WebSphereMQ System Design

Audience

The course is designed for IT Architects and those responsible for designing the MQ Infrastructure, it is not intended for Administrators or Application Programmers.

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge of MQ at any level is required.

Duration

2 days. Hands on.

Course Objectives

The course is designed to teach how to design simple and sophisticated systems using WebSphere MQ. The course can be delivered for a specific platform, or can cover all platforms, and the contents adjusted accordingly, up to Version 7 of MQ. An overview of the MQ Broker product is also provided, where necessary. On Completion delegates will be able to:

• Understand the terms and terminology involved in the MQ product.
• Gain an appreciation of the objects available at their disposal.
• Design a sound and efficient MQ messaging environment.

Course Content

Introduction to Message Queues
Types of MQ system
Objects
Queue Manager
Queues
Messages
Namelist
Process Definition
Channels
Message Channel Agent
Message Queue Interface

Types of queue
Local/Remote/Model/Alias

Types of Message
Datagram/Request/Reply/Report
Persistent/Non Persistent
Poison Messages
Sending a message to a Remote Queue
Message Hopping
Practical Exercise

The Dead Letter Queue
Reasons why a message should/not appear
Creation
Dead Letter Queue Handler
Dead Letter Queue Handler Set of Rules File
Practical Exercise

Triggering
Every
First
Depth
Trigger Requirements
Setting a Trigger
Initiation queue
Trigger Monitor
Triggered Process
The arrival of a message

CLUSTERS
Repository
Subscriptions and Publications
Cluster Sender & Receiver Channels
Affinity
Binding
Clwluseq
User Exits
Netpry
Ranking
Weighing
Adding to a cluster
Various Cluster Commands
Alias and Remote Queue Definitions
Overlapping Clusters
Removing

SECURITY
Access Control
OAM(OBJECT AUTHORITY MANAGER)
MCA Exits
Message Context
API Crossing Exit
SSL
MESSAGE BROKER OVERVIEW
ACCOUNTING