Archive for the Category: MQ File Mover

New: MQ File Mover v4.1.0

March 5, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of MQ File Mover v4.1.0. It is a free open source project. MQ File Mover is a managed file transfer solution that facilitates the transfer of files using IBM’s WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries). MQFM processes “Action” commands which are controlled through an MQFM Workflow XML file. The user […]

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Using MQ File Mover on Mac OS X (How To #7)

March 1, 2012 Roger Lacroix

About every 3 weeks or so, I get an email asking me if MQ File Mover (MQFM) can be installed and used on Mac OS X. In this blog posting, I will discuss the prerequisites and issue related to using MQFM on Mac OS X. First, as with any other platform that you run MQFM […]

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Advanced Workflow with MQ File Mover (How To #6)

January 16, 2012 Roger Lacroix

And now for something completely different. 🙂 In this blog posting, I will show you how to create an MQFM Workflow to do something other than move files with MQ. Lets say you have an online backup service or a cloud service where you want to backup important files to. So lets create an MQFM […]

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Watching a Directory and Sending Files with MQ File Mover (How To #5)

January 12, 2012 Roger Lacroix

In this blog posting, I will show you how to configure MQ File Mover to watch a directory for new files and send the new files immediately. In this example, MQ File Mover will connect to the queue manager in “client mode”. In the MQ File Mover’s Watch Action, the user can specify all files […]

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Answers to Some Very Common MQ File Mover Questions

December 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Q: Does MQ File Mover require Java? Yes, MQ File Mover requires Java v1.5 or higher (no, it will not work with Java v1.3 or v1.4) Q: Does MQ File Mover support platform XXX ? MQ File Mover is supported on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows (plus any […]

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Sending Extremely Large Files with MQ File Mover (How To #4)

December 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

In this blog posting, I will show you how to send an extremely large file (i.e. 1GB) when connecting to the queue manager in “client mode”. From a user’s perspective, sending a 1GB file is done exactly the same way as sending a 1KB file. For files greater than 4MB, MQFM’s Send and Watch Actions […]

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End-To-End Encryption with MQ File Mover (How To #3)

December 7, 2011 Roger Lacroix

In the MQ File Mover (MQFM) How To #2 blog posting, MQFM ran in “client mode” when it connected to the queue managers. In this blog posting, I will show how to implement a simple file transfer using End-To-End encryption when connecting to the queue manager in “client mode”. MQFM’s Send and Watch Actions use […]

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Simple File Transfer using MQ File Mover (How To #2)

November 22, 2011 Roger Lacroix

In the MQ File Mover (MQFM) How To #1 blog posting, MQFM ran in “bindings mode” when it connected to the queue managers. In this blog posting, I will show how to do the same simple file transfer but in “client mode” when MQFM connects to the queue managers. Client mode connectivity means that the […]

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

November 21, 2011 Roger Lacroix

I get asked on a regular basis how to do a simple MQ File Mover (MQFM) 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: MQ File Mover v4.0.0

November 16, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of MQ File Mover v4.0.0. It is a free open source project. MQ File Mover is a managed file transfer solution that facilitates the transfer of files using IBM’s WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries). MQFM processes “Action” commands which are controlled through an MQFM Workflow XML file. The user […]

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