The IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Essentials training course provides the skills that are necessary to configure and manage an IBM MQ queue manager on z/OS. Through lectures and hands-on lab exercises, you will learn to install, customize, operate, and administer IBM MQ. The course covers configuring a z/OS queue manager, setting up distributed queuing, IBM MQ clustering, IBM MQ on z/OS recovery and restart, security, and performance considerations. It also covers day-to-day administration and problem recovery. The hands-on lab exercises gives you direct experience with IBM MQ tasks such as defining and monitoring channels, configuring IBM MQ clusters, and problem determination activities.
The IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Advanced training course covers the channel security, the need to use TLS ciphers in response to current security threats, and channel authorization rules. The course also covers queue-sharing groups, queue-sharing group updates, and distributed and intra-group queuing with queue-sharing groups. Other topics include the 8-byte relative byte address and buffers above the 2-GB bar features of IBM MQ, the use of IBM MQ accounting and statistics, how to capture and review information to resolve or mitigate performance and capacity problems, and how to create application profiles.
By attending IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Essentials workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Describe message-oriented middleware and the capabilities it must provide
- Identify the key components of IBM MQ for z/OS
- Summarize the responsibilities of the IBM MQ administrator
- Configure IBM MQ for z/OS
- Enable IBM MQ for z/OS eight-byte RBA and buffers above 2 GB
- Demonstrate how to create and change queues and place and retrieve messages from a queue
- Define and demonstrate how to set up and work with distributed queuing
- Differentiate between an IBM MQ queue manager and an IBM MQ client
- Describe and demonstrate how to set up an IBM MQ cluster
- Contrast point-to-point and publish/subscribe messaging styles
- Describe shared queues and queue sharing groups
- Summarize IBM MQ for z/OS recovery and restart activities
- Demonstrate how to use IBM MQ events for monitoring
- Summarize performance considerations
- Describe security considerations for IBM MQ for z/OS
- Describe and implement connection authentication and channel authorization
- Identify correct problem determination techniques for IBM MQ for z/OS
- Summarize basic use and configuration of IBM MQ Managed File Transfer
- Describe IBM MQ support for CICS and IMS interfaces
By attending IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Advanced workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Explain how SSL/TLS contributes to authentication and confidentiality
- Describe how to configure SSL/TLS in IBM MQ z/OS queue managers and IBM MQ clients
- Implement SSL/TLS with multiple certificate authority (CA) certificates
- Implement various types of channel authorization rules
- Describe how to configure and manage queue-sharing groups
- Explain how to incorporate shared message data sets and storage class memory to maximize coupling facility storage
- Describe how to add a queue-sharing group to an existing IBM MQ cluster
- Implement 8-byte record byte address and buffers above the 2-GB line
- Describe how to use statistics and accounting capabilities for problem determination, tuning, and capacity planning activities
For IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Essentials:
- Basic knowledge of IBM MQ concepts
- Working proficiency with the z/OS platform
- Knowledge of TCP/IP is also helpful
For IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Advanced:
- Attend IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Essentials training or equivalent experience
- Be proficient working with z/OS
The IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Essentials class is designed for Technical Support Personnel who implement, operate, and perform day-to-day administration of IBM MQ on z/OS.
The IBM MQ - System Administration for z/OS - Advanced class is designed for z/OS IBM MQ administrators and other Technical Professionals who are responsible for IBM MQ security, architecture, availability, and performance-related tasks.