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This course provides technical professionals with the skills that are needed to administer IBM MQ queue managers on distributed operating systems and in the Cloud In addition to the instructor led lectures you participate in hands on lab exercises that are designed to reinforce lecture content The lab exercises use IBM MQ V9 0 giving you practical experience with tasks such as handling queue recovery implementing security and problem determination Note This course does not cover any of the features of MQ for z OS or MQ for IBM i This course is designed for technical professionals who require the skills to administer IBM MQ queue managers on distributed operating systems in the Cloud or on the IBM MQ Appliance Describe the IBM MQ deployment options Plan for the implementation of IBM MQ on premises or in the Cloud Use IBM MQ commands and the IBM MQ Explorer to create and manage queue managers queues and channels Use the IBM MQ sample programs and utilities to test the IBM MQ network Enable a queue manager to exchange messages with another queue manager Configure client connections to a 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 Use IBM MQ troubleshooting tools to identify the cause of a problem in the IBM MQ network Plan for and implement basic IBM MQ security features Use accounting and statistics messages to monitor the activities of an IBM MQ system Define and administer a simple queue manager cluster Basic knowledge of IBM MQ V9 concepts and features obtained either through experience or by successfully completing Technical Introduction to IBM MQ WM103G or Technical Introduction to IBM MQ ZM103G Ability to invoke standard functions within the operating system that is used in the lab exercises Some knowledge of TCP IP configuration IBM WebSphere MQ

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• Course Outline

• Course introduction
  IBM MQ review
  IBM MQ installation and deployment options
  Creating a queue manager and queues
  Exercise: Using commands to create a queue manager and queues
  Introduction to IBM MQ Explorer
  Exercise: Using IBM MQ Explorer to create queue managers and queues
  Testing the IBM MQ implementation
  Exercise: Using IBM MQ sample programs to test the configuration
  Implementing distributed queuing
  Exercise: Connecting queue managers
  IBM MQ clients
  Exercise: Connecting an IBM MQ client
  Implementing trigger messages and monitors
  Exercise: Implementing a trigger monitor
  Diagnosing problems
  Exercise: Running an IBM MQ trace
  Implementing basic security in IBM MQ
  Exercise: Controlling access to IBM MQ
  Backing up and restoring IBM MQ messages and object definitions
  Exercise: Using a media image to restore a queue
  Exercise: Backing up and restoring IBM MQ object definitions
  Introduction to queue manager clusters
  Exercise: Implementing a basic cluster
  Monitoring and configuring IBM MQ for performance
  Exercise: Monitoring IBM MQ for performance
  Course summary

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