IBM MQ for DB Replication

MQ Installation

MQ8 + RHEL 6/7/8

Installer Files:

WS_MQ_V8.0_IFR1_LINUX_ON_X86_64_I.tar
8.0.0-WS-MQ-LinuxX64-FP0011.tar

~~Kernel~~System Configuration:

Edit /etc/sysctl.d/wmq.conf

# for MQ
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 changes

sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/wmq.conf

Edit /etc/security/limits.conf

# for MQ
mqm     hard    nofile  10240
mqm     soft    nofile  10240

Install the MQ Server

tar -xf WS_MQ_V8.0_IFR1_LINUX_ON_X86_64_I.tar
cd server