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| tjfunny1 |
 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 9:49 am Post subject: MQ Server on Apple X |
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I'm curious if anyone has tried to install a unix version of MQ on the new Apple X OS yet? I purchased a G4 Powerbook a while back and found it didn't have a Korn shell. Since the OS is a darwin-based Unix, I downloaded the binaries for the Korn shell from the AT&T website. After copying the binaries to the /usr/bin, the Korn shell worked as planned (ksh) and I'm able to do Korn shell scripting. I even changed my profile to load the ksh upon startup.
Given the above success, I'm wondering if you could install the binaries from say the Linux or AT&T version of MQ Server? This is a fun project for myself, I don't have any commerical application for doing it except to prove it would work. Anyone out there tried this approach on the new Apple OS? If so, please relay your methods.
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| mrlinux |
| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:16 am Post subject: |
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I dont think there are any PowerPC versions of MQSeries out there .
PS I certainly wish they would at least generate some client libs
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| tjfunny1 |
| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:22 am Post subject: PowerPC? |
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| mrlinux |
| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:22 am Post subject: |
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The powerPC is the name of the family of processors that the apple uses
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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There might be some PowerPC MQSeries's available, for running on things like RS/600 or SP clusters.
Otherwise, Darwin runs on Intel hardware. That's sort of OS X.
But it sure would be nice if Willow Technology would make use of their license to produce Macintosh compatible software.
And the Java classes should work as a Client, although I haven't tried it.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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You need to have the compiled MQ Code for the PowerPC processor, intel stuff wont work, as for the SP on AIX if it is a powerPC Chip then it might
work with some coaxing
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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| mrlinux wrote: |
You need to have the compiled MQ Code for the PowerPC processor, intel stuff wont work, as for the SP on AIX if it is a powerPC Chip then it might
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I was saying that if you run Darwin, which is the free "core" of OS X, on Intel hardware then the compiled-for-Intel binaries for a BSD might run.
But that's not going to help him run MQ on his G4 laptop.
I know that some of the IBM machines running AIX, and I'm pretty sure the SP clusters are one of them, are running on PowerPC hardware. But it might not be the right PowerPC hardware.
And I'm sure IBM wouldn't support it if it did run.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Iam sure IBM wouldnt support it, and the coaxing might require some writing some wrapper callls for AIX System calls
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| PeterPotkay |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Yes, but unfortunately, if you actually look at what Willow has available, it's a 2.1 client for an equally old version of MacOS.
But as far as I can tell, Willow is the only company licensed to produce MQ products for Mac.
I'm gonna try the Java client a bit later to see if it works.
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:32 am Post subject: |
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The java classes definately work as client on OS X. No problems at all.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:47 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the input, Iam a big MAC OSX fan, I have an old powermac.
Iam looking forward to getting a powerbook.
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| tjfunny1 |
| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 11:06 am Post subject: Thanks to all for your input |
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I'm not looking to install this on my G4, and worry about whether IBM would support or not. It's just my way of trying something new and if successful, having a server to test programs on.
As everyone knows, the problem with using the MQClient, is you must have a server to connect to, which working from home would be an issue. Anyone know of any test Qmgrs on the internet? It would be nice to have a public server which allowed dynamic queues (from model queue def). They could set them to non-persistent and provide at-home developers a way to test their code.
I once thought of creating a website, URL, with a test QMgr running to provide that service.
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