There is not a lot of published information on WebSphere MQ best practices. The following is a list of books / manuals and web sites that I have found on MQ best practices: DeveloperWorks Article: The top 15 WebSphere MQ best practices http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0807_hsieh/0807_hsieh.html?ca=drs- DeveloperWorks Article: WebSphere MQ for iSeries Best Practices guide http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0605_rumsey/0605_rumsey.html Web Site: […]

Anytime I do contract work as an MQ Admin, I make sure I am allowed to implement an application failover certification test. Golden Rule: The application’s production queues / queue managers do NOT get defined / created until the application has successfully passed the failover test. I get totally screamed at by the application managers, […]

The following Ten Commandments (and Amendments) have been collected from the MQ ListServer. If developers and MQAdmins follow these Commandments and Amendments then they will have far, far fewer headaches (and 2:00 AM phone calls). Ten Commandments Thou shalt not use a queue as a database. Thou shalt backup your pagesets, filesystems, and logs. Thou […]

I get asked on a regular basis about where people can find information on IBM MQ. So, here is a list of internet places that I have bookmarked. ListServers and Forums:MQ ListServer is an email list-server where users can ask questions or post comments about MQ: http://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html MQSeries.net is an Internet resource for MQ professionals […]