does not give you the opportunity to install the language filesets.
  5. Click List to display the input device or directory for the software, select the location that contains the installation images.
  6. Use the SOFTWARE to install field to obtain a list of available filesets, and select the filesets you want to install. Ensure that you include the appropriate message catalog if you require a messages in a language different than that specified by the locale selected on your machine.
  7. Make sure that Include corresponding LANGUAGE filesets? is set to yes.
  8. Change Preview new LICENSE agreements? to yes and press Enter to view the license agreements.
  9. Change ACCEPT new license agreements? to yes and press Enter to accept the license agreements and install WebSphere MQ.