Installing IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Client using the graphical installer

WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition Client can be installed using a graphical installer for Linux, UNIX, and Windows platforms. The Client installation provides the components required to run WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition agents that connect to WebSphere MQ in client mode.

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 Server: The installer does not create queue managers for you.

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To install WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Client on any of the distributed platforms, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Insert the IBM® WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Client DVD into the DVD drive.
  2. 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.

  3. Select the language that you want to use for the installation process. Click OK.
  4. On the Client - Introduction panel, click Next.
  5. Read the software license agreement and select the option to accept the terms of the license. Click Next.
  6. 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 the Client on Windows is C:\Program Files\IBM\WMQFTE\.
    • The default data directory for the Client 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 the Client on UNIX systems is /opt/IBM/WMQFTE/.
    • The default data directory for the Client on UNIX systems is /var/IBM/WMQFTE/config
    • The default installation directory for the Client on Linux systems is /opt/ibm/WMQFTE/. For more information, see Installation location on Linux platforms.
    • The default data directory for the Client on Linux systems is /var/ibm/WMQFTE/config. For more information, see Installation location on Linux platforms.
  7. 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.
  8. Enter your coordination queue manager name. The coordination queue manager name is case-sensitive. Click Next.
  9. Enter the host name, port number, and channel name of your coordination queue manager. Click Next.
  10. Enter your agent name, an optional agent description, and the agent queue manager name. Click Next. The agent name is not case-sensitive. All agent names are uppercase. If you enter an agent name in mixed case or lowercase, it is converted to uppercase. The agent queue manager name is case-sensitive.
  11. Enter the agent queue manager host name, port number, and channel name. Click Next.
  12. Enter your command queue manager name. The command queue manager name is case-sensitive. Click Next.
  13. Enter the command queue manager host name, port number, and channel name. Click Next.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. The installer creates a file containing MQSC commands that you must run against the agent 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.
  17. On the Install complete panel, click Done.

What to do next

Use the MQSC scripts created by the installation process to create WebSphere MQ objects on your agent queue manager and 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 agent and coordination queue managers manually, see Configuring the coordination queue manager and Configuring agent queue managers.


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Timestamp icon Last updated: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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