IBM MQ components and features

You can select the components or features that you require when you install IBM® MQ.

Important: Ensure that your enterprise has the correct license, or licenses, for the components that you are going to install. For more information, see License requirements and IBM MQ license information.

Also review the information on hardware and software requirements for the platform on which you are planning to install IBM MQ. For more information, see Where to find product requirements and support information.

Installation of IBM MQ on Multiplatforms

IBM MQ can be installed as a server or a client. The installation images can be downloaded. See Where to find downloadable installation images.

Separate client eImages are no longer available for downloading from Passport Advantage. Instead, you can either get the client eImage from inside the main IBM MQ server eImage, which includes the server and client, or you can download the IBM MQ client components from Fix Central. Follow the links in Resource adapter, clients and other resources.

An IBM MQ server is an installation of one or more queue managers that provide queuing services to one or more clients. All the IBM MQ objects, for example queues, exist only on the queue manager machine (the IBM MQ server machine), and not the client. An IBM MQ server can also support local IBM MQ applications.

An IBM MQ MQI client is a component that allows an application running on one system to communicate with a queue manager running on another system. The output from the call is sent back to the client, which passes it back to the application.

For detailed explanations of all the components that you can install, see:

For information about how to install IBM MQ on each supported platform, see the links in the following table:

Table 1. Where to find IBM MQ installation information for each platform
Platform	IBM MQ server	IBM MQ client
AIX®	Installing IBM MQ server on AIX	Installing an IBM MQ client on AIX
IBM i	Installing IBM MQ server on IBM i	Installing an IBM MQ client on IBM i
Linux®	Installing the first IBM MQ installation on Linux using the rpm command	Installing an IBM MQ client on Linux using rpm
Linux	Installing an IBM MQ server on Linux Ubuntu using Debian packages	Installing an IBM MQ client on Linux Ubuntu using Debian packages
Windows	Installing IBM MQ server on Windows	Installing an IBM MQ client on Windows

[IBM MQ Advanced] For more information about installing IBM MQ Advanced for Multiplatforms, see Installing IBM MQ Advanced for Multiplatforms.

Note: Up to and including IBM MQ 8.0, IBM WebSphere® MQ for HP NonStop Server was also a component platform. Since then, this component has been supplied and supported separately as IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.1, which provides IBM MQ on HPE NonStop L-series and J-series platforms. The documentation is here: IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.1.

Installing IBM MQ clients and servers

A client can be installed on its own, on a separate machine from the base product and server. It is also possible to have both a server and a client installation on the same system.

To install an IBM MQ client on a system that is already running an IBM MQ server, you must use the appropriate Server eImage downloaded from Passport Advantage. See Where to find downloadable installation images.

Even if your client and server are installed on the same system, you must still define the MQI channel between them. See Defining MQI channels for details.

Advanced Message Security, Managed File Transfer, MQ Telemetry, and Replicated data queue managers (RDQM)

Advanced Message Security, Managed File Transfer, MQ Telemetry, and RDQM are separately installed components of IBM MQ. Make sure that you purchase a license for using IBM MQ Advanced before installing any of these components (see IBM MQ license information). See Installing IBM MQ Advanced for Multiplatforms for installation instructions.

Installation of IBM MQ on z/OS

For information on installation options for IBM MQ for z/OS, see Installing IBM MQ for z/OS.

For information on installation options for IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, see Installing IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS.

[IBM MQ Advanced VUE] For information on installation options for IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS Value Unit Edition, see Installing IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS Value Unit Edition.