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WhatisQueue?
Ans:Aqueueisadatastructureusedtostoremessages.Aqueuemanagerownseach
queue.Thequeuemanagerisresponsibleformaintainingthequeuesitowns,andfor
storingallthemessagesitreceivesontotheappropriatequeues
WhatistheDefaultmaxQueuedepth?
Ans5000
TypesofQueues?
LocalQueueRemoteQueuesAliasQueues
ModelQueueDynamicQueuesClusterQueues.
Queue:AsafeplacetostoremessagesforPriorToDelivery,itbelongstotheQmgrto
whichtheapplicationisconnected.
ModelQueue:Modelqueueisatemplateofaqueuedefinitionthatuseswhencreatinga
dynamicqueue.
AliasQueue:Queuedefinition,whichisAliastoanactualLocalorRemoteQ.Usedfor
securityandeasymaintenance.
RemoteQueue:ObjectthatdefinesaQueuebelongstoanotherQManager(LogicalDef).

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InitiationQueue:Aninitiationqueueisalocalqueuetowhichthequeuemanagerwritesa
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DynamicQueue:Suchaqueueisdefinedontheflywhentheapplicationneedsit.
Dynamicqueuesmayberetainedbythequeuemanagerorautomaticallydeletedwhen
theapplicationprogramends.UseTostoreintermediateresults.
ClusterQueue:Custerqueueisalocalqueuethatisknownthroughoutaclusterofqueue
managers.
ReplyToQueue:Arequestmessagemustcontainthenameofthequeueintowhichthe
respondingprogrammustputtheReplyMessage.
QueueManager:ProvidesMessagingservicesandmanagestheQueues,Channels,and
Processesthatbelongstoit.
AliasQManager:Queuemanageraliases,arecreatedusingaremotequeuedefinition
withablankRNAME.
WhataretheattributesrequiredfortheRemoteQueueDefinition?
Ans:1.NameoftheQueue2.TransmissionQueueName.

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WhatisInitiationQueues?
Ans:Initiationqueuesarequeuesthatareusedintriggering.Aqueuemanagerputsa
triggermessageonaninitiationqueuewhenatriggereventoccurs.Atriggereventisa
logicalcombinationofconditionsthatisdetectedbyaqueuemanager.
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cannotberoutedtotheircorrectdestinations.Thisoccurswhen,forexample,the
destinationqueueisfull.Thesupplieddeadletterqueueiscalled
SYSTEM.DEAD.LETTER.QUEUE.Fordistributedqueuing,defineadeadletterqueueon
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Ans:Queuescanbecharacterizedbythewaytheyarecreated:
1.PredefinedqueuesarecreatedbyanadministratorusingtheappropriateMQSCor
PCFcommands.Predefinedqueuesarepermanenttheyexistindependentlyofthe
applicationsthatusethemandsurviveWebSphereMQrestarts.
2DynamicqueuesarecreatedwhenanapplicationissuesanMQOPENrequest
specifyingthenameofamodelqueue.Thequeuecreatedisbasedonatemplatequeue
definition,whichiscalledamodelqueue.

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Whatisintercommunicationanditscomponentstosendmessage?
WhatisIntercommunication?
Ans:InWebSphereMQ,intercommunicationmeanssendingmessagesfromoneQueue
managertoanother.Thereceivingqueuemanagercouldbeonthesamemachineor
anothernearbyorontheothersideoftheworld.Itcouldberunningonthesameplatform
asthelocalqueuemanager,orcouldbeonanyoftheplatformssupportedbyWeb
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remotequeuemanagerissometimescalledthetargetqueuemanagerorthepartner
queuemanager.
WhatistheObjectsrequiredfortheDQM?
Ans:OnsourceQueueManager:

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1.TransmissionQueue2.Remotequeuedefinition.

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3.DeadLetterQueue(recommended)4.SenderChannel

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Ans:Channelsareobjectsthatprovideacommunicationpathfromonequeuemanager
toanother.Channelsareusedindistributedqueuingtomovemessagesfromonequeue
managertoanother.Theyshieldapplicationsfromtheunderlyingcommunications
protocols.Thequeuemanagersmightexistonthesame,ordifferent,platforms.Different
typesofChannels:
1.SenderReceiverChannels
2.RequesterServerChannels
3.ClientConnectionchannels
4.ServerConnectionChannels.
5.ClusterSender.
6.ClusterReceiverChannels
WhatareMQIchannelsandtheretypes?
MQIchannelsarethechannelsthatcarrymessagesfromMQClientapplicationtothe
MQserverandviceversa.TheyareBidirectionalChannels
1.Serverconnection2.Clientconnection
HowmanyChannelCombinations?
1.SenderreceiverChannel4.RequesterserverChannel
2.RequestersenderChannel5.ServerreceiverChannel
3.ClusterSenderReceiverChannel6.ClientServerChannel
WhataretheattributesrequiredfortheSenderChannel?

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BatchHeartbeatInterval(BATCHHB):Thisheartbeatintervalallowsasendingchannel
toverifythatthereceivingchannelisstillactivejustbeforecommittingabatchof
messages.Ifthereceivingchannelisnotactive,thebatchcanbebackedoutratherthan
becomingindoubt,Batchinterval(BATCHINT),Batchsize(BATCHSZ),Channeltype
(CHLTYPE),Cluster(CLUSTER),Clusternamelist(CLUSNL),Connectionname
(CONNAME),Convertmessage(CONVERT),Disconnectinterval(DISCINT),Heartbeat
interval(HBINT),KeepAliveInterval(KAINT),Longretrycount(LONGRTY),Longretry
interval(LONGTMR),Maximummessagelength(MAXMSGL)
WhyisChannelRETRYINTattributeused?
IfamessageisplacesinDLQbecauseofputinhibitedorqueuefullcondition,theDLQ
handlerattemptstoputthemessagebacktothedestinationqueue.Thisintervaliscalled
asRETRYINTbydefaulttheretryintervalis60seconds.
ReceiverClusterReceiverRequester
Whatischanneldisconnectinterval?

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Thisisatimeoutattribute,specifiedinseconds,fortheserver,clustersender,and
clusterreceiverchannels.Theintervalismeasuredfromthepointatwhichabatchends,
thatiswhenthebatchsizeisreachedorwhenthebatchintervalexpiresandthe
transmissionqueuebecomesempty.Ifnomessagesarriveonthetransmissionqueue
duringthespecifiedtimeinterval,thechannelclosesdown
ExplainthechannelattributeBATCHSIZE?
BATCHSIZEdenotesthemaximumnumberofmessagesthatcanbesentthrougha
channelbeforetakingacheckpoint.Thisparameterisvalidonlyforchannelswitha
channeltype(CHLTYPE)ofSDR,SVR,RCVR,RQSTR,CLUSSDR,orCLUSRCVR.
Thevaluemustbeintherange1through9999.
WhatisBATCHHEARTBEATINTERVAL?
Ans:Thebatchheartbeatintervalallowsasendingchanneltoverifythatthereceiving
channelisstillactivejustbeforecommittingabatchofmessages,sothatifthereceiving
channelisnotactive,thebatchcanbebackedoutratherthanbecomingindoubt,as
wouldotherwisebethecase.Bybackingoutthebatch,the
messagesremainavailableforprocessingsotheycould,forexample,beredirectedto
anotherchannel.
WhatisKeepAliveInterval?
Ans:TheKeepAliveIntervalparameterisusedtospecifyatimeoutvalueforachannel.
TheKeepAliveIntervalparameterisavaluepassedtothecommunicationsstack
specifyingtheKeepAlivetimingforthechannel.Itallowsyoutospecifyadifferentkeep
alivevalueforeachchannel.Thevalueindicatesatime,inseconds,andmustbeinthe
range0to99999.
WhatisLONGRetrycount?
Ans:Specifythemaximumnumberoftimesthatthechannelistotryallocatingasession
toitspartner.Iftheinitialallocationattemptfails,theshortretrycountnumberis
decrementedandthechannelretriestheremainingnumberoftimes.
Whatarethewaystostartachannel?
UsetheMQSCcommandSTARTCHANNEL
Usethecontrolcommandrunmqchltostartthechannelasaprocess

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Whatarethethreeoptionsforstoppingchannels?
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WhatisMessageChannelagent(MCA)?
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receivingofmessages.Thereisonemessagechannelagentateachendofachannel.
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transmissionqueuemaybedefinedasatriggeredqueue.Whenamessagearrivesona
transmissionqueuethatsatisfiesthetriggeringcriteriaforthatqueue,amessageissent
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appropriatesenderchannel.Youcanalsostartserverchannelsinthiswayifyou
specifiedtheconnectionnameofthepartnerinthechanneldefinition.Thismeansthat
channelscanbestartedautomatically,baseduponmessagesarrivingontheappropriate
transmissionqueue.
Youneedalistenerprogramtostartreceiving(responder)MCAs.ResponderMCAsare
startedinresponsetoastartuprequestfromthecallerMCAthechannellistenerdetects
incomingnetworkrequestsandstartstheassociatedchannel.
ChannelErrors?
Dueto:1.Xmitqissettogetdisabled2.NetworkIssues
3.QueueManagerStopped4.Listenerisnotrunning5.TriggerTurnedOff
ExplainChannelExitprogramsandwhatarethetypes?
ChannelexitprogramsarecalledatdefinedplacesintheprocessingcarriedoutbyMCA
programs
SecurityExit:Youcanusesecurityexitprogramstoverifythatthepartnerattheother
endofachannelisgenuine
MessageExit:MessageExitcanbeusedforEncryptiononthelink,messagedata
conversion,validationofuserID,
MessageretryExit:Messageretryexitiscalledwhenanattempttoopenthetarget
queueisunsuccessful
SenderandreceiverExit:Youcanusethesendandreceiveexitstoperformtaskssuch
asdatacompressionanddecompression
ChannelautodefinitionExitTransportretryExit
WhatistheDifferentLoggingMethodsavailable?
Ans:Therearetwodifferenttypesavailable
1.Circular:Thecircularloggingisusedforrestartrecovery.Itisthedefaultlogging
method.CircularisusedinDevelopmentandTestingQueues.Circularloggingkeepsall
restartDatainaringoflogfiles.Loggingfillsthefirstfileinthering,thenmovesonto
theandsoon,untilallthefilesarefull.Itthengoesbacktothefirstfileintheringand
startsThiscontinuesaslongastheproductisinuse,andhastheadvantagethatyou
neverrunoutoflogfiles.
2.Linear:Linearlogginggivesyoubothrestartrecoveryandmediarecovery.Itisusedin
Production.LinearloggingkeepsthelogdatainacontinuousSequenceoffiles.Spaceis
notreused,soyoucanalwaysretrieveanyrecordloggedfromthetimethatthequeue
managerwascreated.Asdiskspaceisfinite,youmighthavetothinkaboutsomeform
ofarchiving.Itisanadministrativetasktomanageyourdiskspaceforthelog,reusingOr
extendingtheexistingspaceasnecessary.
WhatistheDefaultlocationwherethelogsarestoredandmentionthedefaultsizes?
Ans:Defaultlocation:
Windows:C:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphereMQ\log\qmgr
UNIX:/var/mqm/log
Whatisthelogfilesize?
Ans:InWebSphereMQforWindowsNTandWin2000,theminimumvalueis32,and
themaximumis16384.Thedefaultvalueis256,givingadefaultlogsizeof1MB.
InWebSphereMQforUNIXsystems,theminimumvalueis64,andthemaximumis16
384.Thedefaultvalueis1024,givingadefaultlogsizeof4MB.

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AnsYoucannotchangethelogfilesize.Forthisyouneedtodropandrecreatethe
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needtorestarttheQmanagerforthechangestotakeeffect.
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Secondarylogfiles:Thenumberofsecondarylogfilestobeallocatedis2bydefaultthe
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Whatisthecommandusedforcreatingthelistener?
Ans:crtmqlsrttcpmQMNAMEpportno
Whatisthecommandsusedforrunninglistenerin5.3Version?
Ans:runmqlsrttcpmQMNAMEpportno
WhatiscommandusedtoperformtaskontheMQservices?
Ans:amqmdain
WhatarecommandsusedontheCommandserver?
Ans:1.strmqcsv:tostartthecommandserver
2.dspmqcsv:todisplaythecommandserver
3.endmqcsv:Toendthecommandserver.
IsthereisanychancefortheMessagelost?
Ans:Ifthetargetqueuemanagerdoesn.tcontainthedeadletterqueuedefinedandifthe
messagesarerunningonafastchannelandofnonpersistant,Thenthereisachanceof
themessageloss.
Whatisthecommandthatisusedtoprovideauthorizationfortheclients?
Ans:setmqautmQMNametqueuenQueuenamepGUEST+all
WhatarethecommonerrorsugetinDQM?Explainhowtoresolve?
Ans:mqrc2058:MQRC_Q_MGR_NAME_ERROR
Mqrc2059:MQRC_Q_MGR_NOT_AVAILABLE.
Mqrc2033:MQRC_NO_MSG_AVAILABLE.
Mqrc2085:MQRC_UNKNOWN_OBJECT_NAME.
Mqrc2009:MQRC_CONNECTION_BROKEN.
Mqrc2043:MQRC_OBJECT_TYPE_ERROR.
Mqrc2086:MQRC_UNKNOWN_OBJECT_Q_MGR.
Mqrc2035:MQRC_NOT_AUTHORIZED.
WhataredifferentmodesinwhichaapplicationcanconnecttoaQueuemanager?
Ans:1.Bindingmode:Inbindingmode,alsoknownasserverconnection,the
communicationtothequeuemanagerutilizesinterprocesscommunications.Oneofthe
keyfactorsthatshouldbekeptinmindisthatbindingmodeisavailableonlytoprograms
runningontheMQSeriesserverthathoststhequeuemanager.Aprogramusingbinding
modewillnotrunfromanMQSeriesclientmachine.Bindingmodeisafastandefficient
waytointeractwithMQSeries.CertainFacilities,suchasXAtransactioncoordination
byqueuemanager,areavailableonlyinbindingmode.
2.ClientConnection:ClientconnectionusesaTCP/IPconnectiontotheMQSeries
Serverandenablescommunicationswiththequeuemanager.Programsusingclient
connectionscanrunonanMQSeriesclientmachineaswellasonanMQSeriesserver
machine.Clientconnectionsuseclientchannelsonthequeuemanagertocommunicate
withthequeuemanager.TheclientconnectiondoesnotsupportXAtransaction
coordinationbythequeuemanager.
WhatarethedifferenttypesofmessagingsystemsusedbyJMS?
Ans:JMSapplicationsuseeitherthepointtopoint(PTP)orpublish/subscribestyleof
messaging.
PointtoPoint:Pointtopointmessaginginvolvesworkingwithqueuesofmessages.The
sendersendsmessagestoaspecificqueuetobeconsumednormallybyasingle
receiver.Inpointtopointcommunication,amessagehasatmostonerecipient.A
sendingclientaddressesthemessagetothequeuethatholdsthemessagesforthe
intended(receiving)client.
Publish/Subscribe:Incontrasttothepointtopointmodelofcommunication,the
publish/subscribemodelenablesthedeliveryofamessagetomultiplerecipients.A
sendingclientaddresses,orpublishes,themessagetoatopictowhichmultipleclients
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IsItPossibletouseonetransmissionQueueforthemultiplemessagechannels?
Ans:Itispossibletodefinemorethanonechannelpertransmissionqueue,butonlyone
ofthesechannelscanbeactiveatanyonetime.Thisisrecommendedfortheprovision
ofalternativeroutesbetweenqueuemanagersfortrafficbalancingandlinkfailure
correctiveaction.Atransmissionqueuecannotbeusedbyanotherchannelifthe
previouschanneltouseitterminatedleavingabatchofmessagesindoubtatthe
sendingend.
Whatisthecommandusedtotestwhetherthechannelisactiveornot?
Ans:runmqscQMName
Pingchannel(channelname).
WhataretheadministrativecommandsthatareusedinPublishandSubscribe?
Ans:Thestrmqbrkcommandisusedtostartabroker.Thefirsttimethiscommandisrun
onaqueuemanager,alltherelevantMQSeriesobjectsareautomaticallycreated.
strmqbrkmMYQMGRNAME
Thedspmqbrkcommandisusedtocheckthestatusofthebroker.Possiblestatesare:
starting,running,stopping,quiescing,notactiveandendedabnormally.
dspmqbrkmMYQMGRNAME
Theendmqbrkcommandisusedtostopabroker.Therearetwooptions:crequestsa
controlledshutdown(default),irequestsanimmediateshutdown.
endmqbrkimMYQMGRNAME
Whatismultiplehoping?
Ans:Ifthereisnodirectcommunicationlinkbetweenthesourcequeuemanagerandthe
targetqueuemanager,itispossibletopassthroughoneormoreintermediatequeue
managersonthewaytothetargetqueuemanager.Thisisknownasamultihop.
WhatisLocaladministrationandRemoteadministration?
LocalAdministration:Meanscarryingoutadministrationtasksonanyqueuemanagers
youhavedefinedonyourlocalsystem.
RemoteAdministration:Thisallowsyoutoissuecommandsfromyourlocalsystemthat
areprocessedonanothersystem.Forexample,youcanissuearemotecommandto
changeaqueuedefinitiononaremotequeuemanager.Youdonothavetologontothat
system,althoughyoudoneedtohavetheappropriatechannelsdefined.Thequeue
managerandcommandserveronthetargetsystemmustberunning
DifferencebetweenControlCommandsusedinWindowsandotherOs?
ControlcommandsonarecasesensitiveotherOSbutWindowstheycanbeusedany
way.
WhatisMQOO_BIND_ON_OPENoptionontheMQOPENcall?
Whenthisattributeissetitforcesallthemessagessenttothisqueuetobesenttothe
sameinstanceofthequeue(gotothesamequeueincluster)
DifferencebetweenMQPUTandMQPUT1call?
TheMQPUT1callalwaysoperatesasthoughMQOO_BIND_NOT_FIXEDwereineffect,
thatis,italwaysinvokestheworkloadmanagementroutine.
WhenisChannelsecurityexitprogramcalled?
ArecalledatMCAinitiationandtermination
Stoppingunauthorizedqueuemanagersputtingmessagesonyourqueues
UseOSsecurity,ObjectAuthorityManager(OAM)onWebSphereMQuserwritten
procedures
WhathappensifDEADletterQueueisnotdefined?
IfdeadletterqueuearenotdefinedtheMessagesareplacedontheTransmissionQueue
andtheQueueManagerbecomeInactive
ExplainRemotequeuedefinitions?Advantages?
Thesearedefinitionsforqueuesthatareownedbyanotherqueuemanager
Advantages:Theadvantageofremotequeuedefinitionsisthattheyenableanapplication
toputamessagetoaremotequeuewithouthavingtospecifythenameoftheremote
queueortheremotequeuemanager,orthenameofthetransmissionqueue.Thisgives
youlocationindependence.
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Ifachannelterminateswhilefast,nonpersistentmessagesareintransit,themessages
arelostanditisuptotheapplicationtoarrangefortheirrecoveryifrequired.Ifthe
receivingchannelcannotputthemessagetoitsdestinationqueuethenitisplacedonthe
deadletterqueue,ifonehasbeendefined.Ifnot,themessageisdiscarded.
Whathappenswhenamessagecannotbedelivered?
Messageretry:IftheMCAisunabletoputamessagetothetargetqueueforareason
thatcouldbetransitory(forexample,becausethequeueisfull),theMCAhastheoption
towaitandretrytheoperationlater
Returntosender:Ifmessageretrywasunsuccessful,oradifferenttypeoferrorwas
encountered,theMCAcansendthemessagebacktotheoriginator
Deadletterqueue:Ifamessagecannotbedeliveredorreturned,itisputontothedead
letterqueue(DLQ).YoucanusetheDLQhandlertoprocessthemessage
RecoveryscenarioDiskDriveFull,damagedQueuemanagerobject,Damagedsingle
object,Automaticmediarecoveryfailure
MQensuresthatmessagesarenotlostbymaintainingrecords(logs)oftheactivitiesof
thequeuemanagersthathandlethereceipt,transmission,anddeliveryofmessages
HowtoProcessMessagesfromtheDeadletterQueue?
WecanProcesstheDLQmessagesusingrunmqdlqcommandforsendingmessagesto
thedestinationQueuesortargetQueues.Usetherunmqdlqcommandtostartthedead
letterqueue(DLQ)handler,whichmonitorsandhandlesmessagesonadeadletter
queue.
runmqdlqQNameQMgrName
UsetheDeadLetterQueueHandlertoperformvariousactionsonselectedmessagesby
specifyingasetofrulesthatcanbothselectamessageanddefinetheactiontobe
performedonthatmessage.
Therunmqdlqcommandtakesitsinputfromstdin.Whenthecommandisprocessed,the
resultsandasummaryareputintoareportthatissenttostdout.
WhichfieldoftheMQDLHstructurecontainsareasoncodethatidentifieswhythe
messageisontheDLQ?
Reasonfield
Whatiscompletioncode(MQCC)andreasoncode(MQRC)?
Completioncodegivesthestatusofthecurrenttransactionitcanbe0,1,2.0for
Successfulcompletion(MQCC_OK),1Warning(MQCC_WARNING),2callfailed
(MQCC_FAILED).Reasoncodeisthatwhichgivesthereasonforwhichthetransaction
failsitcanbeMQRC_NONE,MQRC_BACKED_OUTetc.
WhatisCorrelID?
Thisisabytestringthattheapplicationcanusetorelateonemessagetoanother,orto
relatethemessagetootherunitofworkthattheapplicationisperforming.Thecorrelation
identifierisapermanentpropertyofthemessage,andpersistsacrossrestartsofthe
queuemanager
ExplaincommitandBackOutunitsofwork?
Whenaprogramputsamessageonaqueuewithinaunitofwork,thatmessageismade
visibletootherprogramsonlywhentheprogramcommitstheunitofwork.
Commit:Tocommitaunitofwork,allupdatesmustbesuccessfultopreservedata
integrity.Iftheprogramdetectsanerroranddecidesthattheputoperationshouldnotbe
madepermanent,itcanbackouttheunitofwork.
BackOut:Whenaprogramperformsabackout,WebSphereMQrestoresthequeueby
removingthemessagesthatwereputonthequeuebythatunitofwork.Thewayin
whichtheprogramperformsthecommitandbackoutoperationsdependsonthe
environmentinwhichtheprogramisrunning
BackoutCount(MQLONG)?
Thisisacountofthenumberoftimesthatthemessagehasbeenpreviouslyreturnedby
theMQGETcallaspartofaunitofwork,andsubsequentlybackedout.BackoutCountis
thenumberoftimestheapplicationtriedandfailedtoputthemessagesintheQueue
WhatissegmentationandexplainsegmentationFlag?
Whenamessageistoobigforaqueue,anattempttoputthemessageonthequeue
usuallyfails.Segmentationisatechniquewherebythequeuemanagerorapplication
splitsthemessageintosmallerpiecescalledsegments,andplaceseachsegmentonthe
queueasaseparatephysicalmessage.Theapplicationthatretrievesthemessagecan
eitherretrievethesegmentsonebyone,orrequestthequeuemanagertoreassemblethe
segmentsintoasinglemessagethatisreturnedbytheMQGETcall.
WhatareNamelist?whendoyouuseit?

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AnamelistisaWebSphereMQobjectthatcontainsalistofotherWebSphereMQ
objects.Typically,namelistsareused
Bytriggermonitors,wheretheyareusedtoidentifyagroupofqueues.
Namelistsarealsousedwithqueuemanagerclusterstomaintainalistofclusters
referredtobymorethanoneWebSphereMQobject.
Theadvantageofusinganamelististhatitismaintainedindependentlyofapplications
itcanbeupdatedwithoutstoppinganyoftheapplicationsthatuseit.Also,ifone
applicationfails,thenamelistisnotaffectedandotherapplicationscancontinueusingit.
Namelistsarealsousedwithqueuemanagerclusterstomaintainalistofclusters
referredtobymorethanoneWebSphereMQobject
Whatarenameservices?
Thenameserviceisaninstallableservicethatprovidessupporttothequeuemanagerfor
lookingupthenameofthequeuemanagerthatownsaspecifiedqueue.
WhatisLocalunitsofwork(usesasinglephasecommitprocess)andGlobalunitof
Work(usesatwophasecommitprocess)?
Localunitofwork:Unitsofworkthatinvolveonlythequeuemanagerarecalledlocal
unitsofwork.Syncpointcoordinationisprovidedbythequeuemanageritself(internal
coordination)usingasinglephasecommitprocess.
Useglobalunitsofworkwhenyoualsoneedtoincludeupdatestoresourcesbelonging
tootherresourcemanagers.Herethecoordinationcanbeinternalorexternaltothe
queuemanagerusesatwophasecommit
Howwillwestartacommandserver?
Dependingonthevalueofthequeuemanagerattribute,SCMDSERV,thecommand
serveriseitherstartedautomaticallywhenthequeuemanagerstarts,ormustbestarted
manually.
Start:Usingstrmqcsvsaturn.queue.managerwheresaturn.queue.manageristheQM
name
Display:dspmqcsvStop:endmqcsv
WhenweuseCCSIDattributeoftheALTERQMGRcommandtochangetheCCSIDof
theQMwhatarethecomponentsthatneedtoberestarted?
Stopandrestartthequeuemanager,stopandrestartcommandserver(Acommand
serverprocessescommandmessages)andchannelprograms
WhatisaMQSeriesQueuemanagerConfigurationfile(qm.ini)?
Aqueuemanagerconfigurationfile(qm.ini)toeffectchangesforspecificqueue
managers.Thereisoneqm.inifileforeachqueuemanageronthenode.(Aqueue
managerconfigurationfile,qm.ini,containsconfiginformationrelevanttoaspecificqueue
manager.Thereisonequeuemanagerconfigurationfileforeachqueuemanager.The
qm.inifileisautomaticallycreatedwhenthequeuemanagerwithwhichitisassociatedis
created.Forexample,thepathandthenameforaconfigurationfileforaqueuemanager
calledQMNAMEis:/var/mqm/qmgrs/QMNAME/qm.ini)
WhatisnametransformationinnamingaQueuemanagerConfigurationFile?
Aqm.inifileisheldintherootofthedirectorytreeoccupiedbythequeuemanager.For
example,thepathandthenameforaconfigurationfileforaqueuemanagercalled
QMNAMEis:/var/mqm/qmgrs/QMNAME/qm.iniAdirectorynameisgeneratedbasedon
thequeuemanagername.Thisprocessisknownasnametransformation.
WhatisaWebsphereMQconfigurationfile(mqs.ini)?
Containsinformationrelevanttoallthequeuemanagersonthenode.Itiscreated
automaticallyduringinstallation(TheWebSphereMQconfigurationfile,mqs.ini,contains
informationrelevanttoallthequeuemanagersonthenode.Itiscreatedautomatically
duringinstallation.Themqs.inifileforWebSphereMQforUNIXsystemsisinthe
/var/mqmdirectory.Itcontains:vThenamesofthequeuemanagersvThenameofthe
defaultqueuemanagerThelocationofthefilesassociatedwitheachofthem)
Howcanweedittheconfigurationfiles?
Automaticallyusingcommandsthatchangetheconfigurationofqueuemanagersonthe
node,Manuallyusingastandardtexteditor
Whensecuritychecksaremade?
Connectingtothequeuemanager(MQCONNorMQCONNXcalls),Openingtheobject
(MQOPENorMQPUT1calls),Puttingandgettingmessages(MQPUTorMQGETcalls),
Closingtheobject(MQCLOSE)
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