Archive for the Category: IBM i (OS/400)

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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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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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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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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WMQ v7.1 and v7.5 manuals as PDFs

November 9, 2012 Roger Lacroix

After a nice community push for RFE # 21041, IBM has made available WebSphere MQ v7.1 and v7.5 manuals as PDFs. 🙂 WebSphere MQ 7.1 PDFs: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.mq.doc/zo00170_.htm WebSphere MQ 7.5 PDFs: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r5/topic/com.ibm.mq.doc/zo00170_.htm Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.2

November 8, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.2. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line or shell scripting environment. For more information about MQ Batch Toolkit go to: https://www.capitalware.com/mqbt_overview.html Changes for […]

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Are you still running WebSphere MQ v6?

October 17, 2012 Roger Lacroix

If you are still running your MQ environment using WebSphere MQ v6 then you are using unsupported software!! WebSphere MQ v6 End of Service date was September 30th, 2012 (just over 2 weeks ago). http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/support/lifecycle/ So, if you are running WebSphere MQ v6 and you have a problem, “who you gonna call?” – nobody because […]

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