Configure user accounts for IBM MQ

After installing IBM MQ server, we must configure the IBM MQ service before we can start any queue managers.

About this task

When you install IBM MQ using the graphical user interface, we are guided through several screens that help you to apply the relevant options and settings. You use the Launchpad to check software requirements, specify network information, and then start the IBM MQ installation wizard and use it to install the software.

After the installation of IBM MQ completes, we can use the Prepare IBM MQ Wizard to configure IBM MQ before starting any queue managers.

If we are setting up IBM MQ for use with the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS), see Supporting the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS).

• Configure IBM MQ with the Prepare IBM MQ Wizard
  The Prepare IBM MQ Wizard helps you to configure IBM MQ with a user account for the network. We must run the wizard to configure the IBM MQ Service before we can start any queue managers.
• Create and setting up Windows domain accounts for IBM MQ
  The following information is intended for Domain Administrators. Use this information to create and set up a special domain account for the IBM MQ service if IBM MQ is to be installed on a Windows domain where local accounts do not have the authority to query the group membership of the domain user accounts.

Parent topic: Installing IBM MQ server on Windows