Fix Pack Installation and MQ Migration

Restoring the previous backup version

Step1:

Ensure that you are logged on as an Administrator.

Ensure that all queue managers & Channels & Listeners are stopped.

Click either

Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere MQ > Remove Refresh Pack

Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere MQ > Remove Fix Pack

Click Remove to start the process. This returns the installation to the state it
was in before the maintenance package was applied.

IN linux:-

/opt/mqm/maintenance

End all MQ activities on queue manager

Move to the folder where maintenance .rpm files are in place.

rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-Uxxxx-6.0.0-1.i386.rpm MQSeriesSDK-Uxxxx6.0.0-1.i386.rpm

MQSeriesServer-Uxxxx-6.0.0-1.i386.rpm

rpm -ev MQSeriesRuntime-Uxxxx-6.0.0-1 MQSeriesSDK-Uxxxx-6.0.0-1

MQSeriesServer-Uxxxx-6.0.0-1

Introduction to Migration

Full back up of environment.

Operation System consideration.

After migration Start the queue manager before any activity.

If you cannot connect to a migrated queue manager and see an error like
"SYSTEM.MQEXPLORER.REPLY.MODEL not defined", run: strmqm -c

Back up the queue manager objects

Use SupportPac MS03

Saves all of the objects (queues, channels, etc)

defined in a either local or remote queue

manager to a file

Allows you to recreate the queue manager

Back up the queue manager and log directories

UNIXs:

/var/mqm/qmgrs

/var/mqm/logs

Back up the queue manager and log directories

Windows:

C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\qmgrs

C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\logs

It is not possible to install WebSphere MQ v6.0 or WebSphere MQ v7.0 and an

earlier version of WebSphere MQ on the same machine at the same time.

On the Windows platform you do NOT have to uninstall WebSphere MQ prior

to installing WebSphere MQ v6.0 or WebSphere MQ v7.0

If you select UPDATE option you will not install new Eclipse based WebSphere
MQ Explorer

You must choose CUSTOM option and select the features you want to install