WebSphereMQ Administration for z/OS - Part 1

Audience

This course is aimed at delegates who will be using WebSphere MQ mainly in the IBM z/OS Enterprise Server environment. The course is relevant for MQ releases up to and including v7.

Prerequisites

The course assumes no knowledge of WebSphere or MQ, so attending the Introduction class is not expected or required. However, delegates are expected to be familiar with the IBM z/OS Enterprise Server operating system.

Duration

5 days. Hands on.

Course Objectives

This course provides all the necessary background and specific information to enable the delegates to be fully functioning WebSphere MQ Administrators. In particular it will look at installing, tailoring, managing and troubleshooting a WebSphereMQ system.

Course Content

Introduction to message queues
Types of MQ system
Client and Server Platforms
Objects
Queue Manager
Queues
Messages
Namelist
Process Definition
Channels
Message Channel Agent
Message Queue Interface

CSQOREXX (Mainframe Panel)
Creating a Queue Manager (Subsystem)
Creating a Queue 
Sending a message to your local Queue
To View what is on a queue
Sending a message to a local queue
Sending a message to a Remote Queue
Creating a Transmission queue
Creating a Remote queue
Creating a Listener
Creating a Sender/Receiver Channel
Message Hopping

Administration commands
Starting and Stopping Queue Managers
Manager and Channel Initiator

MQSeries Commands(MQSC) 
  Introduction
  Commands
  Command Objects
  Combinations
  Defining a Queue
  Defining an Alias Queue
  Defining a Model Queue
  Changing an Existing Queue
  Remove all Messages from a Queue
  Deleting a Queue
  Channel Commands
  Listener Commands  
       
PCF Commands

z/OS Environment 
The Queue Manager Subsystem
Queue Sharing Groups
Shared Queues
The MQ Storage Environment
Storage Classes
Default Storage Classes 
Define Storage Classes
Viewing Storage Classes
Buffer Pools and Page Sets
Page Set Definition 
Buffers And Buffer Pool
Starting the Queue Manager

MAKEDEF

Queue Management
Define/Delete/Alter
Deleting Messages
Copying Messages From a Queue
Restoring Copied Messages

The Dead Letter Queue
Reasons why a message should/not appear
Creation
CICS Transactions
Dead Letter Queue Handler/Rules File

Triggering
Every/First/Depth
Trigger Requirements
Setting a Trigger
Initiation queue
Trigger Monitor
Triggered Process

Clusters
Full Repository
Partial Repository 
Cluster Subscriptions and Publications
Cluster Sender And Receiver Channels 
Cluster Definitions
Refresh Cluster
Workload balancing
Various Cluster Commands
  Alias and Remote Queue Definitions
 Resolving Queue Names
 Overlapping/Removing Clusters

Logging
Types of Log Files 
Dual Logging 
Active Logs
When the Active Log Is Written
Declaring the Logging Information
CSQ6SYSP
What the Bootstrap Data Set is For
Definition
CSQJU003
Archive Logging
Archiving
CSQ6ARVP
The Log Datasets
Log Records
Unit of Recovery
Checkpoint Records
Page Set Control Records
CF Structure Backup Records
The Off Load Process
Interruptions and Errors While Off Loading
Messages During Off Load
Archive Log Data Sets and BSDS Copies
What Happens During Restart and Recovery
Rebuilding Queue Indexes
Log Utilities 

Mainframe Traces 
AP1 Trace
Channel Initiator Trace
Generalized Trace

Reports

Security
Access Control 
MCA Exits
Message Context
API Crossing Exit
Secure Sockets Layer
Confidentiality of the data
Data Integrity 
Digital Security
SSL
  Introduction
  Protocol
  Handshake
  Establish the SSL handshake
  Create the Repository
  Obtaining a Certificate
  Installing the Certificate
  Setting up the channels

Publish And Subscribe
 Topic
 Publishers
 Subscribers
 Message Selection
 Topic string
 Durable Subscription
 Applications
 Creating a Topic
 Creating a Subscription
 Alter a Subscription
 Delete a Subscription
 Display a Subscription
 Topic Alias

JMS (Java Message Services)
Enterprise Messaging System 
The JMS Programming Model
JMS Administered Objects
JNDI Namespace
Connection Factory
Rules And Format Header Version 2
JMS Messages
Field Relationships
Message Types

Please note: This course is also available as WebsphereMQ Administration for Distributed Systems.