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Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:09 am Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
This being the last day of the month, I will rate the answers.
Sorry mqjeff does not get any points due to his vast seniority as his alter ego... Long live the grand high Poobah.
I would have to d ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:00 am Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
1) move all cluster queues hosted in A to qmgrs in B&C
2) reconnect all applications talking to A to qmgrs in B or C
3) remove all qmgrs in A from the cluster entirely
4) move the boxes.
5) re ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:57 am Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Thanks Akanksha.
The premise is a wee tiny bit different.
You start with 10 qmgrs originally (5 boxes).
you have moved one box in advance to C.
So you are left with 2 boxes to move at the same ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:46 am Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Can't believe that this is so far the only answer.
Nobody to propose different/additional steps or a different order?
Come on, share your past experiences in physically moving part of an MQ cluste ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:36 am Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Hindsight seems to always be 20/20...
What I am expecting from you guys is a step by step guide of how you would have gone about quiescing the 2 boxes in A and moving them to C.
(there are 2 qmgrs ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:05 pm Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
you physically moved machines, did IP addresses change too?
please describe the problems you encountered during your 'move'.
Due to the fact that we are not changing IPs and the the cluster spans bo ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:20 pm Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
OK Everybody. This is not a trick question nor is it an exam question... (If it is I am truly flattered as I never took the exam and have absolutely no idea to its content).
This ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:05 am Subject: Challenge Question - 07 / 2009 |
Hello;
After a couple months of absence, I am back with a challenge for you:
You have an MQ cluster present in 2 locations. A & B
You are going to physically move machines currently in lo ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 04 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 4:55 am Subject: Challenge Question - 04 / 2009 |
Well the month is over and thank you to everyone who's contributed.
There have been a number of good points made, but there must be a winner. After careful debate between the judges, I declare sumi ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 04 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:24 am Subject: Challenge Question - 04 / 2009 |
It's nearly the end of the month so if you've any comments to make, make them soon or miss out on your chance to win! |
Topic: Challenge Question - 04 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:51 am Subject: Challenge Question - 04 / 2009 |
An organisation uses a single WMQ cluster to link all it's applications. Messages are a mixture of datagrams and request/replies. There is no load balancing, with a single instance of any given applic ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:10 pm Subject: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
In summary, EVERY is a triggering option to be implemented with careful planning, caution, or extreme caution.
Thanks to those that contributed to this discussion. Thanks, as well, to those that v ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:50 pm Subject: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
kevin2349: from your post and others I've read here, it seems that managing demand for resources due to unanticipated workloads is something that z/OS does well and out-of-the-box.
How would you h ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:46 pm Subject: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
Regarding controlling resources:
Like other shops I've worked at, the tail wags the dog. Programmers slam new/updated apps in as they see fit. We are reactive. We try to anticipate peak load, ... |
Topic: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
Challenger
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Forum: Challenge Forum Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:11 am Subject: Challenge Question - 03 / 2009 |
My organization has a variety of platforms (Win, UNIX, z/OS, iSeries); various topologies (hub and spoke, point-to-point, cluster); and application models (request-reply, datagram, triggered and not-t ... |