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| ipmqadm |
 Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: GUI for MQ for Unix |
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Acolyte
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| I have been instructed to research my company implmenting MQ on our Sun Solaris Unix servers. We currently emply MQ on all of our other platforms(Mainframe, Windows, Vax, AS400). Is there any GUI interface available for MQ on Unix? Something that offers an interface similar to what is available for the Windows environment? |
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Grand Poobah
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The MQ Explorer in version 6 is based on Eclipse.
It will install on Linux platforms.
It is not supported on Solaris and will not install, but may function if you manually move things.
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| manicminer |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:31 am Post subject: |
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Disciple
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The other thing worth noting is that a large amount of the admin function can be performed remotely. If you are installing Solaris servers, do you really need the GUI to run on Solaris?
You can run the MQ Explorer on your windows (or Linux) desktop and connect remotely to your Solaris servers.
The MQ Explorer can be installed on many machines so long as you have a server license. |
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| ipmqadm |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Acolyte
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manicminer,
I have already installed v6.0 on numerous Windows 2003 servers and have the eclipse explorer running on them as well? How can i log onto the Windows eclipse explorer and then connect to a Solaris Unix box? Pardon my almost total lack of knowledge on Unix platforms... |
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Grand Poobah
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You create a queue manager connection in MQ Explorer to the remote queue manager, using the necessary information.
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| SAFraser |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Shaman
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You can install MQExplorer on your own desktop and create connections to all your MQ installations, regardless of platform. You do not need to log onto each individual server to use the Eclipse tool, but can administer them all from your desktop.
Hint: Right click Queue Managers in MQExplorer. I bet you will figure it out from there!
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Grand Poobah
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Mind you, this assumes the following things:
1) That you are allowed to configure your queue managers for remote administration
2) That you are allowed to remotely administer your queue managers
3) That your desktop is allowed to establish a network connection to the machines hosting your queue managers
4) That you have configured yoru queue manager for remote administration
5) That you are able to establish a network connection from your desktop to the machines hosting your queue managers.
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| SAFraser |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Shaman
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And.... the biggest pain of all, to me.... That your remote queue managers all use the same ID for access.
Well, okay, maybe there are a few requirements to be met. But once it's all set up, it is quite nice to see your whole environment in one window! |
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| ipmqadm |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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Acolyte
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Jeff,
The answer is yes to all of your questions. THANKS to everyone. I will explore this approach... |
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