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

Sending Extremely Large Files with Universal File Mover via MQ (How To #9)

July 31, 2013 Roger Lacroix

In this blog posting, I will show you how to send an extremely large file (i.e. 1GB) when connecting to the queue manager in “client mode”. From a user’s perspective, sending a 1GB file is done exactly the same way as sending a 1KB file. For files greater than 4MB, UFM’s MQSend Action use MQ’s […]

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New: MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.3

July 5, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.3. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line or shell scripting environment. For more information about MQ Batch Toolkit go to: https://www.capitalware.com/mqbt_overview.html Changes for […]

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SQLite v3.7.17 Released

May 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.17. 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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File Transfer from 3rd Party Application to Universal File Mover (How To #8)

May 13, 2013 Roger Lacroix

In the previous blog posting, “File Transfer to 3rd Party Application using Universal File Mover (How To #7)”, I showed how to do file transfers from UFM to a 3rd party application. In this blog posting, I will show how to use UFM to receive files from a 3rd party application. UFM will connect to […]

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File Transfer to 3rd Party Application using Universal File Mover (How To #7)

May 10, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I sometimes get a question like “can UFM be used to send files as MQ messages to a 3rd party application”. The answer is yes. In this blog posting, I will show how to do a file transfer in “client mode” when UFM connects to the queue manager. Things to note: UFM stores the directory […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.10 Released

May 7, 2013 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.10 for WebSphere MQ. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21636042 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Exits and WMQ installed in a non-default location

April 11, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I have been testing Capitalware products (various exits) on different platforms with WebSphere MQ v7.1 & v7.5 and life was going along very well. I had a customer (who uses our security exit) just contacted me saying that they have a Linux server with 3 different releases of MQ installed (v7.0.1.9, v7.1.0.0 and v7.5.0.1) where […]

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Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3

April 8, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce a new 3-day MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3 (MQTC). MQTC is an event that will educate attendees on current practices, methodologies, administration, problem determination, security best practices and technology trends for IBM’s WebSphere MQ. MQTC will offer over 40 sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who […]

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SQLite v3.7.16 Released

March 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.16. 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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WMQ v7.5 Performance Improvements

March 18, 2013 Roger Lacroix

What’s new in WebSphere MQ v7.5: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/subscriptionandsupport/compare-mq-versions.html The interesting part is under “Performance Points of MQ v7.5 vs. MQ v7.1”: Message throughput increase: – 40% on AIX, 80% on Linux, 100% on Windows for persistent messages – 30% on AIX, and between 40-100% on Linux for non-persistent messages (2KB) – 500% performance improvement for multi-subscriber […]

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