This 4-day instructor-led course provides technical professionals with the skills needed to administer IBM WebSphere MQ version 7 queue managers except for IBM WebSphere MQ for z/OS (WM300) (VM300) and IBM WebSphere MQ for iSeries (MQ160).

In this course, students learn how to install, customize, operate, and administer IBM WebSphere MQ on distributed platforms. Topics covered in this course include configuration, day-to-day administration, problem recovery, and managing security and performance.

In addition to the instructor-led lectures, students also participate in hands-on lab exercises that are designed to reinforce lecture content. The lab exercises utilize IBM WebSphere MQ V7, giving students practical experience with tasks such as handling queue recovery, implementing security, and problem determination.

Completing this course can also help students prepare for the appropriate WebSphere MQ Administrator certifications.

Plan the implementation of WebSphere MQ

Install WebSphere MQ

Perform simple customization and administration tasks

Enable a queue manager to exchange messages with another queue manager

Enable a queue manager to support a WebSphere MQ client

Implement basic restart and recovery procedures

Perform basic problem determination

Plan for and implement basic WebSphere MQ security features

Configure dead letter queue handling

Implement WebSphere MQ high availability

This intermediate-level course is designed for technical professionals who need the skills to be an administrator for any of the WebSphere MQ Level 2 queue managers except WebSphere MQ for z/OS and WebSphere MQ for iSeries.

A review of IBM WebSphere MQ

Installation and configuration of IBM WebSphere MQ on Windows and UNIX

Using MQSC commands to administer IBM WebSphere MQ

Exercise: Working with queues

Using the IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer

Introduction to the message queue interface (MQI)

Triggering concepts

Exercise: Implementing triggering

IBM WebSphere MQ internals

Message integrity

Exercise: Queue recovery

Distributed queuing

Exercise: Queue manager interconnection

Dead letter queues

Exercise: Dead letter queue handling

Queue manager clustering

Exercise: IBM WebSphere MQ clustering setup

IBM WebSphere MQ security with OAM

Exercise: Object security administration with the OAM

IBM WebSphere MQ clients

Exercise: Client attachment

SupportPacs, interfaces, and bridges

IBM WebSphere MQ high availability

Backup and restore of IBM WebSphere MQ object definitions

Exercise: Backup and restore of IBM WebSphere MQ object definitions

Message tracking

Exercise: Trace route utility

Using traces, error logs, and failure data capture files

Exercise: Performing an IBM WebSphere MQ trace

Introduction to IBM WebSphere MQ publish/subscribe (optional)

JMS administration (optional)

Exercise: JMS administration (optional)

Before taking this course, students should:

• Have basic knowledge of WebSphere MQ V7 concepts and facilities, which may be obtained through practical experience or by successfully completing course Technical Introduction to WebSphere MQ  (WM100) (VM100)
• Be reasonably familiar with and able to invoke standard functions within the operating system environment used in the lab exercises

Some knowledge of SNA LU6.2, TCP/IP, or NetBIOS configuration is also helpful.