Archive for the Category: IBM i (OS/400)

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.

Also posted in Fix Packs for MQ, HPE NonStop, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Linux, Unix, Windows, z/OS Comments Off on IBM MQ fix access from IBM Fix Central requires S&S Entitlement in 2021

Putting a File as a Message to a Queue

February 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has posted a support document describing the various ways to put a file as a message to a queue. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6409594 I would like to point out that both MQ Visual Edit and MQ Batch Toolkit can put a file as a message to a queue. MQ Visual Edit is a GUI program, so you […]

Also posted in C, Capitalware, HPE NonStop, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Linux, macOS (Mac OS X), MQ Batch Toolkit, MQ Visual Edit, Programming, Raspberry Pi, Unix, Windows Comments Off on Putting a File as a Message to a Queue

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.

Also posted in HPE NonStop, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Linux, macOS (Mac OS X), Programming, Unix, Windows, z/OS Comments Off on IBM MQ: What is it, and why do developers need it?

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 […]

Also posted in Education, HPE NonStop, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Linux, macOS (Mac OS X), Security, Unix, Windows, z/OS Comments Off on How to Perform Common IBM MQ Management Certificate Tasks

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 […]

Also posted in Education, HPE NonStop, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Java, JMS, Linux, macOS (Mac OS X), Programming, Security, Unix, Windows, z/OS Comments Off on Configuring Mutual TLS Authentication for an IBM MQ Messaging Application

IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.11 Released

December 22, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.0.0.11 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-90011 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

Also posted in Fix Packs for MQ, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Unix, Windows Comments Off on IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.11 Released

IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.7 Released

December 11, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.7 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9107 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

Also posted in Fix Packs for MQ, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Linux, Unix, Windows Comments Off on IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.7 Released

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 […]

Also posted in Capitalware, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Java, JMS, Linux, macOS (Mac OS X), MQ Visual Browse, MQ Visual Edit, Security, Unix, Windows, z/OS Comments Off on MQ Visual Edit and IBM MQ AMS

Another Useful Feature of runmqsc

November 27, 2020 Roger Lacroix

I was reading the MQ Knowledge Center today (surprising, yes, I know!) looking up whether or not runmqsc in client mode uses regular PCF commands when sending commands to a remote queue manager. It doesn’t. It uses escaped PCF messages. Anyway, I stumped across an interesting new feature that IBM included in IBM MQ v8.0 […]

Also posted in Education, IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, Linux, Unix, Windows Comments Off on Another Useful Feature of runmqsc

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 […]

Also posted in C, Capitalware, HPE NonStop, IBM MQ, Linux, macOS (Mac OS X), Open Source, Programming, Raspberry Pi, Unix, Windows, z/OS Comments Off on C Code to Lookup MQ Reason Code