Using WebSphere MQ server to integrate WebSphere MQ for z/OS queues into a bus

You use a WebSphere® MQ server to configure a direct (single bus) connection to a WebSphere MQ for z/OS® queue manager or queue sharing group. For WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1, this must be WebSphere MQ for z/OS Version 6 or later.

Before you begin

WebSphere Application Server can interoperate with WebSphere MQ in any of the following ways:
  • Using WebSphere MQ as an external JMS provider.
  • Using a WebSphere MQ link.
  • Using a WebSphere MQ server.
Each type of interoperation is designed for different situations, and provides different advantages. For information about the differences between these approaches, see Interoperating with a WebSphere MQ network.

You can configure WebSphere MQ server resources through the administrative console as described in this task, or you can configure WebSphere MQ server resources using the wsadmin tool.

About this task

To set up and use a WebSphere MQ server, you configure the server properties, add the server to a service integration bus as a bus member and create a WebSphere MQ queue-type destination. Destinations that are assigned to a WebSphere MQ server bus member can also be mediated.

You add the WebSphere MQ server as a bus member so that messaging engines on the bus can access queues on the target WebSphere MQ system. If your WebSphere MQ server is connected to a queue sharing group, your bus applications can access shared queues on the target installation.
Note:
  • You can configure a WebSphere MQ server to connect to a WebSphere MQ on z/OS queue manager using either a bindings mode or a client mode connection. To use client mode, you need an additional product called the Client Attach Facility.
  • You should configure the queues on the WebSphere MQ network as shareable. This allows multiple server instances to get messages from the queues.

To configure a WebSphere MQ server, complete the following broad steps:

Procedure

  1. Create a WebSphere MQ server definition and configure the server properties.
  2. Add the new WebSphere MQ server as a member of a service integration bus so that messaging engines on the bus can access queues on the target WebSphere MQ installation.
  3. Create a WebSphere MQ queue type destination for the new bus member and assign it to a WebSphere MQ queue.
  4. Optional: Mediate the new destination using the WebSphere MQ queue as the mediation point.



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