Installing on Solaris

 

Overview

The WebSphere MQ components available for Solaris:

Client

Client code .

Samples

Sample application programs.

Runtime component

Support for external applications. This does not enable you to write your own applications.

Base

Support for creating your own applications. Requires the runtime component to be installed.

WebSphere MQ Client for Java

Allow Java applets running on the client machine to communicate with WebSphere MQ. Includes security exits for encryption and authentication of messages sent across the Web by the WebSphere MQ Client for Java. These exits consist of some Java classes. To use the client for Java requires Java runtime Version 1.1.1 or above.

If it is possible on your platform, at installation time the CLASSPATH environment variable will either be updated if already present, or created if not.

 

Pre-Install

  1. Create a group with the name mqm.

  2. Create a user ID with the name mqm.

  3. Mount a /var/mqm file system. The following directories must be on a local file system:

    • /var/mqm
    • /var/mqm/log

    You can NFS mount /var/mqm/errors and /var/mqm/trace directories.

 

Installation

  1. The WebSphere MQ product is installed into the /opt/mqm directory. This location cannot be changed.

  2. To use WebSphere MQ Client for Java, install Java 1.1.1+ runtime.

  3. If you are installing from CD-ROM, verify that the volume manager is running:
    /usr/bin/ps -ef | /bin/grep vold

    If the Volume Manager is running, the CD is mounted automatically at...

    /cdrom/MQ53Client1

    If it is not running, mount the CD by executing...

    mkdir -p /cdrom/MQ53Client1
    mount -F hsfs -r /dev/dsk/CD-ROM_drive/cdrom/MQ53Client1

  4. Accept the MQ license...

    • Without SSL support...

      /cdrom/MQ53Client1/solaris/MQClient/mqlicense.sh

    • With SSL support...
      /cdrom/MQ53Client1/solaris/MQClientwithSSL/mqlicense.sh

  5. Use pkgadd program to install the WebSphere MQ client software...

    • Without SSL support:

      pkgadd -d /cdrom/MQ53Client1/solaris/MQClient/mqs530.img

    • With SSL:
      pkgadd -d /cdrom/MQ53Client1/solaris/MQClientwithSSL/mqs530.img

 

Translated messages

Messages in U.S. English are always available. If you require one of the other languages supported by WebSphere MQ for Solaris, you must ensure that your NLSPATH environment variable includes the appropriate directory.

For example: 

export LANG=de
export NLSPATH=/usr/lib/locale/%L/LC_MESSAGES/%N

 

Removing a WebSphere MQ client from Solaris

If you have previously installed WebSphere MQ on your system, remove the product using the pkgrm program.

If the product is present, but not installed correctly, you might need manually to delete the files and directories contained in: 

  
/var/mqm
/opt/mqm

 

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