WebSphere
Event Broker requires additional software
products to run successfully:
WebSphere MQ
WebSphere MQ is required for all WebSphere
Event Broker components
at the minimum supported level shown in the table below.
WebSphere MQ Version
6.0 (with tailored terms and conditions for use with WebSphere
Event Broker)
is supplied on CD or on DVD (on Linux (x86 platform) and Windows only). If
you have a previous version of WebSphere MQ,
you can use the supplied CDs or DVD to upgrade your current installation.
Operating system |
Requirements |
AIX
HP-UX (PA-RISC platform)
Linux (x86 platform) with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Advanced Server V3.0
or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9
Linux (zSeries platform) with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Advanced Server V3.0
or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9
Solaris (SPARC platform)
Windows
|
WebSphere MQ Version 5.3.0.1 (or later)1+2+3
|
 Linux (POWER platform)with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Advanced Server V4.0
or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9
Linux (x86 platform) with Linux Intel (32-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server V4.0
Linux (x86 platform) with Linux x86 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server V4.0
Linux (zSeries platform) with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Advanced Server V4.0
 |
 WebSphere MQ Version 6.0.0.0 (or later)1+2+3
 |
Linux (POWER platform) with
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10
Linux (x86 platform) with
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10
Linux (zSeries platform) with
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10
|
WebSphere MQ Version 6.0.2.0 (or later)1+2+3
|
HP-UX (Integrity platform)
Solaris (x86-64 platform)
|
WebSphere MQ Version 6.0.1.1 (or later)1+2+3
|
z/OS4 |
WebSphere MQ Version 5.3.1 (or later)
with MQ Java Classes feature2+3
|
Notes: - As a minimum, you must install the server and Java Messaging components.
You can install WebSphere MQ before or after
you install WebSphere
Event Broker.
If you have WebSphere MQ Version 5.3 already installed, the Java
Messaging component is not installed by default. Check that your installation
includes it; add this component from the WebSphere MQ Version
5.3 CD if it is not installed.
If you choose to install WebSphere MQ Version
6 from the Windows Launchpad, Express installation installs all required components
for you. If you use Advanced installation, you must select a custom installation
and include the server and Java Messaging components.
If you start the WebSphere MQ Version 6 installation program directly
on any platform, including Windows,
you must select a custom installation and include the server and Java Messaging
components.
If you want to use the WebSphere MQ Explorer,
the graphical interface that is available on Linux (x86 platform) and Windows
only, install the WebSphere Eclipse Platform Version 3.0.1 and the WebSphere
MQ Explorer components.
Other components are optional for use with WebSphere
Event Broker.
- WebSphere
Event Broker requires a full WebSphere MQ product
and cannot function correctly with the WebSphere MQ product
that is included with WebSphere Application Server Version 5 (known as Embedded
Messaging).
You cannot install WebSphere MQ if
you already have WebSphere Application Server Version 5 installed, because
you cannot upgrade the Embedded Messaging component to the full WebSphere MQ product.
You must uninstall WebSphere Application Server Version 5, install WebSphere MQ,
then reinstall WebSphere Application Server Version 5.
WebSphere
Event Broker is
fully compatible with WebSphere Application Server Version 6. You do not have
to take any special action for these products to interact successfully.
- For some specific broker functions, later levels might be required:
- If you are running publish/subscribe applications that use WebSphere MQ Real-time
transport, WebSphere MQ Version 5.3.0.10 (or
later) might be required if you experience problems in a heavily loaded broker
system.
- If you develop message flows that include the MQOptimizedFlow node, you
must install WebSphere MQ Version 5.3.0.10 (or
later) on each affected broker system.
- Support for JMS SSL requires WebSphere MQ Version
5.3.0.11 (or later) on each affected broker system.
Support for JMS Real-time nodes requires WebSphere MQ Version
5.3.0.10 (or later) on each affected broker system.
If you develop message flows that use WebSphere MQ Real-time
Transport with Multicase PGM support, you must install WebSphere MQ Version
6.0.1.0 (or later) on each affected broker system. 
- To exploit the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) performance gains
on Linux systems (available with Kernel
2.6 and above), which support multiple threads running within one process,
you must install WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 (or
later). Performance gains might be achieved if you have multiple message flows
deployed to a single execution group.
- To exploit 64-bit execution groups, you must install WebSphere MQ Version
6.0 (or later) on each affected broker system.
If you use DB2 Version 9.1, you must install WebSphere MQ Version
6.0.2.0 on each affected broker system. (DB2 Version 9.1 is not supported
on z/OS.)
- On z/OS, WebSphere MQ is
a mandatory requirement and must be installed before you install WebSphere
Event Broker.
See the Program Directory for WebSphere
Event Broker for z/OS for further details
about required levels of WebSphere MQ.
For details of WebSphere MQ products
and supported versions, see the WebSphere Integration products
system requirements Web
site.
JRE
A Java™ runtime environment (JRE) is required.
The minimum supported version is Version 1.4.2; Version 5 (also known as Java
1.5) SR2 is also supported.
- Distributed systems
- Java Version 1.4.2 is embedded in the product components. This version
is the product default; no configuration is necessary if you require this
level of support. All components that are installed and created on this system
will use Java 1.4.2.
- Java 5 SR2 is supplied with the product components. If you want product
components to use Java 5 SR2 instead of the embedded Java 1.4.2, configure
your command environment to access this optional version. If you make this
change, all components that are installed and created on this system will
use Java 5 SR2.
- z/OS
- Java 1.4.2 (Fix Pack 2) is supported but must be separately installed.
Customize the profile of each component that you install and create on this
system to use Java 1.4.2 if appropriate.
- Java 5 SR2 (32-bit) is supported but must be separately installed. Customize
the profile of each component that you install and create on this system to
use Java 5 SR2 if appropriate.
For additional information, see the Java 2 on z/OS Web site.
Rational Application Developer
The Message Brokers Toolkit includes components
of the Rational® Application
Developer (RAD) integrated development environment. These components provide
a common Rational framework that is shared with other compatible Rational
products if one or more such products are installed on the same system.
For
further information about RAD and the Message Brokers Toolkit,
see the Installation Guide.
Browsers
For best results when
viewing the information center from the Message Brokers Toolkit,
use Internet Explorer Version 6.0 (or later) on Windows, or Mozilla 1.4.2
(or later) on Linux (x86 platform).
Some Linux (x86 platform) offerings do not install Mozilla
by default. If you plan to install the Message Brokers Toolkit on
your Linux (x86 platform) system, check that a supported
version of Mozilla is already installed. If not, install Mozilla from your Linux (x86 platform) operating system media.