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| bhigdon |
 Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:34 am Post subject: WebSphere MQ for Linux - Automatic Startup (SupportPac MSL1) |
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Hi. I was recently installing IBM MQ 8.0 on RHEL 6.0. I looked at the subject SupportPac, which is found at:
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24016554
It had the following cryptic comment:
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| Please note this SupportPac has limited capability if using with versions of MQ later than 7.0.1. |
I didn't know what it meant by "limited capability" so I didn't install it. I did submit a comment but I haven't heard back from IBM.
Does anyone know what the restrictions are if using this SupportPac with IBM MQ 8.0? Is it worth installing for the features that do work?
Thanks.
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Did you read this part:
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Prerequisites
• LSB-compliant Linux system
• WebSphere MQ v6.0 |
So, any new features and capabilities after v6.0 are not supported. Are you asking us to research for you exactly what those features and capabilities are?
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| Presumably it hasn't been modified to deal with multiple/non-default installations. |
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| bhigdon |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Bruce,
Yes, I saw that. AFAIK, RHEL 6 is a LSB-compliant Linux system. As for the reference to WMQ 6, IBM is notorious for not updating all the references; for example, if you look on the right-hand side, you'll see:
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Software version:
6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 7.0, 7.0.1 |
When they say that:
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| Please note this SupportPac has limited capability if using with versions of MQ later than 7.0.1. |
To me, this means that it might work with versions of WMQ after 7.0.1.
I was not expecting anyone to do any research, I was hoping that someone might know what the limitations are.
FWIW, I downloaded the SupportPac and looked at the documentation and even the code. I didn't see anything that would be version specific but I don't claim to be a MQ expert.
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| bhigdon |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:29 am Post subject: |
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Jeff,
I bet that's it. When I looked at the code, it had a hard-coded value for the installation directory. And, IIRC, the configuration file for specifying which queue managers to start didn't have anything about to which installation they belong.
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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is there anything about using strtmqm -x ? like starting a multi-instance qmgr?
About running setmqenv -m <qmgr> before running the start command for the qmgr? 
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| bhigdon |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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No. All of the commands are hard coded to the old default installation path. For example, here's the start command that's used:
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| su mqm -s /bin/sh -c "/opt/mqm/bin/strmqm $QM" > /dev/null 2>&1 |
The $QM variable is set based on the input and there's logic to get a list of queue managers if a "*" is specified; however, even this goes to the default location:
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QUEUE_MANAGERS=`su mqm -s /bin/sh -c "/opt/mqm/bin/dspmq" | sed -e 's/^QMNAME(\([^)]*\)).*/\1/'`
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So, I think that Jeff is right and the limitation is that it doesn't support multiple installations or an installation in a non-default location.
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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you can always update and change them to suit your particular needs... I usually do as I like the startup script to call a script the MQ admin can control and thus determine without having to bother the system admins which qmgrs get started automatically and which don't... etc...
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| tczielke |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| We have had some issues in the recent past with MSL1 package not migrating forward correctly with recent SLES fixpacks. This left the MSL1 start up scripts in a deleted state, and our queue managers would not start when the server was rebooted. I have a project next year to bag it from our Linux environments. I personally wouldn't use MSL1 any more, since it does not seem to be supported any longer by IBM. |
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| tczielke wrote: |
| ... since it does not seem to be supported any longer by IBM. |
As it states in the url cited above:
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| Category 2 SupportPacs are provided in good faith and AS-IS. There is no warranty or further service implied or committed and any supplied sample code is not supported via IBM product service channels. |
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| amitjain |
| Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:38 am Post subject: |
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"IBM MSL1: WebSphere MQ for Linux - Automatic Startup"
I am planning to add below line in start and stop function the shell script provided in MSL1 support pac , please suggest if it is the right way to do after strmqm and endmqm
function start_qm()
/app/mqm/bin/runmqlsr -t tcp -m TEST_QM -p 2515 &
STAT=$?
if test $STAT -eq 0 ; then
log_success_msg "Queue manager TEST_QM started listening on port 2515"
elif test $STAT -eq 10 ; then
log_warning_msg "Command completed with unexpected results"
elif test $STAT -eq 20 ; then
log_warning_msg "An error occurred during processing: the AMQMSRVN process did not start"
else
log_failure_msg "Listening on port 2515 for queue manager TEST_QM failed (rc=$STAT)"
fi
and in function stop_qm()
/app/mqm/bin/endmqlsr -w -m TEST_GTX_QM
STAT=$?
if test $STAT -eq 0 ; then
log_success_msg "Queue manager TEST_QM ended listening on port 2515"
elif test $STAT -eq 10 ; then
log_warning_msg "Command completed with unexpected results"
elif test $STAT -eq 20 ; then
log_warning_msg "An error occurred during processing "
else
log_failure_msg "Listening on port 2515 for queue manager TEST_QM failed (rc=$STAT)"
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:40 am Post subject: |
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You shouldn't need to use runmqlsr with MQ v8.
You should be able to create the necessary LISTENER object and configure it to start when the queue manager does. |
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| amitjain |
| Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks mqjeff.
I have now used runmqsc command to create the listener. So it looks I can now directly use the MSL1 support pac. sharing mqsc command for other people reference.
define listener(CMAP_LISTENER) TRPTYPE(TCP) port(2515) control(qmgr)
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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I believe, on a multi-installation machine you will still need to set the environment before starting the qmgr...
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| zpat |
| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:51 am Post subject: |
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What is the approved method of auto-starting QMs these days?
It's pretty basic and essential functionality.
I've used MSL1 with MQ 7.5.
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