IBM MQ 9.2 for z/OS Availability

July 27, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced the availability IBM MQ 9.2 for z/OS:
https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/9/877/ENUS5655-MQ9/index.html

IBM MQ 9.2 for z/OS will be available for electronic download on September, 11, 2020.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Redbooks on IBM MQ

July 24, 2020 Roger Lacroix

I have created a new section on Capitalware’s IBM MQ Documentation Library page called Redbooks on IBM MQ.

I searched the internet and IBM’s Redbook site and found 20 redbooks on the subject of IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ, MQSeries). I have listed them in chronologically order.

Note: Some of them may be old but the concepts and information are still relevant in 2020!!

Enjoy.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Stackoverflow tag for MQ Visual Edit

July 24, 2020 Roger Lacroix

There are many ways for end-users to ask for help with MQ Visual Edit. You can:

Now on Stackoverflow, there is a tag called mq-visual-edit that you can add to your question. I am monitoring the mq-visual-edit tag and will be notified when a question is posted with that tag.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Capitalware Products 2020 Release Train

July 23, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Here is a summary of all the recent releases that Capitalware Inc. has published:

    Updated ‘License as Free’ products:

  • MQ Channel Auto Creation Manager v1.0.6
  • MQ Channel Auto Creation Manager for z/OS v1.0.6
  • MQ Set UserID v1.0.5
  • MQ Set UserID for z/OS v1.0.5
  • Client-side Security Exit for Depository Trust Clearing Corporation v1.0.5
  • Client-side Security Exit for Depository Trust Clearing Corporation for z/OS v1.0.5

All Capitalware products support the newly released IBM MQ v9.2.

Finally, all product manuals now have a “Last Updated” (i.e. July 2020) declaration on the bottom left of the second page (i.e. page ii) of each manual.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

Capitalware, IBM i (OS/400), IBM MQ, Licensed As Free, Linux, MQ Auditor, MQ Authenticate User Security Exit, MQ Channel Connection Inspector, MQ Channel Encryption, MQ Channel Throttler, MQ Enterprise Security Suite, MQ Message Encryption, MQ Message Replication, MQ Standard Security Exit, Unix, Windows, z/OS Comments Off on Capitalware Products 2020 Release Train

New: MQ Standard Security Exit v2.6.0

July 23, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Standard Security Exit v2.6.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Standard Security Exit. MQ Standard Security Exit is a solution that allows a MQAdmin to control and restrict who is accessing an IBM MQ resource.

For more information about MQ Standard Security Exit go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqssx_overview.html

    Changes for MQ Standard Security Exit v2.6.0:

  • Enhanced the code for dumping the pointers passed into exit.
  • Fixed an issue in the subroutine that removes trailing blanks
  • Fixed issue when an invalid or expired license key is used
  • Fixed an issue with default exit path

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.6.0

July 23, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.6.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS. MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS is a solution that allows a MQAdmin to control and restrict who is accessing an IBM MQ resource.

For more information about MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqssx_zos_overview.html

    Changes for MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.6.0:

  • Enhanced the code for dumping the pointers passed into exit.
  • Fixed an issue in the subroutine that removes trailing blanks
  • Fixed issue when an invalid or expired license key is used

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Message Replication v2.2.0

July 23, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Message Replication v2.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Message Replication. MQ Message Replication (MQMR) will clone messages being written (via MQPUT or MQPUT1 API calls) to an application’s output queue and MQMR will write the exact same messages to ‘n’ target queues (‘n’ can be up to 100). When MQMR replicates a message both the message data and the message’s MQMD structure will be cloned.

For more information about MQMR, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqmr_overview.html

    Changes for MQ Message Replication v2.2.0:

  • Fixed a bug handling MQPUT1 calls not correctly opening target queues
  • Fixed a bug handling MQPUT1 calls and ForMQPut1DoMQPut1 = Y not setting ObjectName correctly.
  • Fixed an issue in the subroutine that removes trailing blanks
  • Fixed an issue with the logging framework
  • Enhanced the code for dumping the pointers passed into exit.
  • Fixed a bug in mq2sdb not correctly resetting prepared statement after use.
  • Add 2 new columns to the IBM_MQ_MESSAGES table: Source_QMgr_Id & Source_Queue_Id.
  • Add 2 new tables to the database: SOURCE_QMGR_NAMES & SOURCE_QUEUE_NAMES.
  • Added new keyword ‘IncludeSourceInfo’ for mq2sdb that will cause the source QMgr & queue names to be written to database.
  • Added new keyword ‘UseSelect’, ‘SelectQMgrName’ & ‘SelectQName’ for sdb2mq that will control which messages are loaded into the queue.
  • Fixed issue when an invalid or expired license key is used
  • Fixed an issue with default exit path

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Message Encryption v4.2.0

July 23, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Message Encryption v4.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Message Encryption. MQME provides encryption for MQ message data while it resides in a queue and in the MQ logs (i.e. all data at rest).

For more information about MQME, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqme_overview.html

    Changes for MQ Message Encryption v4.2.0:

  • Added keyword EncryptRFH2Header to handle encrypting the MQRFH2 header or not
  • Added code check if an MQRFH2 message on an XMITQ only has payload data encrypted.
  • Fixed an issue with MQPUT1 not correctly handling the ExcludeQueue.
  • Fixed a buffer overrun condition on MQCALLBACK that would cause the MCA (amqrmppa) process to crash.
  • Fixed an issue in the subroutine that removes trailing blanks
  • Fixed an issue with the logging framework
  • Enhanced the code for dumping the pointers passed into exit.
  • Fixed issue when an invalid or expired license key is used
  • Fixed an issue with default exit path

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Channel Encryption v3.4.0

July 23, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) v3.4.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQCE. MQCE provides encryption for message data over IBM MQ channels.

MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requester, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to encrypt the data and SHA-2 to create a digital signature.

For more information about MQCE go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqce_overview.html

    Changes for MQ Channel Encryption v3.4.0:

  • Enhanced the code for dumping the pointers passed into exit.
  • Fixed an issue in the subroutine that removes trailing blanks
  • Fixed issue when an invalid or expired license key is used
  • Fixed an issue with default exit path

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS v3.4.0

July 23, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS (z/MQCE) v3.4.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of z/MQCE. z/MQCE provides encryption for message data over IBM MQ channels.

z/MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requester, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. z/MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to encrypt the data and SHA-2 to create a digital signature.

For more information about z/MQCE go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqce_zos_overview.html

    Changes for MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS v3.4.0:

  • Enhanced the code for dumping the pointers passed into exit.
  • Fixed an issue in the subroutine that removes trailing blanks
  • Fixed issue when an invalid or expired license key is used

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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