Installing service on z/OS

If your SMP/E target zones are not on the same file system as your production directories, you need to copy the directories as a whole to the system where they are to be used, and replace the directories currently there. This means that any brokers or the User Name Server will use the updated directories when they next restart.

If you do not want all of your brokers to be affected by changing the directories, you need to have at least two copies of the product directories. You should copy the updated files to the first copy and run one or more brokers with these directories. When you are satisfied with the updates, copy the updated files to the second copy of the directories for the rest of your brokers to use.

Use the following steps to back up your WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker directories on z/OS, and restore them on another system or on the same system in a different directory:

  1. Tar the code using the command:
    tar -cvozf wmqi.tar.z /usr/lpp/wmqi 
    where /usr/lpp/wmqi is the install path.
  2. FTP the tar file to the new file system in binary mode by entering the following commands:
    ftp machine_name
    binary
    cd USS_path_for_storing_tar_file 
    put wmqi.tar.z
    quit
  3. Untar the file using the command:
    tar -xvozf wmqi.tar.z  
    Because the initial tar command used the absolute path
    /usr/lpp/wmqi
    you need WRITE access to the root directory to untar the package. You can use a relative path instead. See the tar command in the UNIX System Services Command Reference Guide for more details.

Related reference
Customization tasks and roles (z/OS)