IBM MQ V8 System Administration (using Windows for labs)

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.

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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