About every 3 weeks or so, I get an email asking me if MQ File Mover (MQFM) can be installed and used on Mac OS X. In this blog posting, I will discuss the prerequisites and issue related to using MQFM on Mac OS X.
First, as with any other platform that you run MQFM on, Mac OS X must have Java v1.5.0 or higher installed.
Second, follow the “Unix and Linux” instructions from the MQFM Installation and Operation manual for installing MQFM on Mac OS X.
Third, you will need WebSphere MQ (WMQ) to be installed on Mac OS X. This is where everyone gets stumped. IBM does not release either WMQ Server or WMQ Client for Mac OS X, although Willow Technology does have a port of WMQ for Mac OS X but it is extremely old (v5.3) and it is NOT free. I do not understand why IBM does not release a current version of WMQ for Mac OS X, as Mac OS X is a popular platform.
So, how do you get around this issue? You simply copy the MQ Java JAR files from an existing installation of WMQ to the “libs” directory of MQFM on Mac OS X.
1) If you only have WMQ v6 then copy the following 2 MQ Java JAR files to Mac OS X:
com.ibm.mq.jar connector.jar
2) If you have WMQ v7 then copy the following 5 MQ Java JAR files to Mac OS X:
com.ibm.mq.jar com.ibm.mq.commonservices.jar com.ibm.mq.headers.jar com.ibm.mq.jmqi.jar connector.jar
That’s it. You are now ready to use MQFM on Mac OS X.
Note: If you want to use MQFM on BSD or any other OS variant then simply follow the above steps and you will be good to go.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
