WebSphere® MQ
File Transfer Edition Remote
Tools and Documentation provides a graphical installer for Linux, UNIX, and Windows platforms.
However, you can install WebSphere MQ
Explorer and information center options on Windows and Linux platforms
only.
Before you begin
As part of the installation, you must enter the name of
at least one WebSphere MQ
queue manager. Create these queue managers before installing WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation:
The installer does not create queue managers for you.
If you want to install the WebSphere MQ Explorer plug-in so that you
can manage WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition using
the GUI, you must use WebSphere MQ
Explorer Version 7.0. The plug-in does not install on WebSphere MQ Explorer Version 6.0. However,
you can install the Version 7.0 stand-alone version of WebSphere MQ Explorer supplied in the MS0T WebSphere MQ
Explorer SupportPac.
You can then install the IBM® WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition plug-in on top of the
stand-alone WebSphere MQ
Explorer.
About this task
To install
WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition Remote
Tools and Documentation on any of the distributed platforms, complete
the following steps:
Procedure
- Insert the IBM WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation
DVD into the DVD drive.
- Start the installer, using the
executable file or binary file. On Windows,
this file is install.exe and on UNIX and Linux platforms,
this file is install.bin.
When
you have started the installer, continue with the installation process
by working through each of the panels outlined in the following steps
. The installer itself contains help information about selected panels.
- Select the language that you want to
use for the installation process. Click OK.
- On the Remote tools and documentation - Introduction panel,
click Next.
- Read the software license agreement
and select the option to accept the terms of the license. Click Next.
- On the Select Set of Features to Install panel,
select a feature to install. The list of features that are available
to install is dependent on your platform.
- Complete installation installs the WebSphere MQ Explorer plug-in,
tools to remotely administer WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition,
the stand-alone database logger, the Java™ Platform,
Enterprise Edition database logger, and the information center. The
information center and WebSphere MQ
Explorer plug-in are available only on Linux and Windows.
- Remote Tools installs the tools to remotely
administer WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition only.
Available on all supported platforms.
- Database Logger installs a stand-alone Java application and a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition application.
Either of these applications can be used to copy log messages from
your coordination queue manager to a DB2® or
Oracle database. Available on AIX®, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, and Windows.
- Custom installs some or all of the three
options: the WebSphere MQ
Explorer plug-in, tools to remotely administer WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition, and the information
center.
- Enter (or browse for) a product installation directory
and a data directory for WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition,
or accept the default locations. The data directory is used to store
your configuration information. Click Next.
- The default installation directory for Remote Tools and Documentation
on Windows is C:\Program
Files\IBM\WMQFTE\
- The default data directory for Remote Tools and Documentation
on Windows is C:\Documents
and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\WMQFTE\config\ or C:\ProgramData\IBM\WMQFTE\config\
- The default installation directory for Remote Tools and Documentation
on UNIX systems is /opt/IBM/WMQFTE/
- The default data directory for Remote Tools and Documentation
on UNIX systems is /var/IBM/WMQFTE/config
- The default installation directory for Remote Tools and Documentation
on Linux systems is /opt/ibm/WMQFTE/.
For more information, see Installation location on Linux platforms.
- The default data directory for Remote Tools and Documentation
on Linux systems is /var/ibm/WMQFTE/config.
For more information, see Installation location on Linux platforms.
- If the product installation directory
exists because you have already installed a different WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition component, you can either
choose to Refresh existing install or Select
new product directory. If the data directory exists because
of a previous installation, you can either choose to Reuse
existing configurations or Select new configuration
directory. If you choose to reuse an existing configuration,
go to step 14.
- Enter your coordination queue manager
name. The coordination queue manager name is case-sensitive. Click Next.
- Enter the host name, port number,
and channel name of your coordination queue manager. Click Next.
- Enter your command queue manager
name. The command queue manager name is case-sensitive. Click Next.
- Enter the command queue
manager host name, port number, and channel name. Click Next.
- Read the summary panel. You can click Previous to
go back and modify any of the earlier panels. Click Install and
wait while the files are installed.
- The installer creates a file containing
MQSC commands that you must run against the coordination queue manager.
Make a note of the location of the file and ensure that you run these
commands after completing the installer panels. Click Next to
continue.
- On the Install complete panel,
click Done.
What to do next
Use the MQSC script created
by the installation process to create WebSphere MQ objects on your coordination
queue manager. For more details, see the topic Configuring WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition on Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems after you have installed. If you want to set up your
coordination queue manager manually, see Configuring the coordination queue manager and Configuring agent queue managers.
You
can configure the WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition plug-in
for WebSphere MQ Explorer
to monitor file transfers remotely either during the following installation
steps or after installation is complete. To configure after installation,
follow the instructions in Configuring WebSphere MQ Explorer to monitor
a remote coordination queue manager.