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IBM MQ for DB Replication

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

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
./mqlicense.sh -text_only
rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-*.rpm MQSeriesServer-*.rpm

Install FP0011

mkdir FP0011
tar -xzf 8.0.0-WS-MQ-LinuxX64-FP0011.tar.gz -C FP0011
cd FP0011
rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-*.rpm MQSeriesServer-*.rpm

TIPs:

  • 預設 MQ 安裝目錄：/opt/mqm
  • 如果安裝時，想變更目錄位置，安裝指令改成 
    rpm --prefix /opt/customLocation -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-*.rpm MQSeriesServer-*.rpm 
  • 安裝完成，系統會自動建立帳號 mqm。
Verifying a server installation

RHEL 

su - mqm
vi ~/.bash_profile

.bash_profile:

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH

# Set up environment variables for the user mqm
. /opt/mqm/bin/setmqenv -s

Show the MQ version

[mqm@dotnetdev ~]$ 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 4.18.0-553.40.1.el8_10.x86_64
InstName:    Installation1
InstDesc:
Primary:     No
InstPath:    /opt/mqm
DataPath:    /var/mqm
MaxCmdLevel: 802
LicenseType: Production

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