WebSphere Message Broker, Version 8.0.0.7 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-Itanium, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

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Installing WebSphere Message Broker Explorer

To use WebSphere® Message Broker Explorer only, without installing the complete WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit, use the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer installation wizard to install the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.

Before you start:
  • Alternatively, to install the complete WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit, see Installing the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit.
  • You can install WebSphere Message Broker components and prerequisite products in silent mode on Linux, UNIX, and Windows. For more information, see Installing WebSphere Message Broker components and prerequisite products by using the sample script file.
  • The WebSphere Message Broker Explorer installation searches the Windows registry for a version of WebSphere MQ Explorer. If registry access is disabled by a local security policy such as "Prevent access to registry editing tools", the installation cannot find WebSphere MQ Explorer. Before you install WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, remove this restriction temporarily and reinstate it after the installation.

One version only of the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer can be active at any one time because one version only of the WebSphere MQ Explorer can be installed on any one system.

If you already have WebSphere Message Broker Explorer installed, and you decide to install a later version of WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, you must upgrade the existing version. For more information, see Migrating the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.

If you add another installation of WebSphere MQ after you install WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, you must install WebSphere Message Broker Explorer again to enable it in all WebSphere MQ installations.

To install WebSphere Message Broker Explorer on Windows or Linux on x86 and Linux on x86-64, complete the following tasks.

  1. Check the readme.html for any updates to these installation instructions. The readme file location is shown in System requirements.
  2. Check that you have enough memory and disk space; for more information, see Memory and disk space requirements.
  3. If you do not already have WebSphere MQ installed, install it before you install the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.
  4. Decide whether you want to install from a server, or to install locally on each system. These choices are described in Accessing CDs and DVDs for both CDs or DVDs, and for images that you downloaded from Passport Advantage® (if you are registered with the scheme). The instructions here do not differentiate between CDs, DVDs, and downloaded images; their behavior is the same.
  5. Decide whether to use the graphical installation, a console installation, or a silent installation.
  6. Open the installation wizard by using the executable file or binary file. On Windows, this file is install.exe. On Linux on x86 and Linux on x86-64, this file is install.bin. These files are in the \MBExplorer directory on the DVD.
  7. When you start the wizard, continue with the installation process by working through each of the following panels. The installation wizard itself contains help information about selected panels.
  8. Select the language to use for the installation process, then click OK.
  9. On the Introduction panel, click Next.
  10. Read the software license agreement, select the option to accept the terms of the license, then click Next.
  11. Enter (or browse for) a product installation directory for WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, or accept the default location.

    On Windows, the default installation directory for WebSphere Message Broker Explorer is C:\Program Files\IBM\MBExplorer. On Linux on x86 and Linux on x86-64, the default installation directory is /opt/IBM/MBExplorer.

    If the product installation directory exists because you previously installed WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, click Refresh to refresh the existing installation or click Select to select a new product directory.

  12. Click Next.
  13. Read the summary panel. If necessary, click Previous to go back and modify earlier panels.
  14. Click Install and wait while the files are installed.
  15. On the Install complete panel, click Done.
After installing WebSphere Message Broker Explorer you must complete the following step:
  • To initialize the new installation of WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, run the following command from a command line in which the mqsiprofile command has not run:
    strmqcfg -i

    To run this command, you must be the administrator or root user.

You can now use the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer. To start the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, complete one of the following steps:
  • On Windows:

    Click Start > All Programs > IBM WebSphere Message Broker 8.0.0.0 > IBM WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.

  • On Linux on x86 and Linux on x86-64:

    Open a command shell in which the mqsiprofile command has not run and enter the strmqcfg command, or run /usr/bin/strmqcfg.

After you complete installation, see Verifying your WebSphere Message Broker installation.
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