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

RFE for WMQ manuals in PDF format

April 3, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I have created an RFE called “Create PDFs for WebSphere MQ”. The RFE ID # is 21041. Please vote for it, so that IBM will create/generate WebSphere MQ in PDF format. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=21041 To vote, locate the “RFE Actions” section on the right hand side of the screen and click the vote link. You can only […]

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WebSphere MQ Administration Seminar

March 28, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I receive emails from people all the time asking me where they can get training on WebSphere MQ. I generally tell them to take one of the IBM WebSphere MQ courses. Today, I received the following email from WebSphere Insights: We’re proud to announce the launch of our new 3-day seminar: WebSphere MQ Administration, coming […]

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SQLite v3.7.11 Released

March 22, 2012 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.11. 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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MQAUSX and Microsoft Active Directory

March 21, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Centralize authentication is a great thing. Many customers use MQAUSX on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris and authenticate against Microsoft Active Directory (AD) as a remote LDAP server. Since, AD conforms to LDAP v3, this generally works very well. Some companies configure their AD servers such that the attribute sAMAccountName contains the user’s […]

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WebSphere MQ Redbooks

March 20, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has several Redbooks that provide in-depth details for WebSphere MQ. Here are 5 MQ related Redbooks that I have found: WebSphere MQ V7.0 Features and Enhancements WebSphere MQ V6 Fundamentals WebSphere MQ V6, WebSphere Message Broker V6 and SSL WebSphere Application Server V6.1: JMS Problem Determination WebSphere MQ Solutions in a Microsoft .NET Environment […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.8 Released

March 6, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.8 for WebSphere MQ. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586542 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ File Mover v4.1.0

March 5, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of MQ File Mover v4.1.0. It is a free open source project. MQ File Mover is a managed file transfer solution that facilitates the transfer of files using IBM’s WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries). MQFM processes “Action” commands which are controlled through an MQFM Workflow XML file. The user […]

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WebSphere MQ v7.1 and Java v1.4.2

February 29, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Here’s another head-banging item that some people may get burnt by. I was doing some testing of Java applications with WebSphere MQ v7.1 and received the following error message: If you do not know what “Unsupported major.minor version 49.0” means, in plain English, it means that the MQ Java JAR file you are using was […]

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New: MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.1

February 28, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.1. 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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WMQ v7 Java applications and JMS messages (MQRFH2)

February 23, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I have been banging my head against the wall this week over weird things in WMQ v7, so I figured I would post this so that people in the future would have less of a headache. A year or so ago, I noticed some odd behavior in WMQ v7 with Java applications reading messages with […]

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