Designing, Implementing, and Managing IBM MQ V9 Clusters

Describe the basic IBM MQ components
Identify which IBM MQ objects are used to impact routing in a cluster environment
Identify who in your organization can impact the health of a cluster and the need for adequate communication
Describe the correct role of a cluster in a highly available IBM MQ infrastructure
Describe the differences and similarities between administering clustered and non-clustered IBM MQ environments
Describe how to configure, verify, and troubleshoot an IBM MQ cluster
Identify the various channels that are present in a cluster environment and how each is created
Describe how to use separate transmission queues in a clustered queue manager
Explain how to remove a queue manager from a cluster on a permanent or temporary basis
Explain IBM MQ connection authentication
Explain IBM MQ channel authentication
Describe IBM MQ object authorizations
Explain how to troubleshoot security challenges in a cluster
List ways to influence workload balancing in a cluster
Describe the history and basic components of IBM MQ publish/subscribe
Explain the considerations and details of implementing publish/subscribe in an IBM MQ clustered environment
Describe cluster design architectural considerations
Summarize the benefits of design and configuration simplicity in a cluster implementation
Explain how to configure overlapping clusters

This course is designed for IBM MQ administrators, architects, application developers, and other professionals who need to understand the design considerations, architectural role, and implementation of IBM MQ clusters

Before taking this course, you should have experience with IBM MQ or complete one of the following courses:


IBM MQ V9 System Administration (using Windows for labs) (WM153G)
IBM MQ V9 System Administration (using Linux for labs) (WM154G)
IBM MQ V8 System Administration for z/OS (WM302G)


You should also have working knowledge of the Windows operating system to run the lab exercises.