- Describe message-oriented middleware and the capabilities it must provide
- Identify the key components of IBM MQ for z/OS
- Summarize the responsibilities of the IBM MQ administrator
- Configure IBM MQ IBM V8 for z/OS
- Enable IBM MQ for z/OS eight-byte RBA and buffers above 2 GB
- Demonstrate how to create and change queues and place and retrieve messages from a queue
- Define and demonstrate how to set up and work with distributed queuing
- Differentiate between an IBM MQ queue manager and an IBM MQ client
- Describe and demonstrate how to set up an IBM MQ cluster
- Contrast point-to-point and publish/subscribe messaging styles
- Describe shared queues and queue sharing groups
- Summarize IBM MQ for z/OS recovery and restart activities
- Demonstrate how to use IBM MQ events for monitoring
- Summarize performance considerations
- Describe security considerations for IBM MQ for z/OS
- Describe and implement connection authentication and channel authorization
- Identify correct problem determination techniques for IBM MQ for z/OS
- Summarize basic use and configuration of IBM MQ Managed File Transfer
- Describe IBM MQ support for CICS and IMS interfaces
Course Outline
- Course introduction
- IBM MQ review
- IBM MQ architecture, installation, and configuration
- Exercise: Configuring an IBM MQ for z/OS queue manager
- IBM MQ for z/OS administrative interface options
- Exercise: Working with queues
- Distributed queuing
- Exercise: Working with channels
- IBM MQ clients
- Exercise: Working with IBM MQ clients
- IBM MQ cluster basics
- Exercise: Working with IBM MQ clusters
- Publish/subscribe basics
- Exercise: Publish/subscribe basics
- Queue sharing groups
- Using IBM MQ events and the dead-letter queue utility
- Exercise: Working with IBM MQ events
- Security considerations
- Exercise: Security
- Problem determination
- IBM MQ Managed File Transfer
- Exercise: IBM MQ Managed File Transfer configuration for z/OS
- IBM MQ for z/OS backup, recovery, and related file tasks
- Exercise: Working with file handling utilities
- Support for CICS, IMS, and HTTP applications
- Course summary