IBM MQ has been using Docker for a while now to use container technology and store the IBM MQ image in their repository (i.e., Docker Hub). But, as of the 31st of January 2022, Docker has officially changed their product subscription model (read more about it here ). P odman is a free...
One of the trends we see in talking to our customers is the migration from traditional MQ queue managers running on physical or virtual servers, to the IBM MQ Appliance. While their reasons vary, we come across the following two the most often: Increased security benefits Cost savings ...
Where can I get IBM MQ 9.2.5 from? What’s new in the MQ 9.2.5 CD release? Can I get a copy of IBM MQ for development purposes? Downloadable resources MQ system requirements and documentation What function has released in previous continuous delivery updates? Remind me how...
When using shared queues in Queue Sharing Groups (QSGs), there are a number of ways to report on MQ’s interactions with the Coupling Facility (CF). The RMF Coupling Facility Activity report provides a summary view by structure, and gives information including the number of requests to a...
It was recently brought to my attention that there is not a lot of performance information relating to MQ for z/OS page sets, so this blog was created to try to address that deficit. Firstly let’s remind ourselves of the relationship between messages, buffers, buffer pools and page sets. A...
I recently received a question on why the performance of a transaction using MQPUT1 degraded so much when an AMS Confidentiality policy was applied to the queue and this blog aims to answer that question. What is Advanced Message Security (AMS)? IBM MQ Advanced Message Security (IBM MQ...
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In November last year IBM released Java 11 support for z/OS . Prior to this Java 8 was the most recent supported version on the z/OS platform. I'm pleased to announce that MQ for z/OS 9.2 (LTS and CD releases) now support Java 11 when used with either the MQ classes for JMS, or MQ classes for...
M orag's Q uirks This is part of an occasional series of small blog posts where I (Morag) will write about some of the quirks in IBM MQ, in the hope of invoking the response, "Well, I didn't know that!" Read other posts in this series . If you've programmed using the MQ API, you'll be...
“Technical MQ Engineers involved are Atul Sharma, Nipun Goel and Gaurav Sharma @DNB ASA Norway, and this has been reviewed by callumj@uk.ibm.com, Solution Architect @IBM.” DNB have deployed IBM MQ in Kubernetes on both AWS EKS and the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA)....
MQ Community, you are in for a treat! Your very own MQ expert, Lifetime IBM Champion, and community member @Morag Hughson will be presenting to you all on November 16, 2021 at 12:30pm PT | 3:30pm ET | 8:30PM GMT. Add her session now to your favorites so you can remember to catch the...