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.
About this task
To install
WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition Client
on any of the distributed platforms, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Insert
the IBM® WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition Client 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 Client - Introduction panel,
click Next.
- Read the software license agreement
and select the option to accept the terms of the license. Click Next.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Enter the agent queue manager host name, port number, and
channel name. 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.
- 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.
- 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.