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abiram8
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:08 am    Post subject: Common Repository in MQ-Clustering Reply with quote

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Platform : NT and Solaris Only (with MQJava).
1) We have a critical requirment from the Client Of having a common repository where you have all Queues is created in a repository.

And "N" Queue Manager can acess the Same repository (same Queue).ie.,

If one Queue Manager is down other Queue Manager should able to process the message from the Common Repository (Queue).

Is it possible through the MQ Clustering (Full or Partial or any other way ).

2) If Yes can the another Queue Manager can be automatically started from the state where the First QueueManager left out its Transaction or any communication.

Will MQ Clustering will help me to achive
1) or 2) or both.

If not (any other solution ) Which can resolve my problem ???
If Solution is Hardware or some sort of Software Clustering .Then Why I should go for MQClustering

I have termed MQ Clustering same as Database Clustering but I donot know how much they are similar

Looking for your Valuable Inputs

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Abiram
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Michael Dag
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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1) We have a critical requirment from the Client Of having a common repository where you have all Queues is created in a repository.


Did the Client actually say this? or is this your interpretation of what the client wants?

Now onto your question:

MQ Clustering is NOT for high availability or failover. It can be used to load balance traffic over multiple systems and it's main use is to 'simplify' administration.

If you want to achieve 2) start from state where the other failed, so no messages are stuck you need to look at the supportpacs for MSCS and Veritas (as you mention Solaris). If you use Sun Cluster 3.x you can NOT use the supportpacs but have to buy the MQ Agents from SUN...

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abiram8
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi MichaelDag,

Thanks for your Input.

Let me try to explain the scenorio.

We have MQ queues created in 2 different windows box(acting as skeleton) which will get the messages from MQ (hubs).We have back end application which will connect to the MQ queues and get the messages.
We would like to implement failover in the windows box.If windows box1 crashes then we should access the same message from MQ queues in windows box2.Is there any way to achieve this using MQ cluster,please let us know.

Thanks in advance,
Abiram.
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abiram8
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi MichaelDag,

Thanks for your Input.

Let me try to explain the scenorio.

We have MQ queues created in 2 different windows box(acting as skeleton) which will get the messages from MQ (hubs).We have back end application which will connect to the MQ queues and get the messages.
We would like to implement failover in the windows box.If windows box1 crashes then we should access the same message from MQ queues in windows box2.Is there any way to achieve this using MQ cluster,please let us know.

Thanks in advance,
Abiram.
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Michael Dag
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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This is not something that can be achieved using MQ Clustering.

For takeover/failover on Windows look at:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/integration/support/supportpacs/individual/mc74.html

be quick as aparently it goes out of support on december 31st, 2003 ...

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jefflowrey
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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MichaelDag wrote:

For takeover/failover on Windows look at:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/integration/support/supportpacs/individual/mc74.html

be quick as aparently it goes out of support on december 31st, 2003 ...


The support for MSCS is included with the base 5.3, so it is not needed as a support pack anymore.
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Michael Dag
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Thanks!

I already wondered why the supportpac is going to be withdrawn... a simple reference saying: "this is now supported in the base product" would be nice...

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abiram8
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi,

Does this mean that MQ5.3 has a inbuilt support for this thats why they have eliminating .

If no is there any other way to get the proper support pack


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Michael Dag
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The answer is: Yes

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abiram8
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi,

Thanks for your Inputs I have got good and valid points which talks about diffrence in MQCluster and MSCS Cluster.

Hope this will be help for readers as the word Clustering in MQSeries is very misleading.

WebSphere MQ clusters
are groups or two or more queue managers on one or more computers,
providing automatic interconnection, and allowing queues to be shared
amongst them for load balancing and redundancy.

MSCS clusters
are groups of two or more computers, connected together and configured
in such a way that, if one fails, MSCS performs a failover, transferring the
state data of applications from the failing computer to another computer in
the cluster and reinitiating their operation there.

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EddieA
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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WebSphere MQ clusters are groups or two or more queue managers on one or more computers, providing automatic interconnection, and allowing queues to be shared amongst them for load balancing and redundancy.

Not quite. Do NOT think of the Queues as shared. MQ provides load balancing across Queue Managers when PUTting messages. BUT, once the message has been delivered to a particular destination Queue, only an application that connects to THAT Queue Manager can GET the message.

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abiram8
PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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"and allowing queues to be shared amongst them for load balancing and redundancy"

Hi ,

Thanks for your Inputs

Here I mean only for Load balancing ie . Load Balancing the Terms is for put only.

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