Installing Managed File Transfer
From Version 7.5 onwards, Managed File Transfer is installed as a component of IBM MQ on UNIX, Linux, and Windows. Managed File Transfer remains as a separate product on IBM i and z/OS .
Before starting
Before you install Managed File Transfer, check that your system meets both the hardware and software requirements of the product. See System Requirements for IBM MQ.
For all platforms, we must have one IBM WebSphere MQ Version 7.0, or higher, queue manager available in your Managed File Transfer network to use as the coordination queue manager.
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The following steps describe installing Managed File Transfer as a component of IBM MQ on UNIX, Linux, and Windows.
Note: If we are migrating or upgrading an existing IBM MQ installation, we must update database logger instances before other parts of the Managed File Transfer network so that these instances can correctly process the latest versions of the transfer log messages that they receive.Procedure
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Decide which Managed File Transfer components to install.
Managed File Transfer can be installed
as four different options, depending on your operating system and overall setup. These options are
Managed File Transfer Agent, Managed File Transfer Service, Managed File Transfer Logger, or Managed File Transfer Tools. To decide which components to install,
review the product options and topology information in the following topics:
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Install IBM MQ, including Managed File Transfer components.
For information about which specific components to install for the platform, including
Managed File Transfer, see IBM MQ components and features.For more
information about installing IBM MQ on UNIX, Linux, and Windows, see the appropriate information for the platform:
- Install and uninstall IBM MQ on AIX
- Install and uninstall IBM MQ on Linux
- Install and uninstall IBM MQ on Windows
- Managed File Transfer product options
Managed File Transfer can be installed as four different options, depending on your operating system and overall setup. These options are Managed File Transfer Agent, Managed File Transfer Service, Managed File Transfer Logger, or Managed File Transfer Tools. - Installed MFT command sets
The following table shows which Managed File Transfer commands are installed with each component.
Parent topic: Installing IBM MQ Advanced for Multiplatforms
Related reference
Related information
- Managed File Transfer
- Installing Managed File Transfer on IBM i
- Installing IBM MQ for z/OS
- Managed File Transfer topology overview