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pfarrel
PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:24 am    Post subject: WMB Upgrade V6.1 to V8 ODBC Changes Reply with quote

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I am upgrading WMB from V6.1 to V8 on AIX, and I need help with the changes to the odbc file, located at /var/mqsi/.odbc64.ini.
I have read the information Center section on this, but it doesn't seem to help.
Basically, I have 3 kinds of changes to make, and I think I understand the first 2, but not the last one.
I believe that the following 2 changes need to be made:

Driver=/opt/IBM/mqsi/6.1/ODBC64/V5.3/lib/UKmsss23.so
becomes Driver=/opt/IBM/mqsi/8.0.0.0/ODBC/V6.0/lib/UKmsss24.so

Driver=/opt/IBM/mqsi/6.1/ODBC64/V5.3/lib/UKora23.so
becomes Driver=/opt/IBM/mqsi/8.0.0.0/ODBC/V6.0/lib/UKora24.so

but, I also have the following:
Driver=/opt/IBM/mqsi/6.1/lib/libdb2Wrapper64.so
I don't see what it should become. Can anyone please help ?
Thanks !
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marko.pitkanen
PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi pfarrel,

So you mean driver for DB2, did you searched http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wmbhelp/v8r0m0/topic/com.ibm.etools.mft.doc/bk58070_.htm sample ODBC configurations file?

Migration document at the InfoCenter says
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Before you run the commands at the new service level, check that your ODBCINI environment variable points to the new file and not to the existing file


Perhaps it is wise to pick up the sample odbc.ini that came with version 8 and use it as an template and configure your existing connections from scratch.

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pfarrel
PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Location: Kansas City

Yes, that was very helpful, thanks.
I feel kinda dumb not going straight to the sample ODBC.
I was reading through the section of the infocenter called "Updating ODBC definitions when migrating", and it doesn't mention looking at the samples, and for some reason I didn't think of it.
This is where I was reading:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wmbhelp/v8r0m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.etools.mft.doc%2Fbh25905_.htm
Thanks again.
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pfarrel
PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I think I may have spoken too soon.
According to the sample for DB2, I will have to make the following change in my Broker ODBC:

/opt/IBM/mqsi/6.1/lib/libdb2Wrapper64.so
becomes /udb/db2/v9.1r/lib64/db2o.o

Note that DB2 version 9.1r is there to support the broker database for Broker V6.1. I was planning to remove DB2 from this lpar after I have upgraded Broker to V8. If I make this change I will never be able to get rid of DB2 on the broker lpar. Is there another solution ?
( My broker will be using DB2 systems which are on other lpars, not on the broker lpar ).
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marko.pitkanen
PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi,

I think you should search some more information what are your options to connect to remote DB2 from your broker environment and how to configure message broker to connect with them.

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pfarrel
PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Thanks, but I already have all this working OK with my V6.1 broker. We connect to other DB2 systems, including one on a mainframe, using the ODBC file, with a stanza entry like this one:

[MFDB]
Driver=/opt/IBM/mqsi/6.1/lib/libdb2Wrapper64.so
Description=IBM DB2 ODBC Driver
Database=DB2T

I am wanting to know how to change this so that it continues to work when I upgrade Broker to V8.

You can see that for Broker V6.1, the driver is included with Broker, and we are not using a file that is part of a local DB2 install.
For Broker V8, the sample suggests using the following:

[MFDB]
Driver=/udb/db2/v9.1r/lib64/db2o.o
Description=IBM DB2 ODBC Driver
Database=DB2T

This will require a local installation of DB2, even though I don't need one.
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mqjeff
PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It will require a local installation of DB2, yes.

Broker v8 does not ship with any DB2 install media.

It does not require a local installation of DB2 Server.

You can always just switch to using JDBC, if you're unhappy with having to maintain a proper database client for your broker database needs.
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