Multiple installations of IBM MQ Explorer

An installation of IBM MQ Explorer can be included with each installation of IBM MQ on the system. Each installation of IBM MQ Explorer is part of a separate installation of IBM MQ, and uses its own workspace.

If the system has multiple installations of IBM MQ Explorer, the only local queue managers shown on an installation of IBM MQ Explorer are those local queue managers associated with that installation.

Copy settings between installations of IBM MQ Explorer

IBM MQ Explorer stores settings in a workspace; this workspace, identified by the name of the installation of IBM MQ associated with it, is located in your home directory in IBM/WebSphereMQ/workspace-Installation1. In this example, the name of the workspace associated with the workspace is Installation1.

At startup, IBM MQ Explorer detects whether any workspaces from previous installations of IBM MQ are present on the system. If a workspace from an installation of the product earlier than IBM WebSphere MQ Version 7.1 is detected, without an associated product installation present, settings are automatically copied.

If there is at least one workspace available from earlier installations of IBM MQ and IBM MQ Explorer, we can choose whether to copy settings from one of these, or to start with a new workspace. At startup, a dialog presents you with a list of these available workspaces, each of which is identified by the name of the IBM MQ installation associated with it.

If you choose to copy settings from an earlier workspace, the settings copied are those used by Version 7.1 of IBM MQ Explorer only:

• IBM MQ Explorer Preferences
• IBM MQ Explorer Test Configurations
• Remote Queue Manager connections
• Queue Manager sets
• Schemes and Filters
• JMS Admin objects
• Service Definition repositories
• IBM Integration Bus data (if applicable)
• Managed File Transfer data (if applicable)
• SupportPac MS0P (if applicable)

These settings are not copied from the workspace:

• Any preferences unrelated to IBM MQ Explorer, IBM Integration Bus, or Managed File Transfer.
• Any projects unrelated to Service Definition repositories.
• IBM MQ Explorer Test Results.
• Any other Eclipse settings, including views and perspective changes.
• Any other SupportPacs or extensions to IBM MQ Explorer; these add-ons must be reinstalled if we want to use them with your new workspace.

Parent topic: Introduction to IBM MQ Explorer