| VOLUME X. – No. 2. | THURSDAY, 29 FEBRUARY, 2024 | PRICE: FREE |
Welcome to the February edition of the MQGem Monthly Newsletter, bringing you company news from MQGem Software, information about the MO71, MQSCX, MQEdit, MQEV, Q, QLOAD and MQMONA products, our IBM MQ training modules, and interesting articles about IBM MQ.
News
A new version of MO71, V9.3.3, is now available. Read all about the new features in this release here.
UPDATE: Hours after we went to press, IBM MQ V9.3.5 was made available – thought that was worth an update!
Interesting IBM MQ links
Here are a few links that caught our eye this month.
- How to use fteCleanAgent to remove managed transfers from an MFT agent.
- MQ for z/OS: Impact of certificate key-size on TLS-protected MQ channels
- Handling MQ logs and events with OpenTelemetry
- Using ssh to test connectivity between an IBM MQ Client in one host and a Queue Manager in another host
IBM MQ: Hands-on with Uniform Clustering- How to configure UNIX and Linux systems for IBM MQ
- A deep dive into client channel definition tables (CCDTs) in IBM MQ uniform clusters
- Handy command – mqerror
- Setting up a uniform cluster in IBM MQ
High Availability Refresh
We share all the above links on our Twitter feed, Facebook page and LinkedIn page so if you don’t want to wait until the end-of-month newsletter, follow us on there.
Upcoming events
There are a number of conference events where IBM MQ will be featured in the coming months.
- SHARE Orlando – 3-7 March 2024
- IBM TechCon 2024 (Virtual) – 19-21 March
- GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024 – late April
- GSE Nordic in Copenhagen, Denmark – June
- IBM TechXchange Conference 2024, Las Vegas – October 2024
Upcoming online events
If you’re unable to get to any “in-person” events, then these online webcasts are just what you need.
- March 13th (10:00am ET) – Webinar: What's new in IBM MQ v9.3.5 – Speaker: Martin Evans
Product Info
This months highlighted product information is a video showing how to simplify the MO71 GUI interface.
IBM MQ Latest Maintenance
Make sure you’re on the latest maintenance level of your version of MQ.
Distributed (LTS)
These are the latest Fix Packs at the time of going to press. Check here for the latest versions now, and here for the planned dates for the next ones.
- V9.3.0 LTS, Fix Pack 15 (next 2Q 2024)
- V9.2.0 LTS, Fix Pack 21 (CSU) (next 2Q 2024)
- V9.1.0 LTS, Fix Pack 19 (CSU) (next 1Q 2024)
This version went EOS on 30th September 2023. See also - V9.0.0 LTS, Fix Pack 22 (CSU) (no plans).
This version went EOS on 30th September 2021. See also
Continuous Delivery (CD)
These are the currently supported CD releases.
- V9.3.5 CD (more info) download 28th Feb 2025
- V9.3.4 CD (more info) download 19th Oct 2024
- V9.3.4 CD, Fix Pack 1 (CSU)
- V9.3.3 CD (more info) download 20th Jun 2024
- V9.3.3 CD, Fix Pack 1 (CSU)
z/OS RSUs
These are the latest RSU Sourceids at the time of going to press. Check here for the latest versions now. Support Summary here.
- For V9.3.4 CD, (RSU2312)
- For V9.3.0 LTS, Closed APARs (RSU2312)
- For V9.2.0 LTS, Closed APARs (RSU2312)
- For V9.1.0 LTS, Closed APARs (RSU2206)
Handy IBM MQ Resources
If you want to read blog posts on IBM MQ subject matter, these resources are good places to follow. There are a great number of IBM MQ Experts that write in the IBM MQ Blogosphere.
- MQGem Blog
- Morag’s IBM MQ Blog on IMWUC
- IBM MQ Family Community Blog
- IBM Messaging Blog (now closed for new content)
- Roger’s Blog on MQ
- Lyn’s MQ for z/OS stories
- Mark Taylor’s Blog – Messaging, Music and Moving Around
- Colin Paice’s Blog
- Do You MQ Blog and Podcasts
- Niklas Ottosson’s Tech Blog
- Leif Davidsen’s Blog
- IBM Developer MQ area
- Demey Consulting Articles
- Store and Forward
- MrMQ Articles
Contact Information
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