Some fix packs and other maintenance
packs deliver new function.
The What's new in Version 6.0? topic introduces you to
the main new function in WebSphere Event Broker Version 6.0;
this topic introduces you to the additional function that has been
added in fix packs.
For detailed information about the content of fix packs
and other maintenance packs, go to the WebSphere Event
Broker support Web page. Click Download,
then Recommended Fixes, and select your product
to view available fixes. The description of each fix pack includes
links to Release notes (details of its content)
and Problems fixed (a list of PMRs, APARs,
and defects that are included).
Fix Pack V6.0.0.9 enhancements
- Change to the terminology used for platforms in product documentation
- To align more closely with the terminology used on the WebSphere Message
Broker Requirements Web site and on the physical
media (CDs and DVDs), the names used to refer to the supported platforms
have been changed. The following table shows the current names and
the previous names.
Current name |
Previous name |
AIX® |
AIX (no
change) |
HP-UX on Itanium |
HP-UX (Integrity platform) |
HP-UX on PA-RISC |
HP-UX (PA-RISC platform) |
Linux® on POWER™ |
Linux (POWER platform) |
Linux on x86 |
Linux (x86 platform) |
Linux on
x86-64 |
Linux (x86-64 platform) |
Linux on System z® |
Linux (zSeries platform) |
Solaris on SPARC |
Solaris (SPARC platform) |
Solaris
on x86-64 |
Solaris (x86-64 platform) |
Windows® |
Windows (no
change) |
z/OS® |
z/OS (no
change) |
No changes have been made to the
support; only the terminology has changed.

- Fix Pack V6.0.0.3 enhancements
- Java 5 SR2 support
- Support is added for Java 5 (also known as Java 1.5) SR2.
- On distributed systems, both Java 1.4.2 and Java 5 are installed
with WebSphere Event
Broker. Java 1.4.2 is configured
as the default version; if you prefer to use Java 5, you can modify
your system, as described in Setting up
a command environment.
- On z/OS, you must obtain and install Java 1.4.2, Java 5, or both.
When you customize your component definitions, specify which Java
installation is accessed by each component; see Customizing the level of Java.
- Specify SVRCONN channel on Configuration
Manager's
queue manager
- Support is added for naming the server-connection channel on the Configuration
Manager's queue manager. This option
enables you to set up more than one channel, each having a different
level of security for users. See the following topics:
- WebSphere Event
Broker plug-in now available
for the IBM Support Assistant (ISA)
- A WebSphere Event
Broker plug-in is now available
for ISA, which helps you to resolve questions and problems with IBM
software products by providing access to support-related information
and troubleshooting tools. See:
- Support for 2007 Daylight Savings Time changes in runtime components
- Because of changes to the start and end of Daylight Savings Time
(DST) in the U.S. in 2007, an environment variable MQSI_USE_NEW_US_DST
is provided. See Observing 2007 U.S. changes to Daylight Savings Time.
- Fix Pack V6.0.0.2 enhancements:
- Extended database support
- Support is added for the following databases on Solaris
on x86-64:
See Supported databases for details of available
database support by operating environment.
See Configuring broker databases to see that tasks involved in database
configuration.
- IPv6 support
- Internet Protocol Version 6 is now supported. You can enter, or
refer to, an IPv6 address in all situations in which an IPv4 address
is valid; for example, in the mqsichangeproperties command.
- Overview of creating z/OS components
- The information that describes the mandatory and optional tasks
that create components on z/OS has been enhanced. No new function
is provided, but the topics have been changed and extended to improve
the order and description of how you achieve the results that you
want in your broker domain. See Creating WebSphere Event Broker components on z/OS.
- Fix Pack V6.0.0.1 enhancements:
- Updated Rational support for Message Brokers Toolkit
- Message Brokers Toolkit is now based on
Rational Application Developer (RAD) Version 6.0.1.1 and is compatible
with that release and later Version 6.0.1 updates. It cannot coexist
with RAD products that are based on different versions, so such products
cannot be below Version 6.0.1.1, and must be below Version 6.0.2.
Other Rational products must also be at the latest available level.
For detailed guidance about ensuring that you have a compatible Rational
framework, see the Installation Guide.
- Support for 64-bit execution groups
- The addition of support for 64-bit execution groups allows the
use of very large messages, and also enables WebSphere Event Broker Version 6.0 to run applications in fastpath
(trusted) mode when using the 64-bit queue manager that is provided
in WebSphere MQ Version 6.0.
- Extended platform and operating system support for runtime environments
- Support is now provided for the following runtime environments:
- Solaris
on x86-64, running Solaris
10.
- Linux on POWER on iSeries and pSeries
hardware, running either of the following operating systems:
- Linux PowerPC Red Hat Enterprise Advanced Server V4
- Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9
- Linux Red Hat Enterprise Advanced Server V4 on Linux on x86 and Linux on System
z.
- Solaris 10 on Solaris on SPARC and Solaris
on x86-64.
See Operating system requirements for more detailed information
about supported environments.
- Extended database support
- Support is added for the following databases:
- Remote access to Microsoft SQL Server 2000, from the following
platforms:
- AIX
- HP-UX
- Linux on x86
- Solaris on SPARC
- IBM DB2 V8 on Solaris
on x86-64 and Linux on POWER.
See Supported databases for details of available
database support by operating environment.
- Backward recovery is extended to Version 2.1
- You can restore components and resources that you have migrated
to Version 6.0 from Version 2.1 products
back to their original state. For details of how to do this, see Restoring components and resources to Version 2.1