Installing the IBM MQ resource adapter

The IBM® MQ resource adapter is supplied as a resource archive (RAR) file. Install the RAR file in your application server. You might need to add directories to the system path.

About this task

The IBM MQ resource adapter is supplied as a resource archive (RAR) file called wmq.jmsra.rar. This file is installed with IBM MQ classes for JMS in the directory shown in Table 1.

Table 1. The directory containing wmq.jmsra.rar for each platform
Platform	Directory
AIX®, HP-UX, Linux®, and Solaris	`MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH`/java/lib/jca
IBM i	/QIBM/ProdData/mqm/java/lib/jca
Windows	`MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH`\java\lib\jca

MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH represents the high-level directory in which IBM MQ is installed. The RAR file contains IBM MQ classes for JMS and the IBM MQ implementation of the JCA interfaces.

Procedure

Install the IBM MQ resource adapter RAR file in your application server,
The way you install the RAR file depends on the application server. See the documentation for your application server for information about how to install a resource adapter RAR file.
For bindings connections on UNIX and Linux systems, ensure that the directory containing the Java Native Interface (JNI) libraries is in the system path.
For the location of this directory, which also contains the IBM MQ classes for JMS libraries, see Configuring the Java Native Interface (JNI) libraries. On Windows, this directory is automatically added to the system path during the installation of IBM MQ classes for JMS.
Transactions are supported in both client and bindings mode.