Where to find more information about maintaining and migrating
Where to look for more information, for example if we are getting started with migrating and maintaining IBM MQ .
Getting started with maintaining and migrating IBM MQ
If we are not familiar with IBM MQ migration, start by reading the following information:- The Migration concepts and methods section: use these topics to find out more about the concepts that we must understand before planning migration tasks, including the difference between maintenance, migration, and upgrading and which migration paths are supported.
Important: If we are migrating the IBM WebSphere MQ Version 7.1 system, we must migrate the system to IBM MQ Version 8.0.0, or Version 9.0.0, before we migrate to the latest version. See the appropriate version of the product documentation for information on how to carry out the task.
New features and changes in this release
For information about new features and changes in this release, see the following information:- What's new and changed in IBM MQ Version 9.2
What's new and changed in Version 9.2.0
Long Term Support
New features and changes in earlier releases
Some new features and changes from earlier releases might have an impact on planning your migration because they affect the behavior of existing applications or the automation of management tasks. For information on where to find details of these changes in the product documentation for earlier releases, see What was new and changed in earlier releases.
System requirements and prerequisites
We can use the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) tool to find information on supported operating systems, system requirements, prerequisites, and optional supported software for IBM MQ. For more information about the SPCR tool and links to reports for each supported platform, see the System Requirements for IBM MQ web page.
For information about limitations and known problems for the current and earlier versions of IBM MQ, see the appropriate product readme file, which is available from the IBM MQ, WebSphere MQ, and MQSeries product readmes web page.
Downloadable versions of the IBM MQ product documentation
If you prefer to use the IBM MQ Version 9.1.0 product documentation offline, we can download it through the links on the IBM MQ documentation download site, either as a downloadable package or as a set of PDF files. See also IBM MQ customer-installable Knowledge Center and IBM MQ Version 9.2 PDF files for product documentation and Program Directories.
Parent topic: Maintain and migrate IBM MQ