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WebSphere Message Broker
This information center provides information for IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker Version 8.0.
The information contained here supports Version 8.0.0.7. This information center is integrated with the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit and with the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer. It is also available online. Always refer to the WebSphere Message Broker online information center to access the most current information.
Topics that have been added since the previous release of this information, and updated sections within topics, are highlighted with a start of change icon preceding the updated information and an end of change icon following the updated information, as shown in this paragraph.
If you are migrating components and resources from previous versions, see Migrating.
New users: how to find the information you want
The Contents pane on the left lists the categories of task information that are available; for example, Migrating and Developing applications. Each task category also contains explanations of the concepts related to those tasks, such as "Coexistence", "Message flows", and "Publish/subscribe".
The Start here category in the Contents pane contains topics that provide an introduction for new users to getting started, developing applications, broker administration, and troubleshooting tasks in WebSphere Message Broker. Each topic in the Start here category provides overview information and links to relevant topics in the information center. Read the Start here topics and follow the links to help you to navigate through the product documentation and find the information that you want. Alternatively, you can use the following instructions to help you find the information that you want.
Click the top-level topic that you are interested in. If it describes and lists information that covers your area of interest, expand the section to read the associated concepts that give an overview of what you need to understand to perform tasks in this area. Before you start, make sure that you are familiar with the concepts and terminology that are associated with the tasks.
The navigation tree in the Contents pane provides a framework in which you can start to understand the tasks and the context in which you will complete them. Follow the related links at the end of each task to find information about other related tasks. You can move backward and forward to revisit topics, and you can use the Refresh/Show Current Topic button if you have moved to a different area of the table of contents, and you want to check where you are.
Expand the Reference section to find reference information that is relevant to the task area that you are interested in. You can see that the sections within the Reference section largely correspond to the task categories. You will probably have to refer to one or more of these reference topics to complete any particular task.
For more information, see Task, concept, and reference topics. When you are more familiar with what information is available, and where to find it, try using the index and the search facility, which are described later in this topic.
Experienced users: how to find the information you want
If you are familiar with what information is available, and where to find it in this information center, you probably have a specific piece of information in mind. You can navigate through to the information in the Content pane, or you can take a more direct route to find specific information:
- Search
Enter your search string in the Search box, then click Go. If your string includes blanks, and you want the whole string treated as one string, enclose it in quotation marks; for example "search string". The search results are presented in the Search Results pane on the left, and you can switch between the Search Results pane and the Content pane, which contains the navigation tree, by clicking the tabs at the bottom of the pane.
You can limit your search to a particular area of the navigation tree, which can make a search much quicker and produce fewer results. To limit the search, click Search scope, then click the New button. Select the area or areas you want to include in your new scope and enter a name for the scope so that you can reuse it another time.
- Index
- Find the term that you want in the Index. If more than one
entry exists for the subject that you looked up, click the one that
is most appropriate for your current task.
Use the letter links at the top of the index to link to the sections that start with that letter; use the letter at the start of a section of index entries to link back to the top of the index.
If you are new to this version of WebSphere Message Broker, you might find some of the information in the Start here category in the Contents pane useful. The Start here topics include links to information about navigating the Information Center, using the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit, migration and coexistence, and troubleshooting WebSphere Message Broker.
Task, concept, and reference topics
The topics in this information center are divided into task, concept, and reference topics.
- Tasks and concepts
Task topics provide steps or actions that tell you how to complete the tasks to establish and maintain your broker environment.
Concept topics provide definitions and background information that help you to understand the product and the ways in which you can use it to solve your business problems. Check the Glossary for a definition of many of the terms introduced in these topics.
- WebSphere Message Broker overview
These topics provide a good introduction to the product and its facilities. Expand Product Overview to read about the product, and what is new in this release. You can also read about, and invoke, the Quick Tour, an online guided introduction to the product components and options. Access the samples that are supplied too, to understand more about how your applications can use the broker function.
- Configuring brokers for development environments
- Configuring brokers for test and production environments
- Administering brokers and broker resources
- Developing message flows
- Testing and debugging message flows
- Packaging and deploying
- Performance and monitoring
- Troubleshooting and support
- WebSphere Message Broker overview
- Reference information
Reference topics provide supporting information that help you to complete the tasks. For example, they provide lists of commands, and tables of options and parameters.
Printing topics
You can print
a single topic or a section of topics from this information center.
Select a topic in the table of contents, then click the printer icon . You can then choose to print just the selected topic, or
the selected topic and all its subtopics.
Feedback
Your feedback on this information center is welcome. For example, you can report errors, identify missing information, or suggest improvement. A feedback link is included at the end of every topic; click this link to display a feedback form for the topic that you are viewing. Your feedback is logged in a database and is forwarded to the author of the topic.
For general feedback on the information center, see Feedback. This topic also contains alternative contact details (postal address, fax number, and email address) that you can use to include attachments with your feedback.
Links to more information
For more information about how to use this information center, and where to find product information about the Web, see the information center home page. The information center home page includes links to the following information:
- Migrating from previous versions
- WebSphere MQ family readme files
- IBM Redbooks®
- Articles on developerWorks®
- SupportPac offerings