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Why WebSphere MQ v7.5

WebSphere MQ v7.5 provides additional enhancements to IBM ® Universal Messaging to deliver a single, integrated offering for all core messaging functions. Get the advantage of a smaller install footprint, simpler maintenance and eliminate the need for separate packages. Add as you need.

WebSphere MQ Advanced 7.5 – for developers

With this release, developers can install and use the entire WebSphere MQ Advanced stack (MFT, AMS, Telemetry) on their personal development machines without needing to pay a PVU based license. This new licensing option is priced per ‘Authorised User Single Install’ which effectively means a fixed price per developer exclusively for their development use.

Enhancements include

– A new JavaScript™ messaging API for use with MQTT, to allow JavaScript users to code mobile messaging applications with less programming
– Support for native iOS and Android applications to use mobile messaging (ships as part of the WebSphere MQ Client Pack for Mobile and M2M Messaging)
Integrated Managed File Transfer – WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition, previously available separately, is now integrated as an optional feature of WebSphere MQ server component as WebSphere Managed File Transfer Service. Additional separately installable endpoints, WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agents, are part of the package, installable subject to entitlement.
Integrated Advanced Message Security – Protect the security of your message contents without the need to change the application code itself. WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security, previously separately available is now tightly integrated as an optional installable component as part of the WebSphere MQ v7.5 package. As previously, entitlement should be purchased prior to use..
Improved application isolation – With the ability to configure multiple transmission queues in WebSphere MQ clustered environment, WebSphere MQ v7.5 enables applications with different workloads and performance requirements to operate at their own rate without impacting other applications,
Enhancements for the Managed File Transfer capabilities – File transfer audit information can now be written directly to the file system for logging providing an additional configuration choice.
Enhancements for WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security – Enhanced protection for configuration information used by WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer
Wider access to the Extended Transactional (XA) client for all customers – The XA client is available for use in all client deployments without additional entitlement for connecting to WebSphere MQ queue managers WMQ V7.0.1, WMQ V7.1 and WMQ V7.5 . Realize this benefit through the download and acceptance of the updated License Information Documents for each WMQ Server.
Using WebSphere MQ Telemetry Standard Client – Use of the WebSphere MQ Telemetry Client requires purchasing an entitlement for WebSphere MQ Telemetry Clients for each WebSphere MQ Server installed that will have WebSphere MQ Telemetry clients connected to it, with no limit to the number of clients connected; applicable to WebSphere MQ v7.5, WebSphere MQ v7.0.1 and WebSphere MQ v7.1.

Why is WMQ V7.5 not supported on z/OS or System i?
A key goal of WMQ V7.5 is to improve the overall Installation process for the WMQ, WMQ FTE and WMQ AMS functions. On Distributed platforms, the installation of the WMQ FTE and WMQ AMS products differed from that for MQ itself and it was felt that improving this was a key priority. This has never been seen as an issue for our z/OS customers, where products had always conformed to a common install process, and thus this key aspect of the release is not meaningful for z/OS customers. Additionally adding a separate release of WMQ on z/OS without any substantial major function would have been highly disruptive to customers who have long migration planning cycles between each release – especially since we have just released MQ V7.1 which contains significant function of particular value to z/OS customers.