Wednesday, January 12, 2011

WebSphere MQ V7 and Windows 64 bit

On Windows, MQ runs in 32 bit mode; but it supports both 64 bit and 32 bit applications. You need to make sure that you are using correct bindings to connect with WMQ; more on this subject visit WebSphere MQ infocenter.


To change WebSphere MQ registry entries look in (click on WOW6432Node to know more on registry in windows 2008/Windows 7 64 bit os versions).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\IBM\MQSERIES\CurrentVersion\Configuration\

Example:

C:\WMQ\bin>reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\IBM\MQSeries\CurrentVersion\Configuration\QueueManager\TEST\Log
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\IBM\MQSeries\CurrentVersion\Configuration\QueueManager\TEST\Log

LogPrimaryFiles REG_SZ 3
LogSecondaryFiles REG_SZ 3
LogFilePages REG_SZ 4096
LogType REG_SZ CIRCULAR
LogBufferPages REG_SZ 0
LogPath REG_SZ C:\WMQ\log\TEST\
LogWriteIntegrity REG_SZ TripleWrite