Creating a broker

You can create brokers on every platform that is supported by WebSphere® Message Broker. The broker runs as a 32-bit application on all platforms except HP-UX on Itanium, even if you subsequently create 64-bit execution groups on a broker that can support them.

Before you start:

Complete the following tasks:
  • Ensure that your user ID has the correct authorizations to perform the task. Refer to Security requirements for administrative tasks.
  • On distributed systems, you must set up your command-line environment before creating a broker, by running the product profile or console; refer to Setting up a command environment.
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  • You must create the broker database before you create the broker; the tables in which the broker stores its internal data are created automatically when you create the first broker to use that database. Subsequent brokers that you create specifying the same database and database user ID share these tables; the rows within the tables are qualified by a unique identifier (UUID) for each broker.

    Although you can install different versions of the product on a single computer, you must ensure that brokers that share a database are at the same version (and are migrated at the same time, if appropriate).

Create a broker by using the command line on the computer on which you have installed the broker component. On Windows® and Linux® on x86, you can alternatively use the Command Assistant in the Message Brokers Toolkit to complete this task.

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To create a broker, follow the link for the appropriate platform.

Related concepts
Brokers
Broker domains
Related tasks
Configuring broker and user databases
Using WebSphere MQ trusted applications
Modifying a broker
Deleting a broker
Using the Command Assistant wizard
Considering security for a broker
Related reference
mqsicreatebroker command
Security requirements for administrative tasks
Support for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
Supported databases
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