WebSphere MQ Administration for Linux, UNIX & Windows

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
• install WebSphere MQ
• configure and administer queue managers and define WebSphere MQ objects
• implement distributed messaging for both basic configurations and clustered Queue Managers
• understand and manage backup, logging and recovery of WebSphere MQ.

Who Should Attend

All those responsible for administering WMQ in a distributed environment.

Prerequisites

A knowledge of the Linux, UNIX or Windows environment.

ContentsBasic Messaging Concepts

Islands of information; File transfer; Client/Server model; Client/Server program structure; MQ program structure; Basic messages and queues; Shared queues; The Queue Manager; Basic message structure; Asynchronous messaging; Synchronous messaging; Program to program communications; Parallel processing; Business objects; Meshed objects; Batch considerations; MQ driving batch; MQ client.

Queue Managers Queues & Messages

Queue Managers communicate; Local queues; Alias queues; Dynamic and model queues; The message descriptor; Datagram message type; Request/Reply messages; Report messages - COA; Report messages - COD; Message priority; Message-id and correlation-id; Message retrieval by message or correlation id; Message persistence; Message persistence - logging; Logging - circular; Logging - linear; Message expiry; Message expiry usage; Message translation - encoding; Message translation - coded character set.

The MQI, Triggering, Syncpoints & Accounting

The MQI layer; The MQI calls; Program preparation; Load module structure; MQCONN & MQCONN sample call; MQOPEN & MQOPEN sample call; MQPUT & MQPUT sample call; MQGET & MQGET sample call: MQCLOSE & MQCLOSE sample call; MQPUT1; MQDISC & MQDISC sample call; Triggering - why?; Using triggering; Triggering - how it works; Trigger message contents; Syncpoint control; MQCMIT; Syncpoints and non-resource managed objects; Recovery co-ordination without manager; MQ Recovery co-ordination of XA compliant resource manager(s); Recovery with transaction manager; Syncpoint non-MQ; Syncpoint with MQ; Compensating transactions; Accounting.

Distribution Lists, Name Lists & Message Segmentation

Distribution lists; Distribution list usage; Name lists; Message grouping and segmentation.

MQ Distributed Queuing

Remote queues; Transmission queues; Message Channel Agents; MCA configuration; MCA security exit; MCA Secure Sockets Layer (SSL); MCA other exits; Channel types; Triggering channels; Dead letter queues; The MQI client and server channel; The server channel; MQ clustering; Cluster resilience; Cluster queue handling; Queue Sharing Groups; Introducing Queue Sharing Groups.

WebSphere MQ Fundamentals

Intersystem communication; File transfer; Messages & queues; Message structure; Types of message; Time independence; Synchronous processing; Asynchronous processing; Parallel processing; Queue ownership; Queues - predefined local; Queues - model & dynamic; Queues - alias; Program to program communication; Queue manager communication; Queues - remote; Business objects; Meshed objects; Batch processes; Driving batch using WebSphere MQ; The WebSphere MQ client; Client/server model; Client/server using WebSphere; Network resources; Cluster load balancing; Cluster resilience.

WebSphere MQ Fundamentals: WMQI

Supported languages; The MQI calls; Program preparation; The load module; MQCONN; MQDISC; MQOPEN; Queue name resolution; MQOPEN sample call; MQCLOSE sample call; MQCLOSE sample call; MQPUT usage; MQPUT sample call; MQGET usage; MQGET sample call; MQPUT1 sample call; MQPUT1 description

Configuration: Overview

Controlling Queue Managers; 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; WebSphere MQ object definition; Types of object; The queue manager object; The QLOCAL objects: 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; Basic sample programs; AMQSGET - sample session; Practical session 2 - managing WebSphere MQ objects.

Configuration: 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 - WebSphere MQ triggering.

Distributed Queuing: Basic Distributed Messaging

Transmission queues; Transmission headers; Remote queues; Message Channel Agents; Configuring channels; Types of channel; Sample MCA definition; Starting channels; The listener; Triggering channels; Channel batches; The Dead Letter Queue; Multi-hopping; The queue manager alias; Multi-hopping using a queue manager alias; Channel exits - security; Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) - 'Handshake'; Channel exits - message, send & receive; Resolving channel problems; Practical session 4 - configuring distributed queuing.

Configuration: Clustering Queue Managers

Why cluster?; What is a cluster?; Cluster objects; Cluster queue manager roles; Defining full repositories; Defining partial repositories; Cluster workload balancing; Overlapping clusters; Overlapping clusters - example definitions; Practical session 5 - implementing a cluster.

Configuration: The WebSphere MQ Client

Client structure; Client code installation; Client configuration; Queue manager grouping; Practical session 6 - implementing clients.

WebSphere MQ System Management

WebSphere MQ Architecture; Functional architecture; WebSphere MQ processes; WebSphere MQ components; Queue manager manual stop; Manual queue manager deletion; WebSphere MQ directory structure; The MQS.INI file; The QM.INI file; Logging and recovery; Message persistence; Logs; Circular logging; Linear logging; Message recovery; Dumping the log; Transaction support; Syncpoint control; Recovery co-ordination: with manager, without manager; MQ Recovery co-ordination of XA compliant resource manager(s); Accounting: Accounting Messages, Statistics Messages, Display accounting information; Practical session 7 - logging and recovery.