Course description: IBM WebSphere MQ V7 System Administration (using Windows for labs) (Remote)

An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click IBM WebSphere MQ V7.1 System Administration (using Windows for labs) (Remote) (VM204). Please note this option does not require any travel.

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. Students can run the lab exercises on Windows or AIX.

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

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• System Administrator skills roadmap for WebSphere MQ V7

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IBM Education Advantage Program eligibility:

• Yes - IBM Education Pack - Online Account

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This basic-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.

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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) or (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.

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• 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

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• 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)

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