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| kirankatthula |
 Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 4:52 am Post subject: How to change installation location of WMQ using SMITTY?? |
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I got a requirement to install the WebSphere MQ in non-default installation location.
Need to install this using SMITTY tool.
The reason for installing in non-default installation location is to keep the OS binaries and WMQ binaries separate.
So all the OS binaries are maintained under rootvg and softwares like WMQ binaries are maintained under DataVG.
I spent lot of time in exploring infocentre,google and failed to find a solution.
Operating System:AIX 7.1
WMQ Version: V7.0
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| PeterPotkay |
| Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Look at MQ 7.1 or 7.5, not 7.0, if you want to install in non default locations.
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| kirankatthula |
| Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Default data and log paths can be common to more than one version...
However the binaries should sit in different directories.
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| kirankatthula |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| I'm just trying to find a way to install WMQ in non-default installation location. |
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:03 am Post subject: |
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Why don't you try it? If it needs the target directories to be creates and setup correctly before you run it the installation may fail and tell you why it failed.
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| kirankatthula |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:14 am Post subject: |
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The environment is not yet ready.......before it gets ready I'm trying to get some idea on it......
Didn't got a chance for AIX(Non-default installation location) till now.......
Last edited by kirankatthula on Wed May 07, 2014 2:25 am; edited 2 times in total |
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| exerk |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| kirankatthula wrote: |
| ...I tried it on RHEL(LINUX) and was successful... |
Let me get this straight - you were able to install WebSphere MQ Version 7.0 in non-default locations, i.e. not /opt/mqm and /var/mqm, so I'd be really interested in how you did that unless you mean you sym-linked?
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| kirankatthula |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 2:43 am Post subject: |
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I did that installation for installing wmq7.1 and 7.5 over 7.0 under /opt only ......may be I was wrong in giving that as a example.
Is there any possibility there for me to install WMQ 7.0 under non-default installation location otherthan /usr/mqm???? |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 4:27 am Post subject: |
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I don't believe you can install 7.0 in a location other than default.
AFAIK this feature was introduced with 7.1 and requires your 7.0 if present to be at a minimum level of 7.0.1.6 or higher (from memory) 
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| Tibor |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| kirankatthula wrote: |
| Is there any possibility there for me to install WMQ 7.0 under non-default installation location otherthan /usr/mqm???? |
As exerk mentioned, you can manage it Unix-way, just create a symbolic link to your favorite data volume, e.g.
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| ln -s /vol/dir/mq70 /usr/mqm |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| Tibor wrote: |
| kirankatthula wrote: |
| Is there any possibility there for me to install WMQ 7.0 under non-default installation location otherthan /usr/mqm???? |
As exerk mentioned, you can manage it Unix-way, just create a symbolic link to your favorite data volume, e.g.
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| ln -s /vol/dir/mq70 /usr/mqm |
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Be cautious - not tried it with WMQv7.0, but certainly WMQv6 didn't enjoy that. If you do this, I would suggest that you install WMQv7.0 where it wants to be installed and place a symlink so that if you ls where you want it installed it shows up.
But I'm just some guy, you know?
It of course depends why you're trying to segrigate OS and other binaries; are you trying to use separate mount points or just trying to make it look nice and tidy in the directory listings?
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| JosephGramig |
| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| If you do succeed in installing it in a non-default location, nobody else will be expecting this change. It will cause confusion and delay. |
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| kirankatthula |
| Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Joseph Gramig:
Anyway we will provide some documentation on it.......I hope there will be no confusion.
Vitor:
For this particular infra configuration OS is SAN booted, nothing stays in the internal disks.
This is my client requirement to keep the software (WMQ) installations out of the rootVG.
Otherwise I would have proceeded with default installation procedure.
Tibor:
I will try for the symbolic link concept.......
I'm trying to learn some new things from you guys........ |
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| Tibor |
| Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| For symlink: as it was told, if the installer is creating a "real" directory entry when installing MQ, you can move /usr/mqm entry to anywhere else and then create a symlink for this one. |
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