This three day course is intended for System Administrators who will be installing and tailoring WebSphere MQ V5.3 on the distributed platforms (Sun Solaris, Windows, UNIX, AIX, Linux, AS/400,…). Most of the course contents also apply to other platforms such as z/OS, Tandem and VSE. The students learn how to install WebSphere MQ, set up Queue Managers, define and manage Queues, Message Channels, Distributed Queuing, Clusters and learn the basic problem determination techniques. The course also helps to prepare for the IBM MQ Certification tests. It is using machine exercises specific to the Sun Solaris platform.

In addition to Sun Solaris the course and the machine exercises can be set up for the following platforms:
WA1415 WebSphere MQ V5 System Administration for AIX (pSeries)
WA1416 WebSphere MQ V5 System Administration for Windows (Windows 2003, 2000, XP, NT)
WA1417 WebSphere MQ V5 System Administration for AS/400 (iSeries)

• A review of WebSphere MQ concepts
• Installation and configuration – Sun Solaris considerations
• MQI calls
• Triggering setup
• Queue manager setup
• Distributed queue management
• Problem determination
• Transaction and recovery support
• WebSphere MQ client
• Security
• Queue manager clustering

• Plan the implementation of WebSphere MQ on Sun Solaris
• Install WebSphere MQ
• Perform simple customization and administration tasks
• Implement triggering
• Setup for Distributed queuing
• Setup for Clustering
• Implement WebSphere MQ Client access
• Implement basic restart and recovery procedures
• Perform basic problem determination
• Setup security for queues, data access and for administration using role-based security