About Course
This course prepares you to plan design configure and administer IBM MQ clusters After a review of IBM MQ the course explains the similarities and differences between administration of a cluster and administration of a distributed message IBM MQ environment You learn cluster specific commands and procedures and explore the role of a cluster in a highly available IBM MQ infrastructure You learn how to do a detailed verification of a new cluster configuration review and identify all resulting components and troubleshoot problems You also learn about cluster administration workload balancing security and use of publish subscribe clusters You learn how to recognize when a problem is due to connection authentication channel authentication or object authorizations You also learn about design options such as overlapping clusters and use of clusters with z OS queue sharing groups Many of the considerations in this course are based on actual engagement experiences This course is designed for IBM MQ administrators architects application developers and other professionals who need to understand the design considerations architectural role and implementation of IBM MQ clusters Describe the basic IBM MQ components Identify which IBM MQ objects are used to impact routing in a cluster environment Identify who in your organization can impact the health of a cluster and the need for adequate communication Describe the correct role of a cluster in a highly available IBM MQ infrastructure Describe the differences and similarities between administering clustered and non clustered IBM MQ environments Describe how to configure verify and troubleshoot an IBM MQ cluster Identify the various channels that are present in a cluster environment and how each is created Describe how to use separate transmission queues in a clustered queue manager Explain how to remove a queue manager from a cluster on a permanent or temporary basis Explain IBM MQ connection authentication Explain IBM MQ channel authentication Describe IBM MQ object authorizations Explain how to troubleshoot security challenges in a cluster List ways to influence workload balancing in a cluster Describe the history and basic components of IBM MQ publish subscribe Explain the considerations and details of implementing publish subscribe in an IBM MQ clustered environment Describe cluster design architectural considerations Summarize the benefits of design and configuration simplicity in a cluster implementation Explain how to configure overlapping clusters Before taking this course you should have experience with IBM MQ or complete one of the following courses IBM MQ V9 System Administration using Windows for labs WM153G IBM MQ V9 System Administration using Linux for labs WM154G IBM MQ V8 System Administration for z OS WM302G You should also have working knowledge of the Windows operating system to run the lab exercises IBM WebSphere MQ
Prerequisite Courses
Skills Gained
Who Can Benefit
- Course Outline
Course introduction
IBM MQ baseline
Exercise: Configuring and reviewing base IBM MQ resources
Before you start
Understanding and implementing an IBM MQ cluster
Exercise: Implementing and verifying a cluster, cluster queues, and a cluster gateway
Cluster administration tasks and commands
Exercise: Working with cluster administration tasks
IBM MQ security and clusters
Exercise: Working with IBM MQ security
Influencing workload balancing behavior
Exercise: Working with workload balancing options
Publish/subscribe and clusters
Exercise: Configuring a publish/subscribe cluster
Cluster design considerations
Exercise: Configuring an overlapping cluster
Course summary