IBM GC34-5557-00 manual Appendix B. Applying Maintenance to MQSeries for AS/400

Appendix B. Applying Maintenance to MQSeries for AS/400

This appendix tells you how to apply maintenance to MQSeries for AS/400.

Service updates for MQSeries for AS/400 are supplied as PTFs (Program Temporary Fixes). They may be supplied on a CD-ROM, or you may obtain them electronically as save files, which are normally stored in the QGPL library. For details of how to load and apply PTFs and read their cover letters, see the AS/400 Basic System Operation, Administration, and Problem Handling manual, SC41-5206.

Before loading and applying a PTF:

vRead the cover letter carefully to see if you need to take any special actions.

vQuiesce all queue managers, as described in ªQuiescing V5.1 of MQSeries for AS/400º on page 24.

Reinstalling MQSeries for AS/400

You can reinstall MQSeries for AS/400, V5.1 without losing any of your data.

When you reinstall MQSeries for AS/400, the system checks whether the MQSeries configuration file (mqs.ini) exists. If the file exists, it is kept and used with the newly installed system. If the file does not exist, an empty mqs.ini file is placed in the directory /QIBM/UserData/mqm.

All data that you have in the UserData directory is transferred to the newly installed system. In addition, all the queue manager-associated libraries containing journal and receiver information are transferred to the new system.

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