Trial version of WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition
WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition provides a 90-day trial version of the product for you to test and evaluate.
The trial version offers the same functions as the full production version of WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition. You can download trial versions of the Server and Remote Tools and Documentation components from the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition web page.
To install the trial version, follow the installation instructions for a full production version, which are detailed in Installing WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition on Windows, Linux, or UNIX platforms.
The 90-day trial period begins from when you first start an agent that you have created by using the trial product (by using the fteStartAgent command).
Do not use the trial version in a production environment. Agents that you create by using the trial product can communicate only with other agents created by using the trial product.
When you use the WebSphere MQ Explorer, the fteStartAgent command and the fteListAgents command in the trial version, you see information either about how many days you have remaining for the trial or if the trial has already completed.
At the end of the 90-day trial, no new transfers are processed. If you stop a trial agent after the trial period has expired, you will not be able to restart the agent. 10 days after the trial period has ended, you will no longer be able to use trial agents unless you upgrade to the production version of WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition. Any agents that were still running are ended.
When the trial period has ended, resource monitors and their associated tasks are not started, and scheduled transfers are not run.
When you upgrade from the trial version to the full production version, you do not need to reconfigure the production version because your existing trial configuration is reused. See the Migrating from an earlier version of WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition topic for the steps to take to upgrade from the trial version to the full production version.