| Version 5.3 of the 32-bit
MQ Client running on HP-UX Itanium (ia64) processors was
previously shipped as an IBM product (SupportPac
MQC1). As of October 1st, 2007,
responsibility for the product has been transferred to Willow Technology to extend the life and support of this
product for those customers who need it. To purchase
either a license or support contract for MQ Client for HP-UX
(Itanium Edition), please contact Willow's
sales office.
This client implementation supports 32-bit execution
only and is not enabled for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) security .
A MQ client is part of the product that can
be installed on its own, on a separate machine from the base product and
server. You can run a MQ (MQSeries) application on a WebSphere
MQ client and it can interact, by means of a communications protocol,
with one or more MQ servers and connect to their queue
managers. The servers to which the client connects may or may not be
part of a cluster. MQ Family Platforms provides a list of
which platforms are supported as MQ Clients and/or Servers.
An application that you want to run in the WebSphere
MQ client environment must first be linked with the relevant client
library. When the application issues an MQI call, the MQ
client code directs the request to a queue manager, where it is
processed and from where a reply is sent back to the client. The link
between the application and the client code is established dynamically
at runtime.
The MQI is available to applications running on the
client platform; the queues and other MQ (MQSeries) objects
are held on a queue manager that you have installed on a server machine.
POSSIBLE USES Why use MQ clients? Using
MQ clients is an efficient way of implementing MQ
messaging and queuing. You can have an application that uses the MQI
running on one machine and the queue manager running on a different
machine, either physical or virtual. The benefits of doing this are:
-There is no need for a full MQ
implementation on the client machine. -Hardware requirements on the
client system are reduced. -System administration requirements are
reduced. -A MQ application, running on a client can connect to
multiple queue managers on different systems. -Alternative channels
using different transmission protocols may be used.
What applications run on a MQ client? The
full MQI is supported in the client environment and this enables almost
any MQ application to be relinked to run on a MQ
client. Link the application on the MQ client to the MQIC
library, rather than to the MQI library. The exceptions are an
application that needs syncpoint coordination with other resource
managers, and Get(signal) on z/OS.
Note: An application running on a MQ client
may connect to more than one queue Manager concurrently, or use a queue
manager name with an asterisk (*) on an MQCONN or MQCONNX call.
The application will have to be changed if you want to
link to the queue manager libraries instead of the client libraries, as
this function will not be available.
Prerequisites:
- HP-UX B.11.23 (aka 11i version 2.0)
- TCP/IP SNAplus2 R6.11.23.001
- HP C/ANSI C compiler C.05.50
- HP aC++ Compiler C.05.50
Third Party Software:
- MicroFocus COBOL (Server Express 2.2)
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