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Migrating the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer
Migrate from a previous version of the WebSphere® Message Broker Explorer to the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer Version 8.0.
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 replace the existing version.
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.
- Uninstall your current version of WebSphere Message Broker Explorer. You can uninstall the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer only if you are the administration user (for example, root on Linux on x86 and Linux on x86-64, or Administrator on Windows). For more information about uninstalling WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, see the following topic: Uninstalling WebSphere Message Broker Explorer Version 7.0
- Check that no files exist in the previous installation directory.
- Install WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.
- To initialize the new version of the 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 administration user.
- Start WebSphere Message Broker Explorer either by using
the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer Windows shortcut or by running the
following command from a command line in which the mqsiprofile command has not
run:
strmqcfg -c -d
On Windows, the Add/Remove program
panels point to the new installation location. To remove the older
version, navigate to the old location on the file system and run the
uninstaller that is located there.
- Move or delete the location to which you extracted the IS02 SupportPac.
- Delete the BrokerExplorer.link file, which you copied into the links directory. On Windows the directory name is C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\eclipseSDK33\eclipse\links\. On Linux on x86 and Linux on x86-64, the directory name is /opt/mqm/eclipseSDK33/eclipse/links.
- Start WebSphere Message Broker Explorer either by using
the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer Windows shortcut or by running the
following command from a command line in which the mqsiprofile command has not
run:
strmqcfg -c -d
- If you want a new installation of your WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, complete one of the following
steps:
- Move or delete the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer metadata directory. On Windows, the directory name is C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\IBM\MQ Explorer\.metadata. On Linux on x86 and Linux on x86-64, the directory name is /home/user/.mqdata/.metadata.
- Alternatively, switch your Eclipse workspace.
Moving or deleting the metadata directory, or switching your Eclipse workspace, resets your WebSphere Message Broker Explorer to its initial startup state. You must then reconnect to any remote queue managers. Any local queue manager is discovered automatically.
- On Windows:
Click .
- 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.