Author Archives: Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer. I have been programming since the 80s. My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx. I have worked in the Airline, Retail but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry. In 1994, I was introduced to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) and I thought it was the next best thing since man created fire. This blog will be about IBM MQ, Java, C, Rexx and any other interesting items that I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

Paul Clarke will be Speaking at MQTC

April 24, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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I have persuaded Paul Clarke (former IBM Hursley developer) to be a speaker at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.4 (MQTC). Paul has offered 9 subjects (he’ll be presenting 3), so I figured I would let the MQ community pick what they want Paul to present. I have created a poll at mqseries.net for people to […]

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Mark Taylor and Morag Hughson will be Speaking at MQTC

April 24, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Mark Taylor of IBM and Morag Hughson of IBM will be speaking at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.4 (MQTC). With the recently announced release of IBM MQ V8, here are some MQ V8 specific sessions: What’s New in IBM Messaging by Mark Taylor IBM WebSphere MQ for z/OS: Latest Features Deep Dive by Morag Hughson […]

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WebSphere MQ v7.0.x End of Service

April 24, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has announced the end of service date for WebSphere MQ v7.0.x. The end of service date for WebSphere MQ v7.0.x on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows, IBM i and z/OS) is September 2015. The official official announcement can be found here: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS914-067 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ V8 Released

April 22, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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It appears that IBM has changed MQ’s name (again) from WebSphere MQ to IBM MQ. I guess someone at IBM decided MQ does not belong under the WebSphere umbrella. IBM has released IBM MQ V8: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS214-177/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en Highlights – Verification of user ID and password, making use of either operating system definitions or a Lightweight Directory […]

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IBM MQ V8 for z/OS Released

April 22, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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It appears that IBM has changed MQ’s name (again) from WebSphere MQ for z/OS to IBM MQ for z/OS. I guess someone at IBM decided MQ does not belong under the WebSphere umbrella. IBM has released IBM MQ V8 for z/OS: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=877&letternum=ENUSZP14-0222 Highlights – Verification of user ID and password, making use of either operating […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 Released

April 21, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v14.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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Watching a Directory and Sending Files with Universal File Mover (How To #11)

April 16, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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In this blog posting, I will show you how to configure Universal File Mover to watch a directory for new files and send the new files immediately. In this example, Universal File Mover will connect to the queue manager in “client mode”. In the Universal File Mover’s Watch Action, the user can specify all files […]

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Capitalware’s Products and the Heartbleed Issue

April 14, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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None of Capitalware’s Products directly use OpenSSL, so the Heartbleed issue does not directly affect our products. If you use MQAUSX on Linux and have configured MQAUSX to target an LDAP server using “LDAP over SSL”, then you will want to check what OpenSSL package is installed on your Linux server. i.e. The affected versions […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.12 Released

April 9, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.12 for WebSphere MQ. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21666487 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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UFM and MQJE001: Completion Code ‘2’, Reason ‘2495’

April 4, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Universal File Mover (UFM) can work with both 32-bit and 64-bit JVMs. If you are using client mode for connecting to your queue manager then life will be fine with either of the JVMs. If you are on Windows, attempting to connect to the queue manager in bindings mode with a 64-bit JVM, you may […]

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