Archive for the Category: IBM MQ Appliance

IBM MQ V9 Released for Distributed Platforms

April 19, 2016 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released IBM MQ V9: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=877&letternum=ENUSZP16-0205 Highlights: – Web addressable access to the Client Channel Definition Table (CCDT) – IBM MQ Managed File Transfer Protocol Bridge Enhancements – New mode of operation for IBM MQ Advanced Message Security – IBM MQ Advanced Message Security support for non-IBM Java™ Runtime Environments (JREs) – LDAP authorizations […]

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Using MQ Batch Toolkit to Clear Many Queues

March 8, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Here is another simple script that uses MQ Batch Toolkit (MQBT) to clear hundreds of queues at the same time. Let’s say you have an MQ sandbox or development queue manager that has hundreds of queues that need to be cleared nightly. If all of the queue names have the same high-level qualifier, then the […]

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IBM Releases a Statement of Direction for IBM MQ

February 22, 2016 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released a “Statement of Direction” for IBM MQ: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS216-084&appname=USN Leif Davidsen, Product Manger for IBM MQ, has a write up on the “Statement of Direction” for IBM MQ: https://leifdavidsen.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/setting-out-markers-for-mqs-road-ahead/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Bug in MQ V8.0 for Getting Messages in a Group

August 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM Support has posted a bug report that may affect some Universal File Mover (UFM) users. Title: IT09814: IBM MQ V8.0: Applications cannot get messages that were put to a queue as a group. Error description: In IBM MQ v8.0 an application that reads from a queue can fail to get messages that are put […]

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Getting Answers to Questions about IBM MQ V8.0

May 25, 2015 Roger Lacroix

As people start to look into upgrading their MQ environment to IBM MQ V8, they will likely have a lot of questions like “what’s new” and “what’s changed”. In the MQ Knowledge Center, IBM has 2 sections that will help answers those questions (plus many more): What’s new in IBM MQ V8.0 What’s changed in […]

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IBM releases IBM MQ Appliance M2000

February 17, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ Appliance M2000 that provides an optimized version of IBM MQ V8 that runs in a hardware appliance. IBM MQ provides universal messaging that allows applications, systems, and services to connect and exchange information securely, reliably, rapidly, and simply. Offering MQ capability in hardware appliances, additional features are provided, as well […]

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IBM MQ V8 Released

April 22, 2014 Roger Lacroix

It appears that IBM has changed MQ’s name (again) from WebSphere MQ to IBM MQ. I guess someone at IBM decided MQ does not belong under the WebSphere umbrella. IBM has released IBM MQ V8: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS214-177/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en Highlights – Verification of user ID and password, making use of either operating system definitions or a Lightweight Directory […]

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