setmqprd

Enroll an IBM® MQ production license.

A license is normally enrolled as part of the installation process.
Note: You must have the appropriate privileges to run this command on your system. UNIX requires root access, and Windows with UAC (User Account Control) requires Administrator access to run this command.

Syntax

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Required parameters

LicenseFile
Specifies the fully-qualified name of the production license certificate file.
The full license file is amqpcert.lic:
  • On UNIX and Linux®, it is in the /MediaRoot/licenses directory on the installation media.
  • On Windows it is in the \MediaRoot\licenses directory on the installation media. It is installed into the bin directory on the IBM MQ installation path.
  • On IBM i, issue the command 
    
CALL PGM(QMQM/SETMQPRD) PARM('/QOPT/OPT01/amqpcert.lic')

Trial license conversion

A trial license installation is identical to a production license installation, except for the count-down message that is displayed when you start a queue manager on an installation with a trial license. Parts of IBM MQ that are not installed on the server, such as the IBM MQ MQI client, continue to work after the expiry of the trial license. You do not need to run setmqprd to enroll them with a production license.

When a trial license expires, you can still uninstall IBM MQ. You can also reinstall IBM MQ with a full production license.

Run setmqprd to enroll a production license after installing and using a installation with a trial license.