IBM MQ for System Administration

IBM MQ for System Administration - All Platforms

Duration: 5.0 days

Method: Instructor led, Hands-on workshops

Price: $3200.00

Course Code: MQ3012

Audience

System programmers, systems administrators, and technical support personnel responsible for maintenance and support of IBM MQ for z/OS and distributed platforms on a daily basis.

Description

You have been given the task of supporting and maintaining IBM MQ on your z/OS or distributed systems but have no formal training in IBM MQ. Then this is the course for you. In five days, we will cover what you need to understand about IBM MQ for z/OS and distributed platforms plus the knowledge and techniques to administer the MQ environment. In the class, we will go from creating a queue manager, to defining MQ resources, to interconnecting our queue managers, plus cover some supporting processes along the way. We will utilize both z/OS and Windows platforms for the hands-on workshops.

Prerequisites

A good working knowledge of TSO/ISPF, z/OS JCL, good working knowledge of Linux, UNIX, or Windows environments, plus at least one year working in the z/OS and distributed environments in either a support / administration role or as a developer with application support exposure.

Topics

I. Terminology, Component and Environment Overview
- Describe MQ named resources
- Describe MQ programming model and interface
- Describe MQ styles of processing implemented
- Describe MQ functions and capabilities implemented
II. Base Installation and Queue Manager Creation on z/OS
- Define necessary z/OS requirements plus PARMLIB member changes
- Describe, modify and implement required MQ JCL and data sets
- Describe, modify and implement MQ ZPARMS plus other necessary options
- Describe, modify and implement MQ BUFFERPOOL, Page Set, and Storage Class resources
- Review MQ startup and shutdown processing
III. Base Installation and Queue Manager Creation on Distributed Platforms
- Define necessary distributed platform file system requirements
- Describe, modify and implement an MQ queue manager
- Describe, modify and implement related queue manager processes
- Describe and understand MQ system level commands
- Review MQ startup and shutdown processing
IV. Queue Creation and Administration Tool Overview
- Describe and implement various queue resources in MQ
- Describe and utilize MQ administrative tools
V. Message Queuing Interface Overview Plus Application Triggering Process
- Describe and understand MQ interface usage
- Describe and understand MQ special message processing features
- Describe and understand MQ special processes like ReplyToQ and data conversion
- Describe and understand MQ trigger process
- Describe, modify and implement MQ trigger resources
VI. Distributed Queuing Plus Related Topics
- Describe distributed queuing concepts and resources for MQ
- Describe, modify and implement resources for MQ intercommunications
- Describe and understand MQ functional processes related to distributed queuing
- Describe and understand useful commands for MQ intercommunication
- Describe and understand MQ Dead Letter Process
VII. System and Application Integrity on z/OS
- Describe and understand MQ application UOW processing
- Describe and understand MQ queue manager UOW processing
- Describe, modify and implement MQ BSDS and log changes
- Describe, modify and implement MQ page set changes
VIII. System and Application Integrity on Distributed Platforms
- Describe and understand MQ application UOW processing
- Describe and understand MQ queue manager UOW processing
- Describe, modify and implement MQ file system and log changes
- Describe, modify and implement MQ simple backup and recovery processes
IX. MQ Resource Security on z/OS
- Describe and understand RACF classes and profiles for MQ
- Describe and understand command and context security MQ options
- Describe and understand MQ security related commands
X. MQ Resource Security on Distributed Platforms
- Describe and understand OAM profiles for MQ
- Describe and understand MQ security related commands
- Describe and understand command and context security MQ options