Windows

The upgrade procedure for Message Queue 3.7 UR1on the Windows platform varies depending on the previously installed version of Message Queue, as described in the following sections.

Message Queue 3.5 and 3.6

Before installingMessage Queue 3.7 UR1, you should uninstall any existing installations of Message Queue 3.5 or 3.6. If you are installing Version 3.7 UR1 in a different location than Versions 3.5 or 3.6, you must first move any instance data (configuration properties, file-based persistent data store, log files, flat-file user repository, and access control properties file) that you want to preserve from its old location, corresponding to the old value of the directory variable IMQ_VARHOME/instances/, to the new location, corresponding to the new value of IMQ_VARHOME/instances.

Message Queue 3.0.x

If you are upgrading from Message Queue 3.0.x to 3.7 UR1, it is likely that you will have to manually migrate any previous instance data (configuration properties, file-based persistent data store, log files, flat-file user repository, and access control properties file) from its Message Queue 3.0.x location to the new Message Queue 3.7 UR1 location, specified as follows:

IMQ_VARHOME\instances\instanceName