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WA1145 WebSphere MQ Application Programming and Design for z/OS and CICS/TS Programmers Training and Courseware

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This five day intensive training session is aimed at the mainframe developer using theWebSphere MQ procedural MQI. It covers topics ranging from WebSphere MQ Concepts, Basic MQ administration, MQI programming as well as advanced topics that include JMS concepts, Point-to-Point design, Publish-Subscribe design and Messaging Architecture topics.

Topics
 
  •  
    • The WebSphere MQ Family
    • The Messaging model
    • MQI calls
    • MQ Administration
    • Distributed Queue Management
    • Designing Messaging applications
    • Preparing and writing MQSeries application programs
    • Basic MQI calls
    • Triggering
    • Message Properties
    • Data conversion
    • Coordination of units of work
    • Minor MQI calls
    • Message groups and Segmented Messages
    • Distribution Lists
    • MQ Security
    • JMS Programming concepts
    • Messaging Architecture topics
  • Part I - WebSphere MQ Introduction / Concepts Part II - WebSphere MQ Application Programming
Practical Work
  The labs include extensive hands-on MQ coding exercises as well as basic administration tasks in the CICS and z/OS environments.
What you will learn
 
  • WebSphere MQ Concepts
  • Entry level administration skills
  • Describe and use the MQI calls
  • Design and write procedural (COBOL) programs to use MQI calls in the CICS/TS and z/OS environment
  • Explain the differences in program design necessitated by the messaging and queuing paradigm
  • Understand, in detail, the different MQ functions
  • Explain the differences in MQI across the different WebSphere MQ platforms
Audience
  This course is designed for procedural developers responsible for integrating various systems using WebSphere MQ on the CICS and z/OS platform.
Prerequisites
 
  • CICS/TS and z/OS development experience
  • Programming experience using COBOL in the CICS and z/OS environment
Duration
  Five days.

Course Outline

Part 1 - WebSphere MQ Introduction / Concepts
1. The WebSphere MQ Family
 
  • WebSphere MQ
  • MQSeries Integrator
  • MQSeries Workflow
  • MQSeries Adapter
  • MQSeries Everywhere
2. The WebSphere MQ Architecture
 
  • Traditional application communications
  • Messaging architecture
  • A logical view of WebSphere MQ
  • MQ components
3. The WebSphere MQ API
 
  • MQI Calls
  • Completion Codes
4. WebSphere MQ Security
 
  • Access control
  • Channel security
  • Message level security
5. WebSphere MQ Administration
 
  • Create / administer queue managers
  • Run MQSC commands
6. Distributed Queue Management
 
  • Message Channels
  • Remote queues
  • Transmit queues
  • MQI Channels
  • Triggering
7. Messaging Architecture
 
  • The messaging paradigm
  • Point-to-point architecture
  • Publish and subscribe architecture
  • Hub and spoke architecture
  • Deployment considerations

Part 2 - WebSphere MQ Application Programming
1. Preparing and writing MQSeries application programs
 
  • Review sources of documentation
  • Set up for MVS,UNIX/AIX, AS/400, NT, OS/2, Windows
  • Review required libraries / access
  • Sample MQSeries programs
  • MQI data structures / constants
2. Basic MQI calls
 
  • MQCONN / MQCONNX
  • MQDISC
  • MQOPEN
  • Open options
  • Using predefined / dynamic queues
  • Dynamic Permanent, Dynamic Temporary
  • MQCLOSE
  • MQPUT / MQPUT1
  • MQGET
  • Wait with Interval options
  • Set Signal options
  • Browse options
3. Triggering
 
  • Set up and implementation
  • Trigger types
  • Trigger parameters
  • Programming considerations
4. Message Properties
 
  • Message Priorities
  • Message Types
    • Datagrams
    • Requests / Replies
    • Report Messages
  • Reply-to queues
  • Analyzing message header information
  • Setting up for Request / Reply protocol
  • Use of message ID and correlation ID
5. Data conversion
 
  • required fields in Message Descriptor
  • requesting data conversion
  • supported formats and conversion exits
6. Coordination of units of work
 
  • MQBEGIN
  • MQCMIT / MQBACK
  • Syncpoint / Recovery control
7. Minor MQI calls
 
  • MQINQ
  • MQSET
8. Message groups and Segmented Messages
 
  • Logical / Physical messages
  • MQPUT / MQGET options
  • Segmentation by applications
  • Segmentation by Queue Manager
9. Distribution Lists
 
  • MQOPEN set up
  • MQPUT set up
10. MQ Security
 
  • Access Control and audit
  • Message Context fields
  • Controlling context in MQ Application
  • Use of Alternate User IDs
11. JMS Programming with MQ
 
  • Environment
  • Messaging Models
  • Point-to-Point
  • Publish-Subscribe
  • JMS Provider
  • JMS Client
  • JMS Messages
  • Coding Examples
  • Message Driven Beans (MDB)
12. Architecture
 
  • Access Control and audit
  • Message Context fields
  • Controlling context in MQ Application
  • Use of Alternate User IDs
We regularly offer classes in these and other cities. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Calgary, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Montreal, New York City, Orlando, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC.
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