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How to find the version of the MQ Explorer

Question & Answer


Question

You want to find out the version of the MQ Explorer.

Answer

Note: You may have several installations of the MQ Explorer, for example: MQ 7.0.1.6 or later, and MQ 7.1 or later, or the SupportPac MS0T. For each instance of the MQ Explorer that you want to check the version, you need to perform the following:

+ For all versions:

Start the MQ Explorer GUI.


From the top Menu bar select "Help" and then "About IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer"




+ For MQ 7.0.x

You will see the following window. Click on "Feature Details"


You will see the following Window. Notice the 2 entries for:
Provider: IBM
Feature Name: WebSphere MQ Explorer Branding Plug-in
The entry with the highest version (7.0.1.9 in this example) indicates the version of the MQ Explorer.




+ MQ 7.1.x and later

After you select "Help" and then "About IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer", you will see the following window.
In this example, the version is: 7.1.0.1


[{"Product":{"code":"SSFKSJ","label":"WebSphere MQ"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"Capability","Platform":[{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"8.0;7.5;7.1;7.0.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Product Synonym

WMQ MQ

Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

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