WebSphere MQ Installation

Mohammed Qasim

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Creating Group, User and Folders

Create “mqm” Group

Create “mqm” User
Create “/opt/mqm” Folder
Create “/var/mqm” Folder

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 Kernel Configuration

 kernel.msgmni = 1024
 kernel.shmmni = 4096
 kernel.shmall = 2097152
 kernel.sem = 500 256000 250 1024
 fs.file-max = 32768
 net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 300

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 System Configuration
Maximum open files
If the system is heavily loaded, you might need to
increase the maximum possible number of open files.
cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
 Maximum processes
A running WebSphere® MQ queue manager consists of a
number of thread programs, and each connected
application will increase the number of threads running in
the queue manager processes.
Set nproc for the mqm user to 4090 or more.

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 Installation
 Log in as root
 Run the mqlicense.sh script.
./mqlicense.sh -accept
 Minimum Components to be Installed for
Server
MQSeriesRuntime, MQSeriesServer ,
MQSeriesJava , MQSeriesJRE
 Minimum Components to be Installed for
Client.
MQSeriesClient

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 Post Installation Steps

 Log in as mqm
 Create a default queue manager called
venus.queue.manager by entering the following
command: crtmqm -q venus.queue.manager
 To start the queue manager, type: strmqm
 Put a message on the queue using the following
command: ./amqsput ORANGE.QUEUE
 To get the message from the queue, use the following
command: ./amqsget ORANGE.QUEUE

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