IBM MQ

WM207G: IBM MQ V8 System Administration

(Using Windows for Labs)


             Recommended Duration: 4 Days
Skill Level: Intermediate
Cost: $4,200 (b/GST)

This course is designed to provide technical professionals with the skills needed to administer IBM MQ queue managers on distributed platforms such as Windows 2008 Server and Linux.


Audience


This intermediate course is designed for technical professionals who require the skills to administer any of the IBM MQ queue managers except IBM MQ for z/OS or IBM MQ for iSeries.


Prerequisites


You should:

  • Have a basic knowledge of IBM MQ V8 concepts, either through successful completion of WM102G: Technical Introduction to IBM MQ or through equivalent practical experience
  • Be familiar with and able to use standard functions within the operating system that is used in the lab exercises
  • Have a basic knowledge of TCP/IP

Course Agenda


Plan the implementation of IBM MQ
Install IBM MQ
Perform basic customization and administration tasks
Enable a queue manager to exchange messages with another queue manager
Use a trigger message and a trigger monitor to start an application to process messages
Implement basic queue manager restart and recovery procedures
Identify the cause of a problem
Plan for and implement basic IBM MQ security features
Use accounting and statistics messages to monitor the activities in an IBM MQ system
Use IBM MQ sample programs to test queue manager, queue, channel, and client configuration


Course Overview


Day 1

  • Course introduction
  • IBM MQ review
  • Installing IBM MQ
  • Creating a basic configuration
  • Exercise: Using commands to create queue managers and queues
  • Introduction to IBM MQ Explorer
  • Exercise: Using IBM MQ Explorer to create queue managers and queues

Day 2

  • Introduction to the Message Queue Interface (MQI)
  • Exercise: Using IBM MQ sample programs to test the configuration
  • Implementing trigger messages and monitors
  • Exercise: Implementing a trigger monitor
  • Message persistence and recovery
  • Exercise: Using a media image to restore a queue
  • Identifying the cause of problems

Day 3

  • Exercise: Running an IBM MQ trace
  • Implementing distributed queuing
  • Exercise: Connecting queue managers
  • Implementing basic security
  • Exercise: Controlling access to IBM MQ
  • IBM MQ clients
  • Exercise: Connecting an IBM MQ client

Day 4

  • Backing up and restoring IBM MQ object definitions
  • Exercise: Backing up and restoring IBM MQ object definitions
  • Monitoring and configuring IBM MQ for performance
  • Exercise: Monitoring and configuring IBM MQ for performance
  • JMS administration overview
  • Course summary