Installing an IBM MQ client on AIX

We can interactively install the IBM MQ client for AIX using smit.

Before starting

Before starting the installation procedure, make sure that we have completed the necessary steps outlined in Preparing the system on AIX.

IBM MQ is supplied as a set of filesets that are installed using the standard AIX installation tools. The procedure uses the System Management Interface Tool ( smit ), but you can choose to use installp, geninstall or the web-based System Manager. We can select which components we want to install. The components and filesets are listed in IBM MQ components for AIX systems. We must install at least the Runtime and Client components.

This procedure installs IBM MQ into the default location. To install to a non-default location, we must use installp, see Installing an IBM MQ client silently on AIX.

Procedure

1. Log in as root, or switch to the superuser using the su command.
2. Make your current directory the location of the installation file. The location might be the mount point of the DVD, a network location, or a local file system directory.
3. Select the required smit window using the following sequence:

   Software Installation and Maintenance
   Install and Update Software
   Install and Update from ALL Available Software
   

4. Click List to display the input device or directory for the software and select the location that contains the installation images.
5. Select the SOFTWARE to install field to obtain a list of available filesets, and select the filesets we want to install. Ensure that we include the appropriate message catalog if you require messages in a language different from the language specified by the locale specified on the system. Enter ALL to install all applicable filesets.
6. Change Preview new LICENSE agreements? to yes and press Enter to view the license agreements.
7. If we have a previous version of the product on the system, change the Automatically install requisite software to no.
8. Change ACCEPT new license agreements? to yes and press Enter to accept the license agreements.
9. Change Preview new LICENSE agreements? to no and press Enter to install IBM MQ.

What to do next

• If we have chosen this installation to be the primary installation on the system, we must now set it as the primary installation. Enter the following command at the command prompt:

   MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/bin/setmqinst -i -p MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH
  

  We can have only one primary installation on a system. If there is already a primary installation on the system, we must unset it before we can set another installation as the primary installation. For more information, see Change the primary installation.
• We might want to set up the environment to work with this installation. We can use the setmqenv or crtmqenv command to set various environment variables for a particular installation of IBM MQ. For more information, see setmqenv and crtmqenv.
• For instructions on how to verify your installation, see Testing communication between a client and a server on AIX.

• Installing an IBM MQ client silently on AIX
  We can carry out a non-interactive, or silent, installation of an IBM MQ client from the command line using the AIX installp command.

Parent topic: Install and uninstall IBM MQ on AIX

Related tasks

• Uninstalling or modifying IBM MQ on AIX