Archive for the Category: IBM MQ

WebSphere MQ v7.0.1.4 Fix Pack

February 8, 2011 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.4 for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and Windows: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg24028106 IBM has released WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.4 for IBM i (OS/400): http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg24028106 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ File Mover v3.2.1.1

January 24, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce that starting with v3.2.1.1 MQ File Mover is now supported on IBM i (OS/400). MQ File Mover is a software package that is designed to move files using WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries). MQFM processes “Action” commands which are controlled through an MQFM Workflow XML file. The user combines a series […]

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MQ Exit Programming Tips

January 18, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Here are some things that MQ Exit developers need to be aware of: 1. Most people have never developed and will never develop an MQ Exit. Developing a MQ Exit is an ‘advanced topic’ – hence, you SHOULD have experience developing Windows DLLs or Unix shared Libraries and understand the concept of parallel processing (i.e. […]

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Why a Default Transmit Queue is a Bad Idea

January 11, 2011 Roger Lacroix

A default Transmit Queue (DEFXMITQ) is a bad idea since an endless loop can potentially be created between queue managers or a group of queue managers when a poor configuration is implemented. Queue Manager Names: • QMA is the name of a queue manager (shown above) • QMB is the name of a queue manager […]

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Are you having MQ Cluster problems or issues?

January 7, 2011 Roger Lacroix

The following are links to solutions in the IBM WebSphere MQ documentation for particular problems / issues. A cluster sender channel is in retry state http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.mq.csqzah.doc/qc13100_.htm DISPLAY CLUSQMGR command shows CLUSQMGR names starting SYSTEM.TEMP http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.mq.csqzah.doc/qc13120_.htm Applications get RC of 2035 (MQRC_NOT_AUTHORIZED) when trying to open a queue in the cluster http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.mq.csqzah.doc/qc13430_.htm Applications get RC of […]

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Information on MQ Message Behavior

January 5, 2011 Roger Lacroix

The following is general information on WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries) message behavior during normal and abnormal message processing. The first thing to understand about MQ is that, it is not a database but a real-time messaging system. It was built on the following 2 principles: Once-only delivery of a message Assured delivery of a message […]

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JMSException and MQ Reason Codes

December 24, 2010 Roger Lacroix

J2EE (JMS) programmers who are new to IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ, MQSeries) sometimes are confused as to why they are getting a particular JMS exception. The problem with the JMS / MQ layer is that the useful MQ information is hidden in the JMSException. By useful MQ information, I mean the MQ Completion Code […]

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Capitalware Products for WMQ v5.3 on 32-bit Unix

December 22, 2010 Roger Lacroix

As of December 31st, 2010, Capitalware will no longer support its products on the 32-bit release of WebSphere MQ v5.3 (or earlier) on Unix (AIX, HP-UX and Solaris). Note: This does not affect the support of WebSphere MQ 32-bit for Linux. IBM ended support for WebSphere MQ v5.3 for distributed platforms on September 22, 2006. […]

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WebSphere MQ v6 End of Service

December 21, 2010 Roger Lacroix

Well, we are now down to 9 and 1/2 months before WebSphere MQ v6 goes out of service. The end of service date for WebSphere MQ v6 on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows, IBM i, etc…) is September 30th, 2011. The official official announcement can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21418724 So MQAdmins, it is time to […]

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New: MQ Auditor v1.1.0

December 20, 2010 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Auditor v1.1.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Auditor. MQ Auditor is a solution that allows a company to audit/track all MQ API calls performed by MQ applications that are connected to a queue manager. For more information about […]

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