IBM WebSphere MQ (MQSeries)

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Schedule
Day 1 WebSphere MQ Introduction and

Administration Overview
Days 2,3,4 WebSphere MQ Application

Programming
Day 5 WebSphere MQ Application

Programming with Java

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Day 1- Session 1
Styles of communication

Introduction to Messaging and Queuing

Types of Messaging Introduction to IBM WebSphere MQ Advantages of WebSphere MQ MQSeries Components WebSphere MQ (Client & Server)

Types of Queues
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Styles of Communication

Conversational communication Socket programs

Call and Return style Remote procedure call (RPC) Messaging & queuing

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Introduction to Messaging & Queuing

Messaging Programs communicate by exchanging messages Queuing Messages are stored before forwarding

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Types of Messaging

Synchronous Messaging
Asynchronous messaging

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How Message Queuing Works?

Program A communicating with Program B

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Advantages of Messaging & Queuing

No logical connection between programs

Different speeds & times Different locations Scalability and performance Programmers can concentrate on business

logic

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Introduction to IBM WebSphere MQ

A M-O-M software enabling communication

between applications
Provides Once-only Assured Asynchronous delivery of Messages

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Advantages of IBM WebSphere

Simple and single multi platform API

Faster application development Connecting variety of platforms

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Components of IBM WebSphere MQ

WebSphere MQ Server
WebSphere MQ Client

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Platform Availability

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WebSphere MQ API Support

C

C++
COBOL Visual Basic

JAVA (native and JMS)

PL/I (Programming Language One) System 390 Assembler Tandem TAL (Transaction Application Language)

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WebSphere MQ

WebSphere MQ Server Core of the messaging & queuing infrastructure Achieved by queue manager
WebSphere MQ Client Connects to the server to Put/Get messages

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Link Between MQ Server & Client

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Clients on Different Platforms

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Queue Manager
Owns and Manages objects
Queues
Channels Namelists

Distribution lists
Process definition, Storage classes

Provides messaging and queuing services Facilitates message transfer Coordinates transactions
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Queues

What is a queue? Data structure to hold the message temporarily Different types of queues Local queue Remote queue

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Queues
Local queue

Event Queue Initiation Queue Transmission Queue Reply-to-Queue Dead letter Queue Alias Queue Dead letter Queue Command Queue Model Queue Cluster Queue
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Message
Message Descriptor Contains control information Some attributes are

Version Message Identifier Persistence of the message Message life time Priority of the message Return address name Sender Application name

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Components of a Message
Application data
Private to the applications Not meaningful to the queue manager

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Message Types

Datagram Request Reply Report

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Process
Process Definition Associated with the queue to be triggered Process Object Consists of the program to be triggered

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Namelists
Contains a list of cluster names or queue

names
Supported on MQSeries for OS/390 and

MQSeries Version 5.1 products only

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Channels
Provides a communication path Act as agents for exchanging messages Facilitates distributed queuing

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Types of Channels
MQI channels
Message channels

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End of Session 1 of Day 1

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Day 1 Session 2

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Recap of Session 1
Styles of communication

Introduction to Messaging and Queuing

Types of Messaging Introduction to IBM WebSphere MQ Series Advantages of MQ Series MQ Series Components WebSphere MQ Series (Client & Server)

Types of Queues
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Session 2

Types of channels
Advanced Topics - Channel Exits System administration Introduction Transactional support Introduction Security Introduction Administration of MQSeries Objects

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MQI Channels

Message queue interface (MQI) channel

Bi-directional Connects WebSphere MQSeries client to a

queue manager

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Message Channel

Transfer messages between queue

managers
Unidirectional
Work in pairs

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Types of MQI Channels

Client connection channel Defined at the MQ server end Is a part of client connection table

Server-connection channel Defined at the MQ server

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MQI Channel Summary

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Message Channels
Sender

Receiver
Server Requester Cluster-Sender Cluster-Receiver

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Sender - Receiver Channel Pair

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Requester - Server Channel Pairs

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Requester - Sender Channel Pairs

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Server Receiver Channel Pair

Possible if fully qualified server

Channel startup initiated at the server end of

the link

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Cluster - Sender/receiver Channel

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Advanced Topics Channel Exits

Channel exits Used for Additional processing Run before messages are sent

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Types of Channel Exits

Security exit

Message exit
Send and receive exits Message-retry exit

Channel auto-definition exit

Transport-retry exit

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Channel Exits
Security exit Used for Authorization checking Message exit Additional processing on messages (Encryption)

Send & Receive exits Data compression and decompression on split messages

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Channel Exits (cont)

Message retry exit Problem when putting message Channel auto-definition exit Modify the default definition for auto-defined channels Transport-retry exit Suspend data when communication is not possible

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Channel Exit - Summary

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Application Programming

Provides APIs to Connect to queue manager Get/Set properties Put & Get messages Close the connection Commit/Rollback transactions

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System Administration
MQSeries Installation. Administering MQSeries objects
Local administration remote administration

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System Administration
Performing administrative tasks using
Control commands MQSC commands PCF commands

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System Administration
Control commands Queue manager commands
Channel commands Utility commands (like runmqsc)

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System Administration

MQSC commands Verification mode Commands to local queue manager Commands to remote queue manager

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System Administration

PCF (Programmable Command Format) Executed through a program Centralize & automate administration tasks

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Transaction Support

Single phase commit Queue manager resources updated Two phase commit Queue manager co-ordination External co-ordination

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Transactional Support
XA-Compliant Databases supported DB2 (5.0 onwards) Oracle (7.3 onwards) Sybase (11.1 onwards) Restrictions on database co-ordination NOT supported in a MQI Client application NOT possible for 2nd queue manager to participate in the Global unit of work
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Transactional Support

Enabling database co-ordination

Create a XA switch load file Define database manager in configuration file

(Re) Start the queue manager

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Transactional Support

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Security

Controls user access based on Administration authorization MQI authorization Context authorization Different access control for MVS

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Security

Security provided by the Operating system

MCA authentication (User specified security

exit)

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Security

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Administration of MQSeries Objects - Demo Using MQExplorer

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Summary
Introduction to Messaging & Queuing

WebSphere MQSeries Server & Client MQSeries Objects Advanced Topics - Channel Exits System administration - Introduction Transactional support Introduction Security - Introduction

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