This course provides technical professionals with the skills that are needed to administer IBM MQ queue managers on distributed operating systems and in the Cloud. In addition to the instructor-led lectures, you participate in hands-on lab exercises that are designed to reinforce lecture content. The lab exercises use IBM MQ V9.0, giving you practical experience with tasks such as handling queue recovery, implementing security, and problem determination.
Course introduction
IBM MQ review
IBM MQ installation and deployment options
Creating a queue manager and queues
Exercise: Using commands to create a queue manager and queues
Introduction to IBM MQ Explorer
Exercise: Using IBM MQ Explorer to create queue managers and queues
Testing the IBM MQ implementation
Exercise: Using IBM MQ sample programs to test the configuration
Implementing distributed queuing
Exercise: Connecting queue managers
IBM MQ clients
Exercise: Connecting an IBM MQ client
Implementing trigger messages and monitors
Exercise: Implementing a trigger monitor
Diagnosing problems
Exercise: Running an IBM MQ trace
Implementing basic security in IBM MQ
Exercise: Controlling access to IBM MQ
Backing up and restoring IBM MQ messages and object definitions
Exercise: Using a media image to restore a queue
Exercise: Backing up and restoring IBM MQ object definitions
Introduction to queue manager clusters
Exercise: Implementing a basic cluster
Monitoring and configuring IBM MQ for performance
Exercise: Monitoring IBM MQ for performance
Course summary