Archive for the Category: Windows

Simple Monitoring of the Current Queue Depth

June 4, 2020 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, someone asked a question about determining when a queue’s current depth is the same as maximum depth. They were trying to do it from a script. While this is probably possible (I’m not a sed and/or awk guy), it seemed to me that they are trying to squeeze a fully blown up balloon […]

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Mark Taylor’s MQ API Exits – FAQ

May 28, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Mark Taylor of IBM has published a blog item called MQ API Exits – FAQ which details a variety of questions (and answers) that Mark has received over the last several months. https://marketaylor.synology.me/?p=700 I have also added Mark’s blog (category: IBM MQ) as a widget on the sidebar of my blog. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Windows 10 quietly got a built-in network sniffer

May 19, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Did you know that Microsoft added a network packet sniffer called Packet Monitor or Pktmon to Windows 10 October 2018 Update? Lawrence Abrams from BleepingComputer wrote about the Pktmon here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-quietly-got-a-built-in-network-sniffer-how-to-use/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.10 Released

May 19, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.0.0.10 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6189795?myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSYHRD Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Capitalware releases World Clocks v1.0.0

May 12, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce a new ‘Licensed As Free’ product called: World Clocks. World Clocks application allows the user to quickly view the time and date from various time zones from around the world. World Clocks can display as many time zones that will fit on the user’s display. Vertical layout (default) Normal […]

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Limited Continuing Support for IBM MQ 8.0

April 28, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced Limited Continuing Support for IBM MQ v8.0: In order to help customers through the challenges caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, IBM has announced Limited Continuing Support (LCS) for IBM MQ 8.0 and other selected offerings through 30 September 2020. Customers with active Software Subscription and Support coverage (S&S) on these offerings […]

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What time is it in a customer’s time zone?

April 24, 2020 Roger Lacroix

I have customers from various cities around the world. Sometimes when I working on a problem, I like to stay focused on it. So if I get an email from a customer somewhere else in the world, I like to know if I need to answer it ASAP (because it is off hours for them) […]

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IBM MQ v9.0 End of Service Date

April 16, 2020 Roger Lacroix

The end of service date for IBM MQ v9.0 on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows and IBM i) is September 30, 2021. The IBM MQ Software lifecycle page is at: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/announcement-end-support-ibm-mq-90 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ, Java and MQ MI and/or MQ HA

April 8, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Sometimes you come across things that make you just scratch your head and say who the hell wrote this @#$% code. I’m not trying to say that I’m the world’s greatest programmer but some of the shit that the MQ/Java team writes just makes my head spin. They need to share what they’re smoking! IBM’s […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.5 Released

April 6, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.5 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6090700 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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