Introduction to z/OS Basics

Chapter 15: WebSphere MQ

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Chapter objectives
Be able to:
Explain why messaging and
queuing is used

Describe the asynchronous

flow of messages

Explain the function of a

queue manager

List three zSeries-related

adapters

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Key terms in this chapter

local queue

dead-letter queue

channel

QM

message-driven

remote queue

MQI

syncpoint

asynchronous application

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Synchronous communication model

B
MQI
MQI

MQI

MQI

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Asynchronous communication model

B
MQI
MQI

MQI

MQI

A
C

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Styles of Communication
Conversational

Program
A

Program
B

Program
A

Call and
return

Program
Program
A

Messaging

Program
A

Program
B

Program
C

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Messages
Types of messages:
Datagram
Request
Reply
Report

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Queue Manager
Program
DB2

Data

Queue
manager

Messages

Program

Program

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Message Queue Interface (MQI)

Major calls

Application

MQCONN
MQCONNX
MQOPEN
MQCLOSE
MQPUT
MQPUT1
MQGET

MQI

Queue manager

Process
object

Namelist
object

Minor calls

Queue
manager
object

MQBEGIN
MQCMIT
MQBACK
MQINQ
MQSET

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Message layout
Message = Headers + Application data

Headers

Set by application and

queue manager
Headers
MQMD
MQXQH
MQDLH
and so forth

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Application

Any sequence of bytes

Private to the sending and
receiving applications
Not meaningful to the
queue manager

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Queue types
System 1

Program A

MQPUT Q2

System 2

Program C

Program B

MQPUT Q1

MQGET Q1

MQGET Q2

MQI

Queue
manager

Queue
manager

QX

Q1

Q2
DLQ

Network - MCA

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Channels
Program 1

Program 2

get

put

get

MQI
Local Q2

Channel
QMB.QMA
Receiver

MQI
Local Q1

Remote Q1

QMA

put

Remote Q2

QMB

XmitQ
QMB

Channel
QMA.QMB
Sender

Channel
QMB.QMB
Receiver

XmitQ
QMA

Channel
QMB.QMA
Sender

Network

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Security
Local Queue Manager

MCA

MCA

MQMD

USERID

Application
Data

Remote Queue Manager

Database

Context

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Data Integrity

DB

Synchronous
model

Write
Send

Receive
Write
2-phasa

Syncpoint

DB

Syncpoint

commit
Unit of work

DB

Unit of work 1

Asynchronous
model

Write

Put
Syncpoint

Get

q
Unit of work 2

Write
Syncpoint

DB

Unit of work 3

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Travel agency example revisited

Car
MQPUT
MQPUT CAR RENTAL
MQPUT FLIGHT

Car rental

MQPUT HOTEL

Flight

MQPUT
Reply-to
queue

Flight
Hotel

MQPUT

MQGET Reply-to-queue

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Interfacing to WebSphere MQ
MQ is available on many platforms
On z/OS it has interfacing to:
CICS
IMS
Batch or TSO

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MQ functions
Common application programming interface (MQI)
Assured delivery: messages do not get lost and
they arrive only once

No synchronous access needed

Message driven application
Quicker development due to shielding of the
network

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Summary
Messaging and queuing enables communication between
applications on different platforms.

WebSphere MQ is an example of software that manages

messaging and queuing in the mainframe and other
environments.

With messaging, programs communicate by through

messages, rather than by calling each other directly.

With queuing, messages are retained on queues in

storage, so that programs can run independently of each

other (asynchronously).

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