IBM GC34-5557-00 manual Easy Installation, Installing on AIX, Log on as root

Installing on AIX

3.Add a password to the new user ID. You can display the window for doing this using this sequence:

Security & Users Passwords

4.Add the newly created group mqm to an existing user ID. You can display the window for doing this using this sequence:

Security & Users Users

Change / Show Characteristics of a User

When the window is displayed, enter the name of the user who is to have the mqm group added. In the user details window, add mqm to the Group set field, which is a comma-separated list of the groups to which the user belongs.

Note: You need not have your primary group set to mqm. As long as mqm is in your set of groups, you can use the commands. If you are running applications that use the queue manager only, you do not need mqm group authority.

Easy Installation

This section describes the `Easy Installation' procedure using the MQSeries Client CD-ROM.

Note: If you have a previous version of the MQSeries for AIX client installed on your system, or if a file system remains from a previous AIX client installation, see ªMigrating from an Earlier Version of MQSeries for AIXº on page 62.

1.Log on as root.

2.Insert the MQSeries Client CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

3.Type xinstallm -ez

Note: xinstallm is part of VSM (Visual System Management), which may not be installed on your system. It is part of the xll.vsm.rte fileset. You can use SMIT or the underlying installp command as alternatives.

The MQSeries Welcome window is displayed.

4.Make sure you are installing the correct client for your system, as displayed in the Welcome window.

A window is then displayed where you can make some choices.

5.Choose the software source: CD-ROM.

6.For Which bundle of software would you like to install? choose: Media-defined.

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