Archive for the Category: Unix

Sample Java Code to Publish to an IBM MQ Topic

December 8, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Programmers always have questions about coding Pub/Sub in IBM MQ. I’ll do 2 blog posting: one on publishing to a topic and the next one on subscribing to a topic in IBM MQ. Since everyone likes code examples, here is a Java IBM MQ (non-JMS) sample program to publish a message to a topic within […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 8.0.0.8 Released

November 28, 2017 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 8.0.0.8 for IBM MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22010861 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.1.0.9 Released

November 22, 2017 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.1.0.9 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22010694 Don’t forget, the end of service date for WebSphere MQ v7.1.0 on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows and IBM i) was April 30, 2017. The official announcement can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg3c741503j17231u61 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Autonomous Lost Message Notifier

November 2, 2017 Roger Lacroix

All too often, I and the world of MQAdmins hear architects, programmers, support personal, etc. say: MQ has lost my message. Where is my message? What happened to the reply message for the request message? If you need to track or audit messages and/or message flows then your company needs to invest in a commercial […]

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SVRCONN Channel Crashes with Exit & Channel Statistics Enabled

November 1, 2017 Roger Lacroix

IBM has issued a fix for a “IT22101: amqrmppa process crashes if SVRCONN channel is running with exit, channel statistics and async consume”. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT22101 This one was found by a Capitalware customer. šŸ™ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.21.0 Released

October 25, 2017 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.21.0. 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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Loanet Client-side MQ Security Exit

October 11, 2017 Roger Lacroix

It has been brought to my attention that the client-side MQ Security Exit required by SunGard’s Loanet has the EXACT same format as the client-side Security Exit for Depository Trust Clearing Corporation. Therefore, if your company is interacting with Loanet and requires a client-side MQ Security Exit, you can use SX4DTC2 and/or z/SX4DTC2. For more […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.2 Released

October 6, 2017 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 9.0.0.2 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044038 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java 9 Released

September 22, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Oracle has just released Java 9. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/whatsnew/toc.htm#JSNEW-GUID-C23AFD78-C777-460B-8ACE-58BE5EA681F6 Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s applicationsrequire. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Another New Feature being added to MQMR

August 31, 2017 Roger Lacroix

A customer requested a new feature be added to MQ Message Replication (MQMR). A quick comment about MQMR: MQMR does not alter the original message and/or the path to the destination queue. Think of MQ as a highway and MQMR is standing at the side of the highway taking a picture of each car (aka […]

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