IBM MQ Server

Create the user and group

#> groupadd mqm
#> useradd -g mqm -c "IBM MQ" -d /var/mqm mqm

Few Settings

/etc/sysctl.conf

# For MQ Server
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 268435456
kernel.sem = 500 256000 250 1024
fs.file-max = 524288
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 300
kernel.threads-max = 32768

Apply the change

#> sysctl -p

/etc/security/limits.conf

# for MQ
mqm     hard    nofile  10240
mqm     soft    nofile  10240

Install the dependencies

#> yum install pax rpm-build xz-lzma-compat

Install the MQ

#> tar xf WS_MQ_V8.0_IFR1_LINUX_ON_X86_64_I.tar
#> cd server/
#> ./mqlicense.sh -text_only
...
...
Press Enter to continue viewing the license agreement, or
enter "1" to accept the agreement, "2" to decline it, "3"
to print it, "4" to read non-IBM terms, or "99" to go back
to the previous screen.

Type 1

#> rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-*.rpm MQSeriesServer-*.rpm

Install Fixpack

Stopping MQ queue managers (if this isn't first installation and the MQ queue manager was activated)

// switch the user to mqm
#> su - mqm

// list the status of listeners associated with a queue manager.
$> echo "DISPLAY LSSTATUS(*) STATUS" | runmqsc <QmgrName>

// stop MQ queue manager
$> endmqm -i <QMgrName>

// stop any listeners associated with the queue manager
$> endmqlsr -m <QMgrName>

Install the fixpack

#> cd <path-to-source>
#> mkdir FP0011
#> cd FP0011
#> tar xzf ../8.0.0-WS-MQ-LinuxX64-FP0011.tar.gz
#> rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-U*.rpm MQSeriesServer-U*.rpm

Verify the installation

#> su - mqm
$> /opt/mqm/bin/dspmqver
Name:        WebSphere MQ
Version:     8.0.0.2
Level:       p800-002-150427.1
BuildType:   IKAP - (Production)
Platform:    WebSphere MQ for Linux (x86-64 platform)
Mode:        64-bit
O/S:         Linux 2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64
InstName:    Installation1
InstDesc:
Primary:     No
InstPath:    /opt/mqm
DataPath:    /var/mqm
MaxCmdLevel: 801
LicenseType: Production

Applied the fixpack

$ /opt/mqm/bin/dspmqver
Name:        WebSphere MQ
Version:     8.0.0.11
Level:       p800-011-181212.1
BuildType:   IKAP - (Production)
Platform:    WebSphere MQ for Linux (x86-64 platform)
Mode:        64-bit
O/S:         Linux 2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64
InstName:    Installation1
InstDesc:
Primary:     No
InstPath:    /opt/mqm
DataPath:    /var/mqm
MaxCmdLevel: 802
LicenseType: Production