MQSeries Top Ten Problems

• Introduction
  • Trademarks
  • MQSeries Level 2 Support
  • MQSeries Technical Direction
  • Contact Information

1. What information does Level 2 normally need?
   • Error Message Locations
   • Error Message Locations [Continued]
   • FFST Information
   • Sample FFST
   • Sample FFST [Continued]
   • Problem Description
   • Problem Description [Continued]
   • Software Levels
2. My CICS MQ assembler program fails in CSQCTRUE. What's wrong?
   • Default values
   • Overriding defaults
   • Consequences
3. I've started a system migration. MQ programs fail with Reason Code 2110. Why?
   • The old setup
   • Why it worked
   • Why it fails now
   • How to correct the problem
4. What are the MQSeries processes for UNIX?
   • For AS/400?
   • For Windows NT?
   • For OS/2?
5. I'm migrating my AS/400 to a new release. Any suggestions in regard to MQSeries?
   • Apply PTFs to fix quiesce
   • Quiesce MQSeries
   • Call Level 2 for latest information
   • Review install documentation in the appendix to this presentation
6. What MQSeries Version 2 fixes are available for the PC products?
   • Downloading CSD fixpacks
7. How do I keep TCP/IP receiver channels from hanging when the link suddenly fails?
   • TCP/IP KeepAlive Description
   • KeepAlive on AS/400
   • KeepAlive on OS/2
   • KeepAlive on Windows NT
   • KeepAlive on UNIX
   • KeepAlive on MVS
8. MQSeries Program Directory
   • Directory error
   • Directory error [continued]
   • Directory correction
9. After applying TCP/IP PTFs, my MQSeries channel initiator abends. What's wrong?
   • Problem prerequisites
   • Corrective action
10. What things do I need to watch for when using the ISPF panels for MQSeries on MVS?

• Miscellaneous Notes: Using the Internet to provide documentation
  • Using the primary site
  • Primary site [continued]
  • Using the secondary site
  • Secondary site [contiued]
• Appendix: AS/400 MQSeries Installation
  • Installation types
  • Upgrade types
  • Upgrade classes
    • Code only upgrade
    • Code, definitions, and messages upgrade
    • Code and messages upgrade
    • Code and messages upgrade: Method A
    • Code and messages upgrade: Method B
  • Steps 1-3: Installation for Source Machine
    • Step 3: Quiesce Summary
    • Step 4: Backups
    • Steps 5-6: Upgrade
    • Step 7: Reinstall MQSeries/400
    • Steps 8-9: Apply PTFs...
    • Steps 10-12: Restart MQSeries...
    • Steps 13-14: Verify the administrator utility...
  • Step 15: Installation on New or Updated Machine
    • Step 16: Backup libraries
    • Step 17: Delete MQSeries journals and journal receivers
    • Step 17: Delete MQSeries journals and journal receivers [continued]
    • Step 18: Delete objects from QMQMDATA
    • Step 19: Restore QMQMDATA objects from old machine
    • Step 20: Restore MQSeries local journal from old machine
    • Step 21: Reinstall required MQSeries version
    • Step 21: Reinstall required MQSeries version [continued]
    • Step 22: Apply PTFs recommended in RETAIN
    • Steps 23-24: Tidy QMQMDATA cache...
    • Step 25: Check for attached receivers...
    • Step 25: Check for attached receivers... [continued]
    • Step 26: Verify user access to MQSeries libraries
    • Steps 27-28: Start MQSeries and refresh default object attributes
    • Step 29: Verify retention of Queue Manager and its objects
    • Step 30: Verify that the administrator utility runs
    • Step 31: Use DSPOBJAUT and DSPMQMAUT to review MQSeries object authorizations
• Selections from previous SHARE presentations
  • How does MQSeries triggering work?
    • Trigger monitor
    • Put to remote queue
    • Resolution to tramsmission queue
    • Trigger message put on initiation queue
    • Channel initiator handles trigger message
    • Channel initiator gets channel name
    • Channel initiator issues START CHANNEL
    • Channel MQGETs message and delivers
  • MQSeries job logs refer to C/370 libraries. What are the equivalent LE/370 libraries?