Final Installation tasks

  1. Check for messages in the following files:
    1. msi nnnnn.log. This file is in your user Temp folder. It is an application log that contains English messages written during installation. The log includes a message indicating whether the installation was successful and complete.

      This file is created if you have set up default logging. See Creating a log file when you install WebSphere MQ.

    2. If you used the lauchpad to install WebSphere® MQ, check MQv6_Install_YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS.log in your user Temp folder, where:
      YYYY
      This is the year that you installed WebSphere MQ Version 6.0
      MM
      This is the month that you installed WebSphere MQ, for example this would be 09 if you installed in September
      DD
      This is the day that you installed WebSphere MQ
      HH-MM-SS
      This is the time at which WebSphere MQ was installed
      You can get to your user Temp directory by entering the following command at the command prompt:
      cd %TEMP%
    3. amqmjpse.txt. This file is in the WebSphere MQ data files folder (default c:\Program  Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ). It is an application log that contains English messages written during installation by the Prepare WebSphere MQ wizard.
    4. amqmsccw.txt. This file is in the WebSphere MQ data files folder (default c:\Program  Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ). It is an application log that contains English messages written by the Check WebSphere MQ Certificate Stores wizard.
  2. Following installation, some of the WebSphere MQ icons might not appear in the Start menu until after the machine is restarted. To use these icons without restarting your machine, access them from the appropriate folder. By default the icons are in the folders c:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ and c:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\bin.
  3. You can now verify your installation using the Postcard application, as described in Using the Postcard applications.