Technical Introduction to WebSphere MQ

Objectives
On successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• understand the concepts of Queues, Queue Managers and WMQ messages
• describe WMQ program design considerations and the MQI
• explain triggering, syncpoints and message grouping and segmentation
• discuss Distributed Queuing enablement
• understand and describe Clustering
• explain the role of WMQ system integrator.

Who Should Attend
All technical and management personnel requiring an introduction to WebSphere MQ.
Prerequisites
A knowledge of one or more IT Applications environments.
Duration
1 day

Course Code
MQS1
Contents
WebSphere MQ overview
Introduction to Messaging.


Basic Messaging Concepts
WMQ Clients; basic message structure; asynchronous and synchronous messaging; parallel processing; time independence


Queue Managers, Queues and Messages
Types of queues & messages; message prioritisation; message persistence.


WMQ API
The 13 API calls.


Triggering
What is it? When and how to use it?


Syncpoint control
Implications of working under syncpoint control.


Compensation
When things go wrong.


Distribution lists & namelists
Pros and cons of each.


Distributed Queuing
XMITQs; MCAs; channel types; dead letter queue.


WMQ Integrator product
A brief introduction.