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| zpat |
 Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:25 am Post subject: Windows 7 compatibility with WMB and WMQ |
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Jedi Council
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Yes, I know this is all in the documentation somewhere, but can anyone who has the answer just tell me if the following will or will not work with a Windows 7 desktop?
WMQ 7.0.1.7 (full QM)
WMQ 7.1 (full QM)
WMB 6.0.0.10
WMB 6.1.0.8
WMB 7.0.0.3
WMB 8.0.0.0
For the WMBs - is the answer applicable to just the toolkit, or just the runtime or both? With WMB 6.x I am using DB/2 as the database.
At present I have all these installed on XP - I have been "threatened" with Windows 7 replacement and want to know the issues.
It would probably be sufficient for the WMB 6 installs to become toolkit only (so I can forget DB2 - hooray!). |
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| missing_link |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:40 am Post subject: |
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I've had the following running on 64bit Win7 Ultimate:
WMQ 7.0.1.x
WMQ 7.1
WMB 7.0.0.2
WMB 8
Never tried 6.x versions of both products as not explicitly supported.
I believe that there specific patch levels of WMQ required for the broker.
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| Esa |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:38 am Post subject: |
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There is an issue with MQExplorer with 64-bit Win 7 Professional. If you open the properties of any object, you cannot see the properties. You can switch between tabs but the only things you see are the tab title and Apply, Cancel and OK buttons. The data fields are not visible.
This issue has been discussed on this forum but I have not found any solution. I have this issue with MQ 7.0.1.6. The fix list of 7.0.1.7 does not seem to contain a fix for it.
The cause of the problem seems to be that my workstation is standalone, also does not belong to any Windows domain. |
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| missing_link |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Can't say that I recall seeing that "feature", but then I'm usually using cmdline/runmqsc or RFHUtil. |
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| zpat |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:44 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. Maybe I'll get a "virtual" Win7 desktop to experiment with.
Any other experiences welcome. |
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| brokerDev |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Neither WMB 6 nor WMB 6.1 will run under Windows 7 natively. I run WMB 6.1 under vmware workstation within Windows 7. For free alternatives, you could run WMB 6.1 under VirtualBox or VMWarePlayer.
Hope that helps. |
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| JasonE |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| There is an issue with MQExplorer with 64-bit Win 7 Professional. If you open the properties of any object, you cannot see the properties. You can switch between tabs but the only things you see are the tab title and Apply, Cancel and OK buttons. The data fields are not visible. |
Works fine here (7.0.1.7 is installed, but I dont think its necessarily relevant)... I am not aware of this as a reported problem either |
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| Esa |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:26 am Post subject: |
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[quote="JasonEWorks fine here (7.0.1.7 is installed, but I dont think its necessarily relevant)... I am not aware of this as a reported problem either[/quote]
In a standalone workstation? |
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| JasonE |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| brokerDev wrote: |
Neither WMB 6 nor WMB 6.1 will run under Windows 7 natively. I run WMB 6.1 under vmware workstation within Windows 7. For free alternatives, you could run WMB 6.1 under VirtualBox or VMWarePlayer.
Hope that helps. |
There is the MS only solution. If you are lucky to have the right versions of Windows 7 then your can get virtualPC and run an XP VM under it for NO CHARGE. This is XP mode. It is a full VM of XP running under Windows 7.
Obviously, this is only a solution for development. I'm sure that someone from IBM will be along with an official statememt about using 'XP Mode'. However, as it is a full VM of XP I can't see any difference to running a VM with virtualBox or VMWare as the VM tool.
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| zpat |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:15 am Post subject: |
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If I get Windows 7 - it will be a virtual desktop - accessed by a small appliance.
So I am not sure I can run another virtual machine inside what is already a virtual machine. |
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| Esa |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:35 am Post subject: |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:33 am Post subject: |
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zpat I did have the 6.0.0.x toolkit loaded on my windows 7 machine concurrently with V7.0.0.2 and it even seems to work (sort of...) but I don't believe it lets me create/refresh bar files... (those I still create on the old XP machine).
The V6 toolkit ran in compatibility mode XP SP3.
Anyway we are doing away with 6.0 this month and it hasn't been active for the last 2 (used as potential backup).
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