Large Messages and # of Buffers - z/OS

We have large messages ranging from 1-100Meg. I think my number of buffers is too low. What does anyone suggest for # of buffers, especially for a 100Meg message? Also, do you recommend increasing the region size if I substantially increase the number of buffers? If so, best guess on how much?

Encryption Tools

Anyone know of and/or have have experience with an off-the-shelf encryption package? If have one, experiences to share? Thank you. Carol Criscione State of Washington, DIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.902.3051 Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General

WMQ V5.3.1 and Encryption

We run under Z/OS V1.4 and use Websphere MQ V5.3.1. Does anyone have knowledge/experience with an off-the-shelf product to encrypt channel and queue data? Thank you. Carol Criscione State of Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managing your mailing list subsc

WMQ V5.3.1 and CICS TS V2.3

We are installing CICS TS V2.3 under z/OS V1.4. We intermittently get corruption of an LPAR containing the CICS region upgraded to TS V2.3 to the point it must be IPL'd. Websphere MQ V5.3.1 is also in the LPAR and may be involved. Has anyone experienced a problem with TS V2.3 and MQSV531? Do yo

WMQ V5.3.1 and Xpediter

We are running WebSphere MQ V5.3.1 under z/OS 1.4. We are testing Compuware's Xpediter/CICS V7.6, the WMQ Queue viewing and editing function. During testing we displayed queues and pressed PF3 to end without changing anything. Things were so 'messed up' we had to IPL the LPAR...Unfortunately, we

z/OS V1.4 CICS TS V2.2 WMQ V5.3.1

Can I secure s/390-based clusters from unauthorized access other than writing exits...? If so, how? Thank you in advance. Carol Criscione [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com A

Shared vs non-shared/private queues

Environment: WMQ V5.3.1 and z/OS V1.4 Websphere MQ in a z/OS Parallel Sysplex Environment Redbook, page 107. I need some clarification-are non-shared and private queues the same? Is a non-shared/private queue = cluster queue? Can a non-shared/private queue handle messages >63KB? Thank you in ad

z/OS -- Encryption

We are on WMQ V5.3.1. I have not found that WMQ for z/OS includes encryption. Does it? If not, does anyone have product(s) they are using for encryption? Thank you. Carol Criscione DIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.902.3051 Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the L

z/OS - WMQ CLUSTERs and CICSPLEX

I want WMQ Clusters and CICSPLEX AORs to communicate with each other across LPARs. WMQ Data Sharing is projected to be implemented after the Clusters function satisfactorily. I know INITPARM=(CSQCPARM='SN=Mxxx,TN=001,IQ=.CICxx.INITQ') is currently needed in SYSIN to associate a CICS region (M

Multiple Implementation - s/390

We have multiple LPARs and are going to CICSPLEX, Clustering, and Shared Queues. Do they have to be implemented at the same time in any given LPAR? Thank you. Carol Criscione [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users G

Replacement for Candle Corporation's PQEDIT product

I am looking for a WMQ resource management product which will dynamically add, update, delete WMQ-resource objects including queues and channels in non-Cluster and Cluster environments. It also needs to be able to display the state of a channel and deactivate/activate it. The ability to manipulat

Operating System for Cluster Management Tools?

We are mainframe running under z/OS. I am interested in what operating system(s) the PC-hosted WMQ cluster management tools run under, e.g. NT, Windows...? Thank you. Carol Criscione CICS Technical Services State of Washington, DIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managing your mailing list su

RedBook

Does anyone know the URL(s) for a Red Book on Websphere MQ V5.3.1 Clustering (z/OS)? Thank you. Carol Criscione CICS Technical Services State of Washington, DIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at

Re: Authentication on TCPIP Channels

KK wrote: We are using WMQ 5.3 for z/OS. Some one told us that SSL on WMQ 5.3 is not recommended. I am sure whether it is true. Any comment on this?.." Does anyone know if this is true and if so, what is the problem? Thank you. Carol Criscione CICS Technical Services State of Washington, DIS

Address Info Request

Does anyone have the address of the people taping the sessions at the Transaction and Messaging Technical Conference held in Las Vegas, Feb. 10-14? I lost my order form. Thank you. Carol Criscione CICS/MQSeries Technical Support State of Washington, DIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managin

S/390 MQS V2.1 to V5.3

We are currently running MQS V2.1 on a S/390 using z/OS V1.2 (soon to be V1.4). I plan to go from MQS V2.1 to Websphere MQ V5.3. Anyone have any experiences doing that? Am interested in ideas about the best way to complete the task. Thank you. Carol Criscione CICS/MQSeries Technical Support Sta

Re: Log Data

I forgot to mention that we are currently on MQS V2.1. Is there anything comparable to MO12 for V2.1? So far, I have only found Support Packs for Websphere MQSeries...By the way, thanks for the info! Carol Criscione ITSS, CICS/MQSeries Technical Services Computer Services Division Department of

Log Data

One of our MQSeries subsystems runs under z/OS. I want to dump a log for our auditors. Is it possible to do that? How would it be done? Can it be in English? Thank you. Carol Criscione ITSS, CICS/MQSeries Technical Services Computer Services Division Department of Information Services State o

PQEDIT

Anyone have any knowledge/experience using it with CICS TS V2.2? Thank you. Carol Criscione ITSS, CICS/MQSeries Technical Services Computer Services Division Department of Information Services State of Washington (360) 902-3051 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managing your mailing list

Time and MQSeries

We are on MQSeries V2.1. Does anyone have any experience/knowledge with MQS going 'backward' when daylight savings/standard time is involved? Thank you. Carol Criscione ITSS, CICS/MQSeries Technical Services Computer Services Division Department of Information Services State of Washington (360)

Re: accessing mq from Natural

This may help http://www-3.ibm.com/software/ts/mqseries/txppacs/md07.html Carol Criscione ITSS, CICS/MQSeries Technical Services Computer Services Division Department of Information Services State of Washington %(360) 902-3051 *:(36