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Creating a multi-instance queue manager for WebSphere MQ on UNIX with auto client reconnect - Middleware News IBM® WebSphere® MQ V7 can help you increase messaging availability without requiring specialist skills or additional hardware. It provides automatic failover via multi-instance queue managers in the event of an unplanned outage, or controlled switchover for planned outages such as applying software maintenance. With this new availability option, the messages and data for a multi-instance queue manager are held on networked storage accessed via a network file system (NFS) protocol, such as NFS V4. You can then define and start multiple instances of this queue manager on different machines, with one active instance and one standby instance. The active queue manager instance processes messages and accepts connections from applications and other queue managers. It holds a lock on the queue manager data to ensure that there is only one active instance of the queue manager. Th...

Setting up a test scenario in WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition - Middleware News IBM® WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition V7 (hereafter called WebSphere MQ FTE) delivers a reliable managed file transfer solution for moving files, regardless of their size, between IT systems without the need for programming. For a basic description of WebSphere MQ FTE, including its functions, processes, and associated tools, see Welcome to WebSphere MQ FTE in the WebSphere MQ FTE information center. For information about the basic topology of WebSphere MQ FTE, including the operation of the agent, agent queue manager, coordination queue manager, and command queue manager components, see WebSphere MQ FTE topology overview in the WebSphere MQ FTE information center, and Figure 1 below, from the information center: Figure 1. WebSphere MQ FTE topology overview Setting up the scenario There are many different WebSphere MQ FTE scenarios that can demonstrate its capabiliti...