setmqinst
Set IBM® WebSphere® MQ installations, on UNIX, Linux®, and Windows.
Purpose
You can use the setmqinst command to change the installation description of an installation, or to set or unset an installation as the primary installation. To change the primary installation, you must unset the current primary installation before you can set a new primary installation. This command updates information contained in the mqinst.ini file.
After unsetting the primary installation, the setmqinst command will not be available unless you specify the full path or have an appropriate installation directory on your PATH (or equivalent). The default path in a system standard location will have been deleted.
On UNIX platforms you should not assume that the current directory is in the path. If you are in /opt/mqm/bin and want to run, for example, /opt/mqm/bin/dspmqver you need to enter "/opt/mqm/bin/dspmqver" or "./dspmqver".
File mqinst.ini contains information about all IBM WebSphere MQ installations on a system. For more information about mqinst.ini, see Installation configuration file, mqinst.ini .
On UNIX or Linux systems, you must run this command as root. On Windows systems, you must run this command as a member of the Administrators group. The command does not have to be run from the installation you are modifying.
Syntax
Parameters
- -d
DescriptiveText
- Text that describes the installation.
The text can be up to 64 single-byte characters, or 32 double-byte characters. The default value is all blanks. You must use double quotation marks around the text if it contains spaces.
- -i
- Set this installation as the primary installation.
- -x
- Unset this installation as the primary installation.
- -n
InstallationName
- The name of the installation to modify.
- -p
InstallationPath
- The path of the installation to modify. You must use double quotation marks around the path if it contains spaces
Return codes
Return code | Description |
---|---|
0 | Entry set without error |
36 | Invalid arguments supplied |
37 | Descriptive text was in error |
44 | Entry does not exist |
59 | Invalid installation specified |
71 | Unexpected error |
89 | ini file error |
96 | Could not lock ini file |
98 | Insufficient authority to access ini file |
131 | Resource problem |
Examples
- This command sets the installation with the name of myInstallation
as the primary installation:
setmqinst -i -n myInstallation
- This command sets the installation with an installation path of /opt/myInstallation as
the primary installation:
setmqinst -i -p /opt/myInstallation
- This command unsets the installation named myInstallation as the
primary installation:
setmqinst -x -n myInstallation
- This command unsets the installation with an installation path
of /opt/myInstallation as the primary installation:
setmqinst -x -p /opt/myInstallation
- This command sets the descriptive text for the installation named
myInstallation:
The descriptive text is enclosed in quotation marks as it contains spaces.setmqinst -d "My installation" -n myInstallation