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Interesting Blog Item: IBM Knowledge Center – LATEST!

February 10, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Morag Hughson of MQGem has a new blog posting called IBM Knowledge Center – LATEST! regarding a new feature in the IBM Knowledge Center. Instead of providing a link with the MQ version number, you can swap the version number for the word “latest”. This is a cool feature for putting links in a blog […]

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Local Transactions Using IBM MQ and the JMS API

February 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Olja Rastic-Dulborough has written an article that introduces the user to the concepts of local transactions using IBM MQ and JMS. https://developer.ibm.com/components/ibm-mq/articles/an-introduction-to-local-transactions-using-mq-and-jms/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Video: How to boost your business with IBM MQ

February 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Marcus Kaye of IBM has created and posted a video on IBM MQ titled: “How to boost your business with IBM MQ” Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ fix access from IBM Fix Central requires S&S Entitlement in 2021

February 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has posted a support document stating that starting on February 1, 2021, your IBM ID will require Software Subscription and Support entitlement in order to download Fix Packs. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6402575 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Putting a File as a Message to a Queue

February 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has posted a support document describing the various ways to put a file as a message to a queue. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6409594 I would like to point out that both MQ Visual Edit and MQ Batch Toolkit can put a file as a message to a queue. MQ Visual Edit is a GUI program, so you […]

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IBM MQ: What is it, and why do developers need it?

February 1, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Max Kahan of IBM has created and posted a video on IBM MQ titled: “IBM MQ: What is it, and why do developers need it?” Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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How to Perform Common IBM MQ Management Certificate Tasks

January 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has published a technical note on how to perform common IBM MQ management certificate tasks. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6382940 This document is intended to help with IBM MQ certificate management. It lists some of the most common commands needed to do basic certificate management tasks. In IBM MQ you can performed such tasks through the IBM Key […]

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Configuring Mutual TLS Authentication for an IBM MQ Messaging Application

January 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Max Kahan of IBM has published a hands-on blog posting on how to configure an IBM MQ application for mutual TLS authentication. https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/configuring-mutual-tls-authentication-java-messaging-app/ In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to secure the queue manager and a client application, enabling them to complete a two-way TLS handshake and secure a messaging channel. Although we’re using […]

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C Code to Lookup MQ Reason Code

November 16, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Starting with the release of IBM MQ v8.0, IBM included a new header file called: cmqstrc.h. The file description says: This file provides mappings between MQI constant values and string versions of their definitions. In the cmqstrc.h file, from IBM MQ v9.2, there are 342 subroutines for looking up the various integer values and returning […]

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IBM MQ Troubleshooting Common TLS SSL Errors

November 5, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just published a helpful support document called: IBM MQ Troubleshooting Common TLS SSL Errors. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6359069 If you are having MQ SSL/TLS issues then have a read of this document and follow the instructions. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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