IBM MQ Update BITUG BigSIG 2014 Gerry Reilly Development Director and CTO IBM Messaging and IoT Foundation IBM Hursley Lab, UK
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Statement of Direction IBM intends to introduce a new release of IBM MQ for the HP NonStop platform 1 that is based on IBM MQ V8. It is intended for this offering to be available for both the HP Integrity NonStop servers on Intel Itanium, and compatible also for the new HP NonStop platform on x86 architecture. It is planned for this offering to be designed to deliver the capabilities of the current IBM MQ V8 product, but with optimizations for the HP NonStop platform, and will work with other IBM MQ and WebSphere MQ offerings. 1 Formerly named IBM WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server Statements regarding IBM plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at the sole discretion of IBM. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at the discretion of IBM.
How has MQ evolved since V5.3?
WebSphere MQ V6 - Themes IBM announced WebSphere MQ V6 GA with the following enhancement themes, in announcement letters 205-094 (April 2005) GA June 24 2005 205-092 (April 2005) GA June 24 2005 205-266 (October 2005) GA October 31 2005 Improved Usability Simple File Transfer, Quick Tour New cross-platform configuration tooling Improvements to manageability Find out what the system is doing, and influence it Easier problem determination and problem avoidance Improved Availability Exploiting z/os services Extended performance, capacity and scalability Exploiting 64-bit address space Channel Data Compression Websphere MQ V6.0 S G D Z
WebSphere MQ Version 7 Central requirement was to improve JMS implementation More applications being written to use this API Underpins many SOA/ESB solutions needing access to messaging Leads to designs involving features such as Ease-of-use Performance But it also leads to enhancements for ALL applications Not just JMS users Extension of publish/subscribe capabilities Designed with Message Broker in mind Easier programming in any environment Some features suggested by JMS requirements are useful in MQI Administration model and APIs natural evolution of existing interfaces
WMQ V7.0.1 Content Summary New Feature Benefits Details Multi-Instance Queue Managers Automatic Client Reconnect Enhanced Governance Enhanced SSL Security Enhanced.NET support Increased 64-bit z/os exploitation Increases availability Does not require specialist skills Can help ease system maintenance Increases availability Simplifies programming Increases visibility of changes Enables SOA Governance Simplifies security certificate management Increases ease-of-use for.net developers Increased use of z/os system resources Provides constraint relief for virtual storage Enables automatic failover to a standby Queue Manager instance in the event of an incident or planned outage Provides Client-connected applications with automatic detection of failures and reconnects to alternative Queue Managers Emits events whenever configuration changes are made or commands are run Service Definition wizard generates WSDL describing MQ apps Supports certificate checks with Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) as well as to Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) Provides IBM Message Service Client for.net developers Supports use of WebSphere MQ as custom channel within Windows Communication Foundation Extends use of 64-bit storage by Queue Manager enabling more capacity such as number of open queues z/os Log Compression z/os Group Units of Work Publish/Subscribe Interfaces Increased use of z/os system resources Increased log performance & bandwidth Increased resilience Additional control of pub/sub behaviour Simplified integration for Message Broker Compresses message logs produced by persistent messages Enables Units of Work to be owned collectively by Queue Sharing Groups so that any Queue Manager in the group can process twophase transactions from clients Exit point to dynamically modify routing and content Tools to migrate pub/sub state from MB to MQ
WebSphere MQ V7.1: Feature Summary New Feature Benefits Details Multi-Version Install capability on Distributed platforms Enhanced Security Makes it easier to deploy and upgrade systems and stage version to version migration Simplified Configuration Enhanced Authorisation and Auditing Unix and Windows support for multiple versions of MQ V7.x (AND one copy of MQ V7.0.1) down to fixpack levels. Relocatable installation support. Applications can connect to any Qmgr IP address Authorisation capability Additional crypto algorithms More granular authorisation for non-local queues Application Activity Reports Cloud Support Simplifies and support Cloud deployments Additional HVE images Enhanced Clustering Multicast capability Improved scalability and availability on z/os Improved Performance on Dist platforms Improves ease-of-use New messaging QoS provides low latency with high fan-out capability Further exploitation of z196 Customer control over CF storage use CF Connectivity Loss improvements Improved multiprocessor exploitation Authorisation on Cluster Q rather than XMIT Q on Dist. Platforms Bind-on-Group Support MQ Pub/Sub Topic space can now map to multicast Group Addresses Provides direct interoperability with MQ LLM Code contention reduced to improve multi-processor linear scaling Use of MQ Datasets rather than DB2 significantly improves large message capability Structure rebuild capability for CF Connectivity Loss scenarios Various code improvements
WebSphere MQ V7.5: Feature Summary For Windows, Unix and Linux New Feature Benefits Details Integrated Installation Makes it easier to deploy systems Simpler licensing Combines several products into a single package Common experience Enhanced Clustering Java Application Identification AMS channel interception FTE Logger Options Improves ease-of-use Improves application isolation Makes it easier to distinguish applications Provides a level of message protection even when application environment cannot run AMS Can write FTE audit records to flat file Split Cluster Transmission Queue Applications no longer to all have the same name Interception in the SVRCONN still protects messages before hitting queues No longer a requirement for an enterprise database Easier to read data immediately
IBM MQ V8 delivering best in class enterprise messaging Platforms & Standards Security Scalability System z exploitation 64-bit for all platforms Userid authentication via OS & LDAP Multiplexed client performance 64-bit buffer pools in MQ for z/os means less paging, more performance Multiple Cluster Transmit Queue on all platforms User-based authorisation for Unix Queue manager vertical scaling Performance and capacity Support for JMS 2.0 AMS for IBM i & z/os Publish/Subscribe improvements Performance enhancements for IBM Information Replicator (QRep) Improved support for.net and WCF DNS Hostnames in CHLAUTH records Routed publish/subscribe Exploit zedc compression accelerator SHA-2 for z, i & NSS Multiple certificates per queue manager SMF and shared queue enhancements
What s coming on HP NonStop?
Port of MQ V8 to HP NonStop Delivery will (likely) be collaborative with business partner Available for sale from both IBM and Partner IBM will retain support relationship for our customers Based on MQ V8.0.0.2 base so will be current with other platforms Including unannounced improvements to management and user authentication Objective is to keep near currency for future releases Will support all major MQ V8 features Key NonStop customisations to expect TMF, RDF OSS multithreaded, OSS unthreaded and Guardian applications Status Running on HP Integrity NonStop I and HP Integrity NonStop X HA working Initial performance very promising
Possible areas of compromise These aspects may change as the design evolves. They are not definite restrictions but are areas where we are looking at compromises to ensure that the port is cost effective and can be delivered in a timely manner. HA Support HA may be provided by standard MIQM Active-Passive with fast failover Horizontal Scaling Load sharing across multiple QMs Single QM on one CPU However application can reside on any CPU No Non-Native Support
Support for V5.3.1 Current plan Standard Support At least 2Q2016 Extended Support At least 2Q2020 These dates will be extended to cover an appropriate overlap with the GA of the MQ V8 port. Dates will be confirmed when we have a release plan for the new version Standard support will be extended, probably for a minimum 2 years after GA of replacement Extended support will be no less than three years after the standard support ends
Possible future extensions would they matter to you? Managed File Transfer Advanced Message Security MQTT MQ Light
Beta Program Beta Program Registration https://www-304.ibm.com/software/support/trial/cst/forms/nomination.wss?id=6033 Drivers will be available for HP Integrity NonStop I and HP Integrity NonStop X Current expectation is that first driver will be delivered in January 2015
Gerry Reilly Development Director IBM Messaging IBM UK Ltd. Hursley Lab Winchester SO21 2JN, UK Mobile +44.1962.818964 greilly@uk.ibm.com