The IBM WebSphere MQ Hypervisor Edition for Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual image for VMware ESX hypervisor

The IBM® WebSphere® MQ Hypervisor Edition for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® virtual image provides the operating system and product binary files that are required to create virtual system instances that run in VMware ESX hypervisor.

Available virtual images

The following virtual machine image is available for download from the Passport Advantage® and Passport Advantage Express® web site.
  • IBM WebSphere MQ Hypervisor Edition for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.5 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.

After the virtual image has been added to the VMware ESX hypervisor data store, you can create, manage, and deploy virtual images to a cloud.

Virtual image contents

The virtual image contains the following preinstalled software:
  • 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
  • IBM WebSphere MQ Version 7.5
  • IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer

Maintenance

Maintenance for the IBM WebSphere MQ virtual image is applied directly to IBM WebSphere MQ running in VMware ESX hypervisor, in the same way as maintenance is applied on a physical server.