Category Archives: IBMMQ

Anything related to IBM MQ – operations, administration, development, architecture, security, etc.

News and updates

Posted on July 14, 2016 by T.Rob

This is a quick note to tell folks a bit about my virtual absence of late, current events and plans for what’s coming up. Whatever happened to… I’m not exactly a candidate for VH1’s Where Are They Now but I … Continue reading →

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MQTC Sessions and downloads posted

Posted on September 28, 2015 by T.Rob

My sessions and downloadable scripts from MQTC 2.0.15 are now up on the Links page.

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Time for MQ to get serious about instrumentation and admin. Again.

Posted on September 18, 2015 by T.Rob

Outstanding RFEs and feature requests have been a hot topic on the MQ list server of late.  Looking at the RFEs that have been posted and discussed, there’s a general architectural requirement many of them seem to have in common: … Continue reading →

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Are messaging hubs an anti-pattern?

Posted on August 18, 2015 by T.Rob

I have worked over the last decade with many customers who were consolidating their MQ footprint. It’s a familiar pattern – there are many queue managers, they tend to be lightly loaded, why not consolidate to a central hub? Now … Continue reading →

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Zero to SSL in under 5 Minutes

Posted on July 7, 2015 by T.Rob

A viewer of the Zero to Hello World video recently challenged me to do a similar video for SSL. Challenge accepted!

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Spring Cleaning a Windows MQ Installation

Posted on June 11, 2015 by T.Rob

If you have ever attended one of my conference sessions, read my articles, or hired me to perform any kind of MQ work, then you know that I consider SupportPac MS0P to be an indispensable add-on for MQ Explorer.  I … Continue reading →

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IBM MQ Security Requirements Questionnaire

Posted on June 9, 2015 by T.Rob

Over the years I have often been asked for security templates and other canned assets to help make MQ security planning, implementation, and operation easier. These often become the source material for conference presentations, articles and videos.  Some of these … Continue reading →

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IBM MQ JMS is non-compliant

Posted on March 13, 2015 by T.Rob

One of the first things anyone learns about async messaging are the fundamental messaging patterns: Datagram, Request/Reply and report.  The textbook handling of reply messages calls for the server application to move the message ID to the correlation ID field … Continue reading →

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Managing CA-signed certificates

Posted on March 12, 2015 by T.Rob

MQ Admins are getting serious about TLS channels these days, but it isn’t always easy because there’s a fairly steep learning curve.  Though there is plenty of documentation for the MQ aspects, and for X.509 and TLS itself, very little … Continue reading →

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Windows MQ Log Maintenance that really works

Posted on February 22, 2015 by T.Rob

Do you run MQ with linear logs on Windows?  Do you want a log maintenance utility that really works on that platform with modern versions of MQ?  So do I. One of my biggest pet peeves about IBM MQ is … Continue reading →

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