Who is the course for
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.
What we teach you
This course prepares you to plan, design, configure, and administer IBM MQ
clusters.
Required skills
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.
Teaching methods
Professional explanation with practical samples and examples.
Teaching materials
IBM guide book for this course.
Course outline
- 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