Where to find more information about maintaining and migrating

Where to look for more information, for example if you are getting started with migrating and maintaining IBM® MQ.

Getting started with maintaining and migrating IBM MQ

If you are not familiar with IBM MQ migration, start by reading the following information:
  • The Migration concepts and methods section: use these topics to find out more about the concepts that you must understand before planning migration tasks, including the difference between maintenance, migration, and upgrading and which migration paths are supported.
  • The IBM WebSphere MQ / IBM MQ Migration Guides: use these guides to find more information about planning the migration process for your release and platform.

New features and changes in this release

For information about new features and changes in this release, see the following topics:

New features and changes in earlier releases

Some new features and changes from earlier releases might have an impact on planning your migration because they affect the behavior of existing applications or the automation of management tasks. For information on where to find details of these changes in the product documentation for earlier releases, see What was new and changed in earlier releases.

Important: If you are migrating your system from a version before IBM WebSphere® MQ 7.0, you must migrate your system to IBM WebSphere MQ 7.0.1, or IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1 before you migrate to the latest version. See the appropriate version of the product documentation for information on how to carry out the task. For links to earlier versions of the product documentation not available in IBM Documentation, see the IBM MQ documentation library web page.

System requirements and prerequisites

From IBM MQ 8.0, you can use the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) tool to find information on supported operating systems, system requirements, prerequisites, and optional supported software. For more information about the SPCR tool and links to reports for each supported platform, see the System Requirements for IBM MQ 9.0 web page.

For links to system requirements information for all releases of IBM WebSphere MQ or IBM MQ, see System Requirements for IBM MQ.

For information about limitations and known problems for IBM MQ 9.0 and its maintenance, see the product readme file, which is available from the IBM MQ, WebSphere MQ, and MQSeries® product readmes web page.

IBM WebSphere MQ / IBM MQ Migration Guides

[UNIX, Linux, Windows, IBM i]The IBM WebSphere MQ / IBM MQ Migration Guide provides information to help you plan the process of migrating from an older version to a new version of IBM MQ for Multiplatforms.
[z/OS]The IBM WebSphere MQ/ IBM MQ for z/OS Migration Guide provides information to help you plan the process of migrating from an older version to a new version of the product on z/OS®.