I am new to SOF and am beginner for MQ on zO/S.
We are currently running V700 MQ. and the Z/OS version is V1R12. We will subsequently upgrade to Z/OS V1R13 and later to Z/OS V2R2.
So what version of MQ will the above Z/OS versions support?
You need to flip your question. It isn't what versions of IBM MQ does z/OS support, it's which versions of z/OS are supported by which versions of IBM MQ.
The system requirements for IBM MQ are listed here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006467
If you look into the 'z/OS' section of each you'll find which versions they support.
Looks like the latest version of IBM MQ which supports 1.12 is MQ 7.1, which doesn't support 2.2.
IBM MQ 8 supports 1.13 and 2.2 though. A possible migration path is:
1) Upgrade to z/OS 1.13
2) Upgrade to IBM MQ 8
3) Upgrade to z/OS 2.2 at a later date
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As per MQ 7.5 client, minimum requirement is jdk 1.5 client want to connect with MQ. But my application is written in jdk 1.4 and client don't want to migrate application from 1.4 to 1.5. they are upgrading MQ client from 7.0.0 to 7.5. Please suggest if we have any alternate solution for this.
This is really a question about managing software upgrades.
Is it possible the client is moving to WMQ 7.5 because 7.0 has reached end of support?
In that case the same business case can be made for JRE 1.4 end of support:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
JDK/JRE v1.4.2 has been long out of support by Oracle/Sun. Use a supported version of the JDK/JRE by Oracle.
IBM has an easy to use web page to look up MQ version and the minimum supported version of Java (JDK/JRE). http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006467
Summary:
MQ v7.0.0/7.0.1 supports JDK/JRE 32-bit v1.4.2 or higher / 64-bit v5.0 or higher
MQ v7.1 supports JDK/JRE 32-bit & 64-bit v5.0 or higher
MQ v7.5 supports JDK/JRE 32-bit & 64-bit v5.0 or higher
MQ v8.0 supports JDK/JRE 32-bit & 64-bit v7.0 or higher
MQ v9.0 supports JDK/JRE 32-bit & 64-bit v7.0 or higher
Is there any plugins available to use jdk 1.7 in websphere 8.0. Am aware that it won't support jdk1.7. But still want to use. Any help would be appreciated.
No, you must use Java 1.6 with WebSphere Application Server 8.0. If you need to use Java 1.7, simply upgrade the application server to version 8.5 where the use of jdk 1.7 is supported.
I am looking at the latest websphere liberty 8.5.5.7 full platform (https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/liberty-profile-using-non-eclipse-environments/) and I wonder if it can run oracle java 8? I see on the download page that ibms java 8 only supports the web profile but I don't care if i run a jdk from oracle or ibm as long as it is version 8.
Historically websphere has demanded ibms jdk on linux and solaris.
I have search ibms site but not found any answer.
Yes we support running Liberty on non-IBM JVMs, including those from Oracle. As for the downloads from IBM that come bundled with Java 8 you can use that with more than the web profile (you can use the installUtility to download and install the full Java EE 7 platform onto the web profile install).
We are upgrading our application and if we use Sun JDK on local it works and its failing on DEV box. we have IBM jdk on our DEV box. What is the SUN equivalent JDK that Websphere 7 has?
WebSphere 7 supports Java6 and JEE5.
However, it requires Java versions shipped with WebSphere itself. (Most are IBM's own Java SDKs, although I think the Solaris version of WebSphere might ship with Oracle's Java.)
Recently I'm using IBM Websphere Server for some estimates. Include:
- WebSphere AS Community Edition V2.0.0.1
- WebSphere AS Community Edition V2.1
- WebSphere AS v6.x
- WebSphere Portal Server v6.x
- WebSphere AS v7.0
but I'm really whether all of them could be supported by MAC OS X 10.6 or 10.7. Can someone help me with this?
For the non-community editions it's fairly easy. There is no OS X support at all. WebSphere 6.1/7 links below. For further details just search the vendor site. If you must select a commercial product I wonder why you do not consider WebSphere 8 as it supports JavaEE 6?
WebSphere 6.1 System Requirements
WebSphere 7 System Requirements
WebSphere Community Edition
WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile V8.5 support Mac OS X but only for development, production is not supported by IBM.