Install the WebSphere MQ Server

 

This chapter describes how to install WebSphere MQ V6.0 directly from the WebSphere MQ Server CD.

This information covers topics such as preparing for installation and verifying your installation, as well as the installation process itself.

See also: Migrate to WebSphere MQ V6.0.

WebSphere MQ can be installed as a server or a client. A WebSphere MQ server is an installation of a queue manager that provides queueing services to zero or more clients and to zero or more queue managers. All the WebSphere MQ objects, for example queues, exist only on the queue manager machine (the WebSphere MQ server machine), and not the client. A WebSphere MQ server can also support local WebSphere MQ applications.

A WebSphere MQ client is a component that allows an application running on one system to communicate with a queue manager running on another system. The output from the call is sent back to the client, which passes it back to the application. A WebSphere MQ client can be installed on its own, on a separate machine from the base product and server.

We can use the WebSphere MQ Server CD to install the WebSphere MQ server or the WebSphere MQ client. If you want to install the WebSphere MQ server and the WebSphere MQ client on the same machine, use the WebSphere MQ Server CD.

• We can also install the WebSphere MQ client by using the WebSphere MQ Client CD. The installation methods you use with this CD differ slightly.

• It is not possible to install WebSphere MQ V6.0 on a machine also running an earlier version of WebSphere MQ. This is because installing will upgrade any earlier version of WebSphere MQ found on the machine.

This chapter describes how to install the WebSphere MQ Server using the WebSphere MQ for Windows CD.

1. Install WebSphere MQ documentation
2. Prepare for server installation
3. WebSphere MQ Server installation methods
4. Configure a WebSphere MQ Server
5. General considerations
   
6. Naming considerations
   
7. Security considerations
   
8. Create a log file when you install WebSphere MQ
   
9. Prepare for server installation
   
10. WebSphere MQ Server installation methods
    
11. Modify your installation
    
12. Configure a WebSphere MQ Server
    
13. Verify a server installation
    

See also: Installing the WebSphere MQ Client.

 

Parent topic:

Welcome to WebSphere MQ