Installing IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation using the graphical installer

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.

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To install WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation on any of the distributed platforms, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Insert the IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation 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 Remote tools and documentation - Introduction panel, click Next.
  5. Read the software license agreement and select the option to accept the terms of the license. Click Next.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Enter your coordination queue manager name. The coordination queue manager name is case-sensitive. Click Next.
  10. Enter the host name, port number, and channel name of your coordination queue manager. Click Next.
  11. Enter your command queue manager name. The command queue manager name is case-sensitive. Click Next.
  12. Enter the command queue manager host name, port number, and channel name. Click Next.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.


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Timestamp icon Last updated: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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