Archive for the Category: HPE NonStop

WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 5.3.1.15 for HP NonStop Server Released

August 10, 2018 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 5.3.1.15 for WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server: https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10719657 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java MQ Code to List Queue Status

August 2, 2018 Roger Lacroix

The other day I answered a question on StackOverflow about getting the LGETIME and LPUTIME attributes of queue status command. I figured I should also post the code here for everyone to read & use. If you have done the runmqsc command for Queue Status of Type ‘Queue’ for all queues of a queue manager […]

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New Category – Fix Packs for MQ

June 26, 2018 Roger Lacroix

I decided to create a new category on my blog called “Fix Packs for MQ”. This will allow people to find MQ Fix Packs quickly. A direct link to the new category is: http://www.capitalware.com/rl_blog/?cat=65 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Security Risk for MQ Model Queue

June 20, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Well, I learnt something new today: an MQ model queue is a security risk! It is not that a model queue in of itself is a security risk but rather what you can do with a model queue to get a backdoor to a queue or maybe it is called a ‘side channel attack’ of […]

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IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.0.3 is now available

May 24, 2018 Roger Lacroix

IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0.3 is the second Continuous Delivery (CD) update for MQ NonStop version 8. IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.0.3 is the third Continuous Delivery (CD) update for MQ NonStop version 8. This release provides another security update for OpenSSL, with V8.0.3 now using OpenSSL 1.0.2o. https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2018/05/21/ibm-mq-hpe-nonstop-v8-0-3-now-available/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Code to Show the IBM MQ JMS Message Named Property Issue

May 17, 2018 Roger Lacroix

I’m getting comments/questions about the blog posting I made yesterday: IBM MQ JMS Message Named Property Issues. There are 2 ways to create a JMS message with a non-JMS Java program: You can use the MQRFH2 class You can use Named Properties and specify “mcd.Msd”, “jms.Dst” and “jms.Pri” properties. Here is a simple non-JMS Java […]

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IBM MQ JMS Message Named Property Issues

May 16, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Ah, the joys of writing applications for IBM MQ and inevitable customer support that goes with it. 🙂 Late last week, a customer contacted me with an issue with MQ Visual Edit (MQVE) saying after adding Named Properties (i.e. mcd.Msd, etc.) to a regular message which should turn it into a JMS message, they could […]

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More Information on Command Server’s Issues

May 14, 2018 Roger Lacroix

As some of you may have read in T.Rob Wyatt’s blog, I’ve been doing some testing with MQ Auditor enabled on a queue manager to see what is going on under the covers with MQ and sending my results to T.Rob. I was just going to send a simple note to T.Rob saying he should […]

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Handling A JMS (MQRFH2) Message in non-JMS Java Application

April 10, 2018 Roger Lacroix

In the post ‘JMS (MQRFH2) Message But The User Sees Garbage‘, I wrote about how to properly view a JMS message (aka MQRFH2 message) on an MQ queue. I mentioned in the posting that non-JMS applications can be coded to deal with JMS messages. So in this posting, I’ll show you code for handling both […]

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IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.0.2 is now available

March 27, 2018 Roger Lacroix

IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0.2 is the second Continuous Delivery (CD) update for MQ NonStop version 8. The key objective for this CD update (coming so soon after MQ NonStop V8.0.1) is to provide an important security update for OpenSSL 1.0.2n. https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2018/03/20/ibm-mq-hpe-nonstop-v8-0-2-now-available/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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