About this task
The set of tasks that describe how to configure a multi-instance
integration node assumes the following criteria:
- A file server is configured to host both the shared work path
directory for the multi-instance integration node and the shared
directories for the multi-instance queue manager.
- The file server is shared between two computers, each of which
has a licensed copy of the IBM® Integration Bus and WebSphere MQ products installed.
The steps apply to all operating systems that are supported
by IBM Integration Bus and WebSphere MQ, except for z/OS®. Multi-instance integration
nodes and multi-instance queue managers are not supported on z/OS.
To configure an integration
node to run in multi-instance mode, complete the following steps.
What to do next
After you have created a multi-instance integration
node, you can also optionally complete the following actions.
- Use the mqsilist command
to view integration nodes, and which integration nodes are multi-instance.
- Delete a multi-instance integration node, as described in Deleting a multi-instance integration node.
- Delete a multi-instance queue manager, as described in the WebSphere MQ product documentation,
Deleting a multi-instance queue
manager.
- Verify shared file system locks, as described in the WebSphere MQ product documentation,
Verifying shared file system
behavior.
- Back up, and later restore a multi-instance integration node,
as described in Backing up and restoring a multi-instance integration node
- Configure the global cache to withstand software or hardware failures for as long as possible, as described in Configuring the global cache for multi-instance integration nodes.
- Learn how to fail over multi-instance integration nodes, as described in Failing over a multi-instance integration node and queue manager.