On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• define and manage MQ objects such as queues and channels using MQ script commands and the MQ Explorer
• set up triggered queues
• establish distributed queuing channels both directly to an adjacent Queue Manager and indirectly through one or more intermediate Queue Managers
• inspect and process messages on the Queue Manager's dead letter queue
• troubleshoot distributed queuing problems
• implement a basic MQ cluster
• create connections between an MQ client and an MQ Queue Manager
• navigate the MQ file system and identify running MQ processes
• outline the principles of MQ logging and units of work
• rebuild a damaged queue
• review the security mechanisms available to the multi-platform implementations of IBM MQ
• monitor an MQ system using a range of monitoring tools
• describe how publish/subscribe differs from traditional point-to-point queuing
• test a simple publish/subscribe implementation
• compare the z/OS implementation of IBM MQ with the multi-platform implementations of IBM MQ.

• Basic Messaging Concepts
  • Islands of information and IBM MQ
  • What's in a name?
  • Software layers
  • IBM MQ features
  • Wide platform coverage
  • The MQI - a common application programming interface
  • Time independent or asynchronous processing
  • Assured message delivery
  • Support of different application styles
  • MQ - some comparisons
  • Queues
  • Messages
  • MQPUT
  • MQGET
  • Queue Managers and database managers
  • A significant difference between queues and database tables..
  • Messages and queues
  • Shared queues
  • The Queue Manager
  • Basic message structure
  • Asynchronous messaging
  • Synchronous messaging
  • Multiple requesters, one responder
  • Parallel messaging
  • Re-using MQ application processes as business objects
  • Meshed business objects
  • Remote messaging (distributed queuing)
  • MQ clients.
• Configuration - Overview
  • Overview
  • Command interfaces
  • Creating Queue Managers
  • Starting Queue Managers
  • Stopping Queue Managers
  • Deleting Queue Managers
  • Command interfaces
  • RUNMQSC
  • STRMQMADM
  • PCF commands
  • Practical session 1 - creating a new default queue manager
  • IBM MQ object definition
  • Types of object
  • The Queue Manager object
  • The QLOCAL object: MQSGDLVSEQ, sharing, DEFPSIST, DISTL, sample commands
  • The QMODEL object: usage, sample commands
  • The QALIAS object: usage, sample commands
  • The NAMELIST object: usage, sample commands
  • DISPLAY names or information on queues
  • The AUTHINFO object
  • AMQSGET - sample session
  • Practical session 2 - managing IBM MQ objects
• Configuration - Triggering
  • Using MQ Explorer
  • Triggering
  • Why trigger?
  • What the Queue Manager does
  • Objects required for triggering
  • The initiation queue
  • The trigger monitor
  • The process object
  • Triggering the application queue
  • triggering: simplified walkthrough, detailed walkthrough
  • Triggered sample programs
  • Using the sample programs
  • Sample session
  • Practical session 3 IBM MQ triggering
• Distributed Queuing
  • Basic distributed messaging
  • Distributed queuing components
  • Remote queues
  • The role of the transmission queue
  • Putting to a remote queue without a qremote
  • Transmission queue headers
  • Specifying a transmission queue for a qremote
  • Using a default transmission queue
  • Message Channel Agents
  • Configuring channels
  • Types of channel
  • Sample MCA definitions
  • Starting channels
  • The listener
  • Triggering channels
  • Channel batches
  • The Dead Letter Queue
  • Multi-hopping with a QREMOTE
  • Simple multi-hopping with a Queue Manager alias
  • Extended multi-hopping using a Queue Manager alias
  • How a receiving MCA processes incoming messages
  • Resolving channel problems
  • Where's my reply?
  • The MQ client
  • Client structure
  • Client code installation
  • Client configuration
  • Queue Manager grouping
• Introduction to Clustering
  • What is an MQ cluster?
  • What an MQ cluster is not
  • Cloned application services
  • Continuous putting
  • Scalability
  • Cluster components
  • Reduced administration
  • Joining a Queue Manager to a cluster
  • Definition through use
  • Disseminating cluster information
  • Cluster information message contents
  • Retention of information in repositories
  • Dynamically created reply to queues
  • Basic cluster configuration
  • Cluster administration commands
• IBM MQ System Management
  • IBM MQ Architecture
  • Functional architecture
  • MQ processes
  • MQ components
  • Queue manager manual stop
  • Manual Queue Manager deletion
  • MQ directory structure
  • The MQS.INI file
  • The QM.INI file
  • Logging and recovery
  • Message persistence
  • Logs
  • Circular logging
  • Linear logging
  • MQ 9.0.2 linear logging changes
  • Message recovery
  • Dumping the log
  • Transaction support
  • Syncpoint control
  • Recovery coordination with a flat file
  • Recovery co-ordination without a transaction manager
  • MQ as the transaction manager
  • Recovery with an external transaction manager
• MQ Security Overview
  • Introduction to MQ security
  • Security concepts
  • Authentication and authorisation
  • Channel authentication records
  • Channel access blocking points
  • Channel authentication examples
  • Connection authentication
  • Setting up connection authentication
  • Channel exits - security
  • Channel exits - message, send & receive
  • Access control: the OAM (Object Authority Manager)
  • OAM authorisations
  • Setmqaut examples
  • SET AUTHREC examples
  • Explorer examples
  • Distributed queuing, user IDs, authorisation and MCAUSER
  • Advanced Message Security (AMS)
• SSL
  • Public key encryption - principle
  • Public key encryption - capabilities
  • Digital certificates
  • Secure Sockets Layer
  • Authentication and Authorisation
  • Authentication
  • Authorisation
  • The MCAUSER parameter and channel authentication records
  • Configuring IBM MQ for SSL
  • IBM Key Management
  • Key repository location - Queue Managers
  • Key repository location - Clients
  • Channel definition parameters for SSL
  • SSLSIPH
  • SSLPEER
  • SSLCAUTH
  • Secret key reset
  • Access to Certificate Revocation Lists
  • DISPLAY CHSTATUS and SSL
• Monitoring MQ
  • Monitoring MQ
  • Instrumentation events
  • Types of instrumentation event
  • Accounting and statistics
  • Application activity trace
  • mqat.ini example
  • Real-time monitoring
  • Real-time monitoring attributes
  • Displaying real-time monitoring information
  • Queue and channel monitoring examples
  • Display route information (dspmqrte)
  • dspmqrte examples
• Publish and Subscribe
  • A classic example
  • Types of publications
  • State publications
  • Event publications
  • Adding business processes as subscribers
  • Topic strings and the topic tree
  • The topic tree and topic objects
  • The topic tree and authorisation
  • Defining topics
  • Displaying topic status
  • Types of subscription
  • MQI Extensions
  • Testing publish/subscribe
  • Distributed publish/subscribe
  • Hierarchies and clusters
  • Proxy subscriptions in clusters
• MQ Versions
  • WebSphere MQ V7.0.1 Enhancements
  • WebSphere MQ V7.1 Enhancements
  • WebSphere MQ V7.5 Enhancements
  • IBM MQ V8.0 Enhancements
  • IBM MQ V 9.0 Enhancements
• Comparing Multi-Platform to z/OS MQ
  • Implementations
  • Installation
  • Storage (Distributed)
  • Storage (z/OS)
  • Shared Queues (z/OS)
  • Extra Features
  • Application Programming
  • Object definition
  • Object attributes - Queue Manager
  • Object Attributes - Queues and Channels
  • Queue Manager operations
  • Intercommunication and clusters
  • Security
  • Commands
  • Monitoring
  • Problem Determination
  • Backup
  • High Availability

Live instructor-led training, with plenty of opportunities for hands-on exercises and discussion.

Delivered as a live, interactive online training.

Attendees must be familiar with IBM MQ at a conceptual and terminological level.
Attendees must also have a working knowledge of their Linux, UNIX or Windows environments.

All those responsible for administering IBM MQ in a multi-platform environment.