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lyntongrice
PostPosted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:35 am    Post subject: MQClient with MQBACK / MQCMIT over distributed system Reply with quote

Acolyte

Joined: 26 Sep 2010
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Hi there,

Currently I have an application written in C running on the SAME server as Websphere MQ. I do NOT need to support XA transactions, all I need to do is ensure that I can rollback / commit messages with the queue manager.

Now I would like to move my application to ANOTHER server and use the MQ Client lib instead of the MQ server lib .....BUT still have the same solid MQBACK etc over the geographically distributed solution

Question is, is the only real advantage having an application running on the SAME server as the MQ queue manager that I can use XA transactions with DB2 etc?

Can I have reliable rollback / commits if my MQ client application is running in say Brazil and the queue manager is in Spain? I am assuming so......but just wanted to double check with the guru's to make 100% sure....

Thanks for the help

Lynton
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fjb_saper
PostPosted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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You are going to be subject to the aleas of communications
Do you consider the transaction committed if it committed on the qmgr but the communication broke before the client got notified ?
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gbaddeley
PostPosted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jedi Knight

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Moving from local server binding to remote client will have the same functionality for MQCMIT / MQBACK.

Client introduces additional points of failure and uncertainty. The main concern is that the TCP session could fail due to a network issue during a call to MQCMIT or MQBACK. The call will return to the client app with MQRC_CONNECTION_BROKEN and there is no easy way to determine if the syncpoint actually committed or not. Are you willing to accept this risk? The client app may run for years without ever experiencing this scenario.

The same caveat applies to server binding, but the window is orders of magnitude smaller.
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lyntongrice
PostPosted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Acolyte

Joined: 26 Sep 2010
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Hi there,

Many thanks for the information, much appreciated

I have just learned than my app will be running in a VM on the SAME physical machine as MQ.....so the possibility of the network getting broken will also be pretty small......at least I hope so

Thanks again

Lynton
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