Archive for the Category: Windows

Simple File Transfer using Universal File Mover (How To #1)

November 29, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I get asked on a regular basis how to do a simple Universal File Mover (UFM) setup on 2 servers. It is actually very straight forward and I will run through an example in this blog posting. In this example, the following servers are used: – aix001 is an AIX server with WMQ Server and […]

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New Desktop PC

November 27, 2012 Roger Lacroix

A year ago, I bought a new ASUS ZenBook (UX31E-DH72) and it has been a great laptop. For the last 6 months, my 5 year old desktop PC has been feeling slow, especially compared to my new laptop. The old PC is a dual display running WinXP with quad-core and 4GB of RAM. It was […]

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MQ File Mover vs Universal File Mover

November 23, 2012 Roger Lacroix

What is the difference between MQ File Mover (MQFM) and Universal File Mover (UFM)? To be honest, UFM v1.0 was originally called MQFM v5.0. There were so many things that I wanted to add/fix/change in MQFM that the more I did, the more I realized that I would have a lot of angry people when […]

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New: Universal File Mover v1.0.0

November 20, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Universal File Mover v1.0.0. It is a free open source project. Universal File Mover (UFM) is more than a simple tool to manage the transfer of files. It allows the user to combine business processes into a workflow. The user combines a series of Action […]

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Security with Secret Phrases, Passwords, etc.

November 19, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Over the weekend, I was reading different articles/blogs about how people think that passwords, no matter how long, are useless. These people write that their accounts (email, Apple, phone, bank, etc) were hacked even when they used long passwords. When you reread the articles/blogs and analyze what they are saying, you realize that the password, […]

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SupportPac MS0P v7.1.0.2 Released

November 16, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Mark E Taylor of IBM has released version 7.1.0.2 of SupportPac MS0P. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24011617 This SupportPac provides a set of plug-ins for the WebSphere MQ Explorer, extending its capabilities for configuration of queue managers, and displaying additional information about those queue managers. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Free: Parser, Syntax Checker and Interpreter Tools

November 13, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is now hosting Richard Tsujimoto’s Parser, Syntax Checker and Interpreter Tools. These tools provide a simple means for parsing strings, perform syntax checking and interpreting the parameters and/or values of the parsed strings. https://www.capitalware.com/psci_overview.html These tools are written in C for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, IBM i (OS/400) and Windows. For IBM mainframes, the tools […]

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Excelsior JET Charity Bundle

November 13, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Excelsior have announced the Excelsior JET charity bundle, where you can get the standard edition of Excelsior JET for just $10 (without support), and they contribute all of the money to charity. www.ExcelsiorJET.com/charity That’s a discount of over $1,100 from the list price of Excelsior JET Standard Edition. What’s the catch? No support. That’s fine, […]

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RFE for Adding Security Exit support to WMQ FTE

November 12, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I have created an RFE called “Add security exit support to WMQ FTE”. The RFE ID # is 28410. Please vote for it, so that IBM will add security exit support for WMQ FTE plugin, agents and other FTE components when connecting to a remote queue manager. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=28410 To vote, locate the “RFE Actions” section […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.1.0.2 Released

November 9, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.1.0.2 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21612438 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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