Archive for the Category: z/OS

How to Improve Your Java/JMS MQ Tuning Cred.

August 8, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Here’s my version of a cheap Info-Commercial: Do you want to impress your colleagues? Do you want to impress your boss, so that you can receive a big fat bonus? Call today and we’ll show you how to impress the MQAdmins in your company! And if you call within the next 5 minutes, we’ll even […]

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Tuning Java Programs for Optimum MQ Get API Calls Performance

August 6, 2019 Roger Lacroix

You should really read this blog posting first. The results of some of the test scenarios below, simply do not make any sense. I would like to think there is some sort of logic behind it but it is probably lack of testing by IBM that introduced some bugs in the code or should I […]

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Tuning JMS Programs for Optimum MQ Get API Calls Performance

August 2, 2019 Roger Lacroix

On Wednesday, I decided to do some testing of some simple (1) MQ for JMS, (2) MQ for Java and (3) procedure language (i.e. amqsbcg) programs to show that using the JVM environment variable of com.ibm.mq.jmqi.defaultMaxMsgSize with an appropriate size could make a JMS application 10 to 15% faster because there would not be any […]

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MQ JMS Double Get API Calls

July 25, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Tuning applications is always a good thing. 🙂 Colin Paice has reminded me of the MQ JMS default value for an MQGET buffer size is 4KB in his blog posting here. IBM’s default value of 4KB is far too low to be useful. Having such a low value causes excessive number of MQ JMS Get […]

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SQLite v3.29.0 Released

July 10, 2019 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.29.0. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ V9.1.3 Announced

July 9, 2019 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.1.3 for Multiplatforms: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS219-254/index.html Planned availability for IBM MQ V9.1.3 is July 11, 2019 for Electronic software delivery. IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.1.3 for z/OS: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS219-257/index.html Planned availability for IBM MQ V9.1.3 for z/OS is August 2, 2019 for Electronic software delivery. IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.1.3 for […]

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Capitalware Products 2019 Release Train

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Here is a summary of all the recent releases that Capitalware Inc. has published: Blog posting for product releases: MQ Auditor v3.1.0 MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.4.0 MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.4.0 MQ Channel Connection Inspector v1.1.0 MQ Channel Connection Inspector for z/OS v1.1.0 MQ Channel Encryption v3.3.0 MQ Channel Encryption […]

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New: MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.5.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.5.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS. MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS is a solution that allows a MQAdmin to control and restrict who is accessing an IBM […]

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New: MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS v3.3.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS (z/MQCE) v3.3.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of z/MQCE. z/MQCE provides encryption for message data over IBM MQ channels. z/MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requester, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the […]

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New: MQ Channel Connection Inspector for z/OS v1.1.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Connection Inspector for z/OS (z/MQCCI) v1.1.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of z/MQCCI. z/MQCCI is a solution that allows a company to track and/or audit what information a client application or remote queue manager is exchanging with the local […]

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