Applying and Removing Maintenance --------------------------------- The corrective service files in this directory are of the form Uxxxxxx.tar.Z This means that they are compressed and tar'ed. To use these files, perform the following steps: ***Precaution*************************************************** * * * Do not have queue managers operating during installation * * of maintenance on MQSeries for Sun OS. * * * **************************************************************** To install a PTF update: 1. Log in as root (or use the command su). 2. Use the endmqm command to end running MQSeries queue managers. 3. Create a temporary directory, ie mkdir /tmp/mqs 4. Move into the temporary directory, ie cd /tmp/mqs 5. Download the file to your local system in binary mode. 6. Uncompress Uxxxxxx.tar.Z 7. tar -xvf Uxxxxxx.tar 8. Use the amqinst.sh command and select option 1, Install current patch.