WebSphere Message Broker, Version 8.0.0.7
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Migrating publish/subscribe from WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.1 to WebSphere MQ
You can migrate publish/subscribe configuration data from WebSphere® Message Broker Version 6.1 to WebSphere MQ.
Before you start:
For the latest details of all supported levels of hardware and software, visit the WebSphere Message Broker Requirements website.
This topic assumes
the following prerequisite steps:
- You are currently using the broker as an interface for functions other than, but in addition to, publishing and subscribing, and you want to continue to use those other functions after you migrate publish/subscribe information to WebSphere MQ.
- On distributed systems, you have set up and initialized a command environment in which WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker commands can run.
- You have installed a version of WebSphere MQ that supports WebSphere Message Broker and you have migrated your Version 6.1 broker's queue manager.
- The queue manager attribute PSMODE is set to COMPAT; run the command ALTER QMGR PSMODE(COMPAT).
- You have not migrated your Version 6.1 broker to Version 8.0 and the broker's database definitions are still valid for WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.1.
- Your Version 6.1 broker is stopped.
Note: WebSphere MQ publish/subscribe functionality might alter the
header chains in your published message. The message body is not affected,
but avoid assumptions about the value of the CodedCharSetId field
in MQRFH2 headers when subscribing.
To migrate publish/subscribe configuration data from a WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.1 broker to WebSphere MQ, complete the following steps: