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| varget |
 Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:31 am Post subject: Moving MQ6 to new Server |
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I need to move our MQ 6.0.2.6 server environment from an old Solaris 8 server to a new Solaris 10 server (whole root zone). Any easy ideas - I can't seem to find much info on this.
My thoughts - could I tar up the Solaris 8 directories, do a base install on the new box, and untar it over top? Or use savegmgr and do a "restore" on the new box?
I welcome any thoughts, ideas, or tried-and-true procedures.
Many thanks,
Varget
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:36 am Post subject: Re: Moving MQ6 to new Server |
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| varget wrote: |
| use savegmgr and do a "restore" on the new box? |
Far and away the best method.
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| exerk |
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As Solaris 10 uses zones, and Solaris 8 doesn't, I would hazard a guess (and it is a guess mind you) that the answer is no. Your second option is what I would do.
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| exerk wrote: |
| As Solaris 10 uses zones, and Solaris 8 doesn't, I would hazard a guess (and it is a guess mind you) that the answer is no.. |
If the Solaris 10 server has WMQ installed in a Global Root zone, doing an untar would probably be no more dangerous than on a standard box, i.e. very, very likely to go horribly wrong!
In any other zone configuration than I agree, it becomes almost suicidal.
In both situations you need to contrast the risks with the risk of using saveqmgr, a process best described as "like falling off a log".
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| varget |
| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:23 am Post subject: RE: Moving MQ6 to new Server |
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Vitor and Exerk, thanks for your replies.
Its going on a Solaris 10 whole-root-zone, so the zone uses an independent copy of the os, unlike a sparse-root-zone that shares/inherits the global zone's os.
Yeah, the tar-ball idea was wishful thinking, but I wasn't sure about the saveqmgr idea. I figured there had to be some way to duplicate/re-create the queue manager, rather than having to manually re-create all of the qm's, queues, channels, etc.
I'll start working on the saveqmgr solution, but I welcome anyone's additional comments or ideas.
Thanks again!
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| ... you can do things to back up /var/mqm/ directories. There are documents in the Info Center on this. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:26 am Post subject: Re: RE: Moving MQ6 to new Server |
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| varget wrote: |
| I figured there had to be some way to duplicate/re-create the queue manager, rather than having to manually re-create all of the qm's, queues, channels, etc. |
It's called saveqmgr. 
Though I agree you'll need to recreate the queue managers by hand, but there are (or should be) a relatively small number on a given server; certainly a tiny percentage of the number of objects saveqmgr will rebuild for you. If not, a pinch of script works wonders.
Don't forget to unload the authorities via saveqmgr as well.
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