Sessions at WebSphere MQ Administration about WebSphere MQ on distributed platforms

Tuesday 5th June 2012

• The different hats of the WebSphere MQ Administrator: Basic platform skills and problem analysis

  by Rick Christian

  The role of the WebSphere MQ Administrator in today's ever-complex and evolving enterprise-wide environments requires different hats in order to successfully navigate messaging architectures. In this session, we will discus the various skills required by a WebSphere MQ Administrator based on the various operating system platforms. Come to this session and dive into the following skills necessary for every MQ Administrator:

  Unix
  z/OS
  IBM i
  Windows

  • WebSphere MQ
  • WebSphere MQ administration
  • WebSphere MQ on distributed platforms
  • WebSphere MQ on IBM i
  • WebSphere MQ on z/OS

  At 9:00am to 10:30am, Tuesday 5th June

Wednesday 6th June 2012

• WebSphere MQ v7.1 CHLAUTH records

  by T.Rob

  The introduction of CHLAUTH records makes WebSphere MQ v7.1 security both easier and more effective. This session will examine CHLAUTH records in detail to explain the different types and precedence rules and provide examples of how to apply them. Among the other benefits of CHLAUTH rules, it is now possible to secure WebSphere MQ clusters at the same level of granularity possible with point-to-point networks. The session will close with an example of fine-grained cluster security using CHLAUTH rules. Topics include:

  IP filtering
  User ID mapping
  Certificate mapping
  Role-based access control
  CHLAUTH precedence rules
  Fine-grained cluster security

  • WebSphere MQ
  • WebSphere MQ administration
  • WebSphere MQ on distributed platforms
  • WebSphere MQ security

  At 1:30pm to 3:00pm, Wednesday 6th June

• An introduction to HA clusters on distributed platforms

  by Rick Christian

  Regardless of the size or complexity of your IT infrastructure, the requirement for 24 x 7 access to your mission critical messages can mean the difference between a thriving business or going out of business. Examine your options for Highly Available (HA) messaging solutions for distributed architectures. Get an introduction to HA cluster concepts followed by an example of setting up an HA MQ cluster using the Microsoft Cluster Server. The discussion in this session will include:

  HA cluster vs. MQ cluster
  HA cluster components
  HA cluster topology
  HA MQ cluster with Microsoft Cluster Server

  • WebSphere MQ
  • WebSphere MQ administration
  • WebSphere MQ clustering
  • WebSphere MQ on distributed platforms

  At 3:15pm to 4:45pm, Wednesday 6th June