Archive for the Category: z/OS

IBM MQ fix access from IBM Fix Central requires S&S Entitlement in 2021

February 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has posted a support document stating that starting on February 1, 2021, your IBM ID will require Software Subscription and Support entitlement in order to download Fix Packs. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6402575 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ: What is it, and why do developers need it?

February 1, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Max Kahan of IBM has created and posted a video on IBM MQ titled: “IBM MQ: What is it, and why do developers need it?” Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Spring Boot Java Applications for CICS Tutorial Series

January 22, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has published a 5 part tutorial series on using Spring Boot with CICS on IBM Z (z/OS). Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part 1: JCICS, Gradle, and Maven Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part 2: Security Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part 3: Transactions Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part […]

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How to Perform Common IBM MQ Management Certificate Tasks

January 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has published a technical note on how to perform common IBM MQ management certificate tasks. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6382940 This document is intended to help with IBM MQ certificate management. It lists some of the most common commands needed to do basic certificate management tasks. In IBM MQ you can performed such tasks through the IBM Key […]

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Configuring Mutual TLS Authentication for an IBM MQ Messaging Application

January 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Max Kahan of IBM has published a hands-on blog posting on how to configure an IBM MQ application for mutual TLS authentication. https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/configuring-mutual-tls-authentication-java-messaging-app/ In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to secure the queue manager and a client application, enabling them to complete a two-way TLS handshake and secure a messaging channel. Although we’re using […]

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MQ Visual Edit and IBM MQ AMS

December 4, 2020 Roger Lacroix

The other day, an end-user contacted me saying that their MQAdmin had recently implemented IBM MQ AMS (Advanced Message Security) to some of their queue managers and that the end-user was having issues getting MQ Visual Edit working with those particular queue managers. Its too bad that the customer chose IBM MQ AMS over Capitalware’s […]

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IBM MQ V9.2.1 Announced

December 2, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.2.1: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS220-448 Highlights: MQ V9.2.1 base provides the following: Enhancements to the MQ Console Enhancements to MQ Script commands (MQSC) The authority model has been simplified for MQ running in containers to enable you to define permissions for users without the users having to exist in an LDAP server. IBM […]

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C Code to Lookup MQ Reason Code

November 16, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Starting with the release of IBM MQ v8.0, IBM included a new header file called: cmqstrc.h. The file description says: This file provides mappings between MQI constant values and string versions of their definitions. In the cmqstrc.h file, from IBM MQ v9.2, there are 342 subroutines for looking up the various integer values and returning […]

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IBM MQ Troubleshooting Common TLS SSL Errors

November 5, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just published a helpful support document called: IBM MQ Troubleshooting Common TLS SSL Errors. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6359069 If you are having MQ SSL/TLS issues then have a read of this document and follow the instructions. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ 9.2 for z/OS Availability

July 27, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced the availability IBM MQ 9.2 for z/OS: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/9/877/ENUS5655-MQ9/index.html IBM MQ 9.2 for z/OS will be available for electronic download on September, 11, 2020. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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