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| gstokes |
 Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:09 am Post subject: Upgrade MQ 5.3 to MQ 6.0.2.6 |
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| Can you upgrade MQ 5.3 to MQ 6.0.2.6 without doing a clean install? |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Define "clean install".
You can upgrade from v5.3 to v6 or v7 without deleting and recreating your queue managers, although you will have to stop them.
You can, on some platforms, install v6 or v7 over top the existing file sets for v5.3, but not on all platforms. On at least one (but not more than one) platform you can install v6 or v7 next to v5.3.
On some platforms you have to uninstall v5.3 and then install v6 or v7. |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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We just did that.
We had to first remove the existing MQ installation using the software installer of the platform. We then installed the new 6.0 version and upgraded to 6.0.2.6 with no problem. We had a bizarre message the first time we started a qmgr though. I figured it was due to the conversion of the file format.
Just be sure you have an ms03 backup and a filesystem backup (/var/mqm) so that you can recreate what you need if you have to roll back.
Have fun 
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| gstokes |
| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:28 am Post subject: MQ 6.0.2.6 Upgrade |
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| I left out one note and that this is a Windows 2000 server that I want to upgrade MQ 5.3 too 6.0.2.6. will that be an issue? |
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| exerk |
| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: |
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Make sure a full back-up is done, including the Registry (egg sucking time  ).
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:43 am Post subject: Re: MQ 6.0.2.6 Upgrade |
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| gstokes wrote: |
| I left out one note and that this is a Windows 2000 server that I want to upgrade MQ 5.3 too 6.0.2.6. will that be an issue? |
Only in that v5.3 didn't require SP4 & v6 does (at least to be running on a supported platform configuration).
Aside from that, all other comments from all other posters apply.
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| PeterPotkay |
| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:43 am Post subject: |
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Click on the lIbrary link at the top of this screen and look for this:
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WebSphere MQ Migration Information
This book is for experienced users of WebSphere MQ who want to migrate their WebSphere MQ V5.3 systems to WebSphere MQ V6. It is specifically intended for system analysts, system programmers, system administrators, security administrators, network administrators, database administrators.
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Also search this site for posts on this topic, as I and others have posted tips and hints of various things we found during the 5.3 to 6.0 migration not covered in the manual.
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| aditya.aggarwal |
| Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yes.. You can upgrade Mq V5.3 to MQ V6.0.2.6..
Ofcourse first you need to upgrade to MQ V6.0 then upgrade to 6.0.2.6
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