Greg Brown will be presenting the following sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC):
For more information about MQTC, please go to:
http://www.mqtechconference.com
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
T.Rob Wyatt will be presenting the following sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC):
* Prizes will be awarded. Send your MQ Terror Tale to T.Rob Wyatt for inclusion in the session.
For more information about MQTC, please go to:
http://www.mqtechconference.com
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Peter D’Agosta of Avada Software will be doing the following vendor session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC):
For more information about MQTC, please go to:
http://www.mqtechconference.com
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
A customer requested a solution to a problem that is not really an MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) issue.
The customer has several applications that, shall we say, are poorly written and they will not likely be changed. These particular customer applications connect, open, put (and/or get), close and disconnect from the queue manager (over & over again). The applications generate up to 700 connection requests per minute (over 12,000 per hour). The MQAdmin recently changed the MQAUSX authentication target from Local OS to LDAP over SSL. This has caused a noticeable impact on their LDAP server to the point that the LDAP server is intermittently unavailable.
I have requested that the poorly written applications be changed/updated but it appears there is no interest/motivation to fix the poorly written applications and I keep getting asked to fix MQAUSX. MQAUSX only generates an LDAP request when the application connects to the queue manager.
i.e.
application –> QMgr MCA –> MQAUSX –> LDAP server
So, this is a case of the messenger being shot. I looked at a couple of solutions to the problem but the best answer is to implement a Credential Cache in MQAUSX. When this feature is enabled, MQAUSX will cache the user credentials (in an encrypted format) for ‘x’ minutes (default is 5 minutes) in shared memory. Hence, when there is a new connection, MQAUSX will first check the cache for the incoming UserID and if found then the entry’s timestamp will be checked. If the cache entry has expired then the entry is removed from the cache. If the entry is valid then the cached password is compared to the incoming password. If the passwords match then the connection is allowed. If the passwords do not match then the entry is removed from the cache and MQAUSX will perform an authentication against the target (i.e. LDAP).
UseCredentialCache = Y CacheLife = 7
The above example says to enable caching of user credentials and make the “time to live” for the credentials be 7 minutes.
If you would like to try out the new feature then send an email to
support@capitalware.com and we will send you the latest release of MQAUSX or z/MQAUSX.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v39.0.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
IBM has published a tutorial on how to configure Eclipse for developing Java/JMS programs for MQ 8.0:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27046013
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of Universal File Mover v1.2.1. It is a free open source project.
Universal File Mover is more than a simple tool to manage the transfer of files. It allows the user to combine business processes into a workflow. The user combines a series of Action commands to create the UFM Workflow XML file. UFM is supported on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows.
For more information on Universal File Mover, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/ufm_overview.html
Note: When upgrading UFM from an ealier release, please remember to deploy the receiver side first because the MQSend action defaults to use MQ properties. There is a new MQSend attribute called ‘usev7prop’. It defaults to ‘Y’. The user can set the ‘usev7prop’ attribute to ‘N’ and it will use the old style handling for the Remote FileName and Directory.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Capitalware would like to announce that IBM is a Platinum Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC).
For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
IBM has released SupportPac MS0T for version v8.0.0.3:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24021041
SupportPac MS0T (MQ Explorer) is a graphical configuration tool built on Eclipse which enables you to remotely explore and configure all WebSphere MQ objects and resources, including Java Message Service (JMS), and publish and subscribe.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
IBM has just released FixPack 8.0.0.3 for WebSphere MQ
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21959554
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
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