Archive for the Category: IBM MQ

MQ Auditor’s new Audit Queue Off Load Application

May 10, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I am always looking to tune Capitalware’s applications . After reviewing MQ Auditor, it occurred to me that I could save 8-12 ms (milliseconds) per audit record that MQ Auditor writes to the audit files. Now, 8-12 ms per audit record may not sound like a lot but if your queue manager is processing a […]

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WebSphere MQ version 7.5 Released

April 24, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released WebSphere MQ versoin 7.5: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS212-091 Highlights Tight integration of managed file transfer and advanced message security capabilities with the WebSphere MQ Queue Manager Common installation experience based on the MQ Installer Common tooling interface via the MQ Explorer Managed File Transfer-specific functional enhancements Security enhancements including the integration of the WebSphere MQ […]

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Issue with MQ on Windows 2008 after applying fixes?

April 23, 2012 Roger Lacroix

If you recently applied Windows 2008 fixes KB667402 and KB2621440 and now your IBM MQSeries service will not start then read the following from IBM to fix your issue: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21591014 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Visual Edit v1.6.0

April 17, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v1.6.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit. MQ Visual Edit allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager and presents the data in a […]

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New: MQ Visual Browse v1.6.0

April 17, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v1.6.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Browse. MQ Visual Browse allows users to view messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format similar […]

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SupportPac IA94 XMS for .NET v2.0.0.8 Released

April 4, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released version 2.0.0.8 of SupportPac IA9H: IBM Message Service Client (XMS) for .NET. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24011756 The IBM Message Service Client for .NET (“XMS .NET”) renders the Java Message Service (JMS) API in a managed .NET environment. It brings the benefits of JMS – a standard, abstracted messaging API for pub/sub and point-to-point messaging, as […]

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RFE for WMQ manuals in PDF format

April 3, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I have created an RFE called “Create PDFs for WebSphere MQ”. The RFE ID # is 21041. Please vote for it, so that IBM will create/generate WebSphere MQ in PDF format. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=21041 To vote, locate the “RFE Actions” section on the right hand side of the screen and click the vote link. You can only […]

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SupportPac MS0P v7.1 Released

March 28, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Mark E. Taylor has released version 7.1 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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WebSphere MQ Administration Seminar

March 28, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I receive emails from people all the time asking me where they can get training on WebSphere MQ. I generally tell them to take one of the IBM WebSphere MQ courses. Today, I received the following email from WebSphere Insights: We’re proud to announce the launch of our new 3-day seminar: WebSphere MQ Administration, coming […]

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MQAUSX and Microsoft Active Directory

March 21, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Centralize authentication is a great thing. Many customers use MQAUSX on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris and authenticate against Microsoft Active Directory (AD) as a remote LDAP server. Since, AD conforms to LDAP v3, this generally works very well. Some companies configure their AD servers such that the attribute sAMAccountName contains the user’s […]

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