IBM MQSeries Clustering for Design & Administration [MQS7]

This three-day course describes and explains how to design, set up and administer effective IBM MQ clustering. A significant feature of this course is the time devoted to extensive practical exercises. The exercises are conducted in a Windows environment, but the principles learned are relevant to all IBM MQ implementations, including z/OS

3 Days

Hands-On

$2295

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• Introduction to Clustering  
• Definition, Administration and Management  
• Troubleshooting 
• Workload Management  
• Clustering and Distributed Queuing 
• Overlapping Clusters  
• Publish/Subscribe Clusters  
• Security 
• Recommendations, Best Practices and Hints

• Explain clustering terminology and basic clustering concepts
• Describe how a cluster works
• Implement a cluster and perform common administrative tasks
• Recognize the symptoms of frequently encountered problems and solve them
• Evaluate and exploit the range of workload management options
• Use distributed queuing techniques to connect Queue Managers inside a cluster to Queue Managers outside a cluster
• Configure overlapping clusters
• Outline how clusters support distributed publish/subscribe
• Take steps to render a cluster secure
• Discuss clustering current best practices 

Experience of administering IBM MQ in a Linux, UNIX and/or Windows environment, or in a z/OS Environment

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This course is specifically aimed at those organizations using IBM MQ on multiple platforms. The course is suitable for organizations using all IBM MQ versions up to and including IBM MQ Version 9. The course covers the operation, administration, and support of IBM MQ systems in z/OS and in multi-platform environments (Linux, Windows and/or Windows). The course teaches the skills required to install, configure, and manage an IBM MQ messaging system.

5 Days

Hands-On

$3395

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• Basic Messaging Concepts
• Queue Managers, Queues and Messages
• MQI, Triggering and Syncpoints
• MQ Distributed Queuing - Overview
• MQ Administration
• IBM MQ Additional Features
• Configuration - Overview
• Configuration - Triggering
• Distributed Queuing
• Introduction to Clustering
• Implementing an MQ Client
• Queue Sharing Groups
• SSL
• IBM MQ System Management
• Monitoring MQ
• MQ Security Overview
• Publish and Subscribe
• MQ Versions
• Comparing Distributed & z/OS

• Understand the concepts of Queues, Queue Managers and MQ messages
• Describe IBM MQ program design considerations and the MQI
• Explain triggering, syncpoints and message grouping and segmentation
• Discuss Distributed Queuing enablement
• Understand and describe Clustering
• define and manage MQ objects such as queues and channels using MQ script commands and the MQ Explorer
• Set up triggered queues
• Establish distributed queuing channels both directly to an adjacent Queue Manager and indirectly through one or more intermediate Queue Managers
• Inspect and process messages on the Queue Manager's dead letter queue
• Troubleshoot distributed queuing problems
• Implement a basic MQ cluster
• Create connections between an MQ client and an MQ Queue Manager using both an environment variable and a client channel connection table
• Navigate the MQ file system and identify running MQ processe
• Outline the principles of MQ logging and units of work
• Rebuild a damaged queue
• Review the security mechanisms available to the distributed implementations of IBM MQ
• Monitor an MQ system using a range of monitoring tools
• Describe how publish/subscribe differs from traditional point-to-point queuing
• Test a simple publish/subscribe implementation
• Compare the z/OS implementation of IBM MQ with the distributed implementations of IBM MQ 

An understanding of distributed computing environments, as well as skills in IBM z/OS

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This three day course explains the key features and tools available to diagnose and fix problems when using IBM MQ for z/OS. The flow of control and data from a user application through MQ to another application is considered with emphasis on possible problem areas. The course covers the use of tools such as GTF trace, SVC dumps, IPCS dump formatter, and the formatting of WMQ related SMF records. Diagnostic and tuning considerations for the Boot Strap Data sets (BSDS), Page Data sets (DPS), Log data sets, Buffer pools, Storage classes, and Queues will be covered 

3 Days

Hands-On

Private-Only

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• Problem Determination Overview
• Sources of Information and Tools
• Communication Issues
• Application Program Issues 
• Triggering Issues
• MQ to CICS Adapter Issues
• Transactional Issues 
• QMGR Internal Controls 
• Security Concerns

• Identify common problems areas within applications and IBM MQ for z/OS.
• Describe debugging tools available in the z/OS and IBM MQ for z/OS areas.
• Identify the appropriate debugging tools to identify and resolve problems.
• Use the MQ traces to collect diagnostic information.
• Use the MQ utilities to manage resources. 
• Understand the MQ trigger mechanism and its possible pitfalls.
• Use triggering in online and batch environments.
• Understand and use the MQ to CICS adapter.
• Use the MQ performance report support pack to interpret problems.
• Use the product supplied support to collect and analyze statistical & performance data.
• Diagnose common problems when using the MQ to CICS adapter.
• Describe the security requirements for applications using MQ for z/OS 

A good technical understanding of the MQSeries for z/OS and z/OS environments 

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