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

Where’s the MQ Security?

February 15, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I was at Wendy’s (in Canada) for lunch today and the cashier put the following flyer on my tray: Of course, it made me smile because I recently wrote a blog item that MQ people still need to implement either SSL or a security exit in WMQ v7.1. Maybe, I should create some T-Shirts with […]

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IBM announces End of Support for WebSphere MQ v6.0

February 10, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced that support for WebSphere MQ v6.0 will end on September 30th, 2012. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21584325&myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSFKSJ&mync=R If you are running WebSphere MQ v6.0 on any of the following platforms then you will need to migrate to WebSphere MQ v7.0 to have support for WebSphere MQ. AIX HP-UX (Itanium) HP-UX (PA-RISC) iSeries (IBM i or OS/400) […]

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MQAUSX/MQSSX versus WMQ v7.1 CHLAUTH

January 30, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Last week, there was a robust/lively discussion on the MQSeries List Server regarding Derek Hornby’s question of (see http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.mq.devel/13985): In the MQ V7.1 base install, a channel authentication record is created which is a “block user list” for all channels, and the block is on a User List of *MQADMIN So I created a User […]

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Where’s the Security?

January 23, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Over the last 2 months, all of the sudden, I have “where’s the security?” phrase running through my head. Instead of that little old lady from the 80’s Wendy’s commercial saying “Where’s the beef?”, I have her in my head saying “Where’s the security?”. Back in 2005, when I first starting selling Capitalware’s MQ Authenticate […]

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Advanced Workflow with MQ File Mover (How To #6)

January 16, 2012 Roger Lacroix

And now for something completely different. 🙂 In this blog posting, I will show you how to create an MQFM Workflow to do something other than move files with MQ. Lets say you have an online backup service or a cloud service where you want to backup important files to. So lets create an MQFM […]

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Export Messages from a Queue as a PDF File

January 13, 2012 Roger Lacroix

When sharing information with team members or people in other groups, have you ever wanted to export/save messages from a queue into something other than a plain text file? In this blog posting, I will show you how to use MQ Visual Edit, MQ Visual Browse or MQ Batch Toolkit to generate a PDF or […]

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Watching a Directory and Sending Files with MQ File Mover (How To #5)

January 12, 2012 Roger Lacroix

In this blog posting, I will show you how to configure MQ File Mover to watch a directory for new files and send the new files immediately. In this example, MQ File Mover will connect to the queue manager in “client mode”. In the MQ File Mover’s Watch Action, the user can specify all files […]

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WebSphere MQ v7.1 and MQAUSX

January 4, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware has begun testing MQAUSX with WebSphere MQ (WMQ) v7.1 and everything is working very well. There are 2 items that everyone needs to be aware of when using MQAUSX with WMQ v7.1. 1. WMQ v7.1 has a new feature called Channel Authentication Records. (A poor name as no authentication is actually taking place. IBM […]

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Links for WMQ Automatic Client Reconnect

December 15, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Here are some links to information on the Automatic Client Reconnect in WMQ v7.0.1 or higher: WMQ Client manual: Automatic client reconnection WMQ Using Java manual: Automatic client reconnection WMQ System Administration Guide manual: Automatic client reconnection Exploiting the Automatic Client Reconnect feature in WebSphere MQ JMS 7.0.1 Exploiting the Automatic Client Reconnect feature introduced […]

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Answers to Some Very Common MQ File Mover Questions

December 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Q: Does MQ File Mover require Java? Yes, MQ File Mover requires Java v1.5 or higher (no, it will not work with Java v1.3 or v1.4) Q: Does MQ File Mover support platform XXX ? MQ File Mover is supported on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows (plus any […]

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