Install the MQ Service Provider into IBM z/OS Connect EE

You must install the MQ Service Provider into IBM® z/OS® Connect EE before it is used.

About this task

Do this by carrying out the following procedure:

Procedure

1. Locate the IBM z/OS Connect EE product extensions directory. For a typical installation, this is the /var/zosconnect/v2r0/extensions directory described here: Set up the product extensions directory.
2. Copy MQSP_ROOT/mqzosconnect.properties to the directory located from step 1.
3. Edit the copied file. Note that this file is an ASCII file. Change PATH_TO_INSTALL to MQSP_ROOT/v2.0>, and save your changes.Attention: Step 3 assumes that the user ID running the server has read access to the MQSP_ROOT directory structure. If this is not the case, either add sufficient access to the user ID, or move the contents of MQSP_ROOT to a location with sufficient access.

Results

You have now installed all of the prerequisites for the MQ Service Provider.

What to do next

You must now enable the MQ Service Provider and z/OS Connect.