Upgrading to version 10.0 by using the IBM MQ Console

You can use the IBM® MQ Console to upgrade your version 9.4 IBM MQ Appliance to version 10.0.

Before you begin

If you have a high availability (HA) configuration you must follow the procedure to update your HA queue managers, see Upgrading a version 9.4 HA configuration to version 10.0.
If you have an HA configuration with disaster recovery (DR), see Upgrading a version 9.4 HA configuration with DR to version 10.0.
If you have a DR configuration, see Upgrading a version 9.4 DR configuration to version 10.0. This topic gives guidance on upgrading one appliance at a time and so remaining operational.

You should back up your system before you upgrade, see Back up and restore.

Follow this procedure to upgrade your appliance to IBM MQ version 10.0.

Connect to the IBM MQ Console as described in Using the IBM MQ Console.
Stop each of your queue managers:
1. Select the queue manager that you want to stop from the list in the local queue manager widget.
2. Click the stop icon in the local queue manager widget toolbar.
3. Confirm that you want to stop the queue manager by clicking Stop.
Upgrade your appliance to the new firmware level. For this operation you use the IBM MQ Appliance web UI:
1. Click the administration icon .
2. Select Main > System Control
3. In the Boot Image section, select the license accept option. Select the image that you want to use from the Firmware File list. This list contains all the files in the Image directory on the appliance. (You can use the buttons in this window to upload files to the appliance or move them to the Image directory as required.)
4. Click Boot Image to restart the appliance with the new firmware installed.
Reconnect to the IBM MQ Console and restart your queue managers. By default, you are presented with the new console:
1. Find the queue manager that you want to restart in the manage view.
2. Select Start from the menu .