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| rickwatsonb |
 Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:31 am Post subject: MQ Client uninstall removed /var/mqm - but need it!!! |
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Hi,
On our development server we have two installs of MQ Client: 7.0.1.7 and 7.1.0.1. The binaries for the first are located at /opt/mqm, and the second are at /opt/mqm_7101.
We followed the directions for uninstalling 7.0.1.7, and the result is that the /var/mqm directory was uninstalled, but we need it for the 7.1.0.1 instance!!! We did not make a copy of it beforehand.
What can we do to fix this quickly?
Thanks for your quick response. |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| reinstall 7.1.0.1 on top of the existing location... |
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| rickwatsonb |
| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:12 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for the quick reply Jeff.
Is /var/mqm automatically removed in a Solaris uninstall of a MQ Client (7.0), or would the root user need to specifically remove it with a rm -r ? |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:14 am Post subject: |
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No idea.
Haven't touched solaris in several years.
Also, Solaris zones make me nervous. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| mqjeff wrote: |
| Also, Solaris zones make me nervous. |
And rightly so. 
Depending on how (and indeed if) zones are in use here, a number of OS level mechanisms could have made parts of /var automagically disappear.
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| Philip Morten |
| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| rickwatsonb wrote: |
Thank you for the quick reply Jeff.
Is /var/mqm automatically removed in a Solaris uninstall of a MQ Client (7.0) |
No it is not, the /var/mqm directory structure is left in place by all UNIX uninstalls.
The uninstall instructions for WebSphere MQ 7.0 on Solaris at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.mq.amqdac.doc/sq10800_.htm say
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| 5. If there are no other WebSphere MQ installations on the system, and you are not planning to reinstall or migrate, you can delete the /var/mqm and /etc/opt/mqm directory trees. Deleting these directories destroys all queue managers and their associated data. |
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