Planning your installation

Before you install IBM® WebSphere® MQ, you must choose which components to install and where to install them. You must also make some platform-specific choices.

Before you start installing, consider how you want to use IBM WebSphere MQ and review the general planning section. See Planning.

There are a number of choices you must make before you start installing:

• Choosing an installation name
• Making multiple installations
• Choosing a primary installation
• Uninstalling, upgrading, and maintaining the primary installation
• Choosing an installation location
• Choosing what to install
• Installing WebSphere MQ Telemetry
• Planning your installation on Windows systems

When you have finished planning your installation, check your system requirements. See Checking requirements.