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krypton
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:05 am    Post subject: Creating copies of messages from a Queue Reply with quote

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Hi , we have a requirement, where we need to pick message from Queue A and create copies in Queue B and Queue C and delete the original message from Queue A.
Also, we want exclusive input on Queue A so that no other application listeners can pick messages from that Queue.

Is there a way to do it with any existing utility?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:15 am    Post subject: Re: Creating copies of messages from a Queue Reply with quote

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krypton wrote:
Is there a way to do it with any existing utility?


Save advice as always - use pub/sub to replace queue A and just deliver the message to queue B & C
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi Vitor,
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Save advice as always - use pub/sub to replace queue A and just deliver the message to queue B & C


Thank you for replying, our putting application in Queue A is a 3rd party vendor application who are not willing to change without costing us a fortune.
So, we are looking for some in house solutions, like Q program and dmpmqmsg does that but they copy from Queue A to Queue B or C, not to both at one time.

Or are you aware of a way, where we can put exclusive hold on Queue A so that message from Queue A is only picked by dmpmqmsg utility.
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krypton wrote:
Hi Vitor,
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Save advice as always - use pub/sub to replace queue A and just deliver the message to queue B & C


Thank you for replying, our putting application in Queue A is a 3rd party vendor application who are not willing to change without costing us a fortune.


I get that. There was a post recently where someone had a similar problem which might be informative, but my basic point is that your 3rd party doesn't know what they're putting to so as long as they can do a put to an object with the same name as queue A they're happy.

krypton wrote:
So, we are looking for some in house solutions, like Q program and dmpmqmsg does that but they copy from Queue A to Queue B or C, not to both at one time.


I know some vendors have shrink wrap solutions that can do this (one of them is a sponsor of this forum) so maybe ReQuest would suit.

krypton wrote:
Or are you aware of a way, where we can put exclusive hold on Queue A so that message from Queue A is only picked by dmpmqmsg utility.


You could set up a queue with NOSHARE so that it can only be opened by one application at a time, then set security so only the user running dmpmqmsg has get authority.

If someone accidentally or maliciously opened the queue using the mqm user (i.e. through the explorer) you'd be screwed.
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krypton wrote:
Or are you aware of a way, where we can put exclusive hold on Queue A so that message from Queue A is only picked by dmpmqmsg utility.


You could set up a queue with NOSHARE so that it can only be opened by one application at a time, then set security so only the user running dmpmqmsg has get authority.

Thank you for replying again but I made a mistake specifying the requirement.
we want "dmpmqmsg" or any other utility to browse and make a copy of the message 1st (from Queue A), so that other application who is listening to Queue A consumer thereafter. We don't want that other application to consumer the message before the utility "dmpmqmsg" gets a chance.
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Hi Vitor,
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I get that. There was a post recently where someone had a similar problem which might be informative, but my basic point is that your 3rd party doesn't know what they're putting to so as long as they can do a put to an object with the same name as queue A they're happy.


Regarding this, does the Pub Sub completely handled by MQ? and no changes required at application side of any kind?
Suppose if Sending application, put into Queue -A , can the pub sub mechanism deliver it to Subscriber Queue B and Subscriber Queue C and application doesn't have to make any changes?
Or is there any changes required on the consuming application?
So our scenario here is currently a 3rd party application put to Queue A and the in-house application get it from Queue A.

New Requirement 3rd party application continue to put into Queue A with no changes whatsoever and a copy of consuming application(new requirement) "GET()" from Queue B and Queue C
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Did you look at MQ Message Replication? It clones the message data and MQMD (including MsgId, PutDate, PutTime, etc.) when putting to the target queue(s).

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Found a article on another page mentioning how it can be done using Pub/Sub.
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krypton wrote:
Found a article on another page mentioning how it can be done using Pub/Sub.

What other page?
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krypton wrote:
So, we are looking for some in house solutions, like Q program does that but it copies from Queue A to Queue B or C, not to both at one time.

Q program can copy to a list of queues. Just repeat the parameter.

QLOAD can also do this, use -o flag repeatedly.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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RogerLacroix wrote:
Did you look at MQ Message Replication? It clones the message data and MQMD (including MsgId, PutDate, PutTime, etc.) when putting to the target queue(s).


I ruled out this kind of solution on the assumption that "no changes to the putting application" probably included installing an exit.
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krypton wrote:
we want "dmpmqmsg" or any other utility to browse and make a copy of the message 1st (from Queue A), so that other application who is listening to Queue A consumer thereafter. We don't want that other application to consumer the message before the utility "dmpmqmsg" gets a chance.


This is impossible.

The 2 applications will be in a race to any given message. Even if dspmqmsg wins, browses and locks a message while it's copying it, the next application will just skip it and retrieve the next available message, which will in all probability be one that's not been browsed and copied yet.

Pub/sub is the answer.
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krypton wrote:
Regarding this, does the Pub Sub completely handled by MQ? and no changes required at application side of any kind?


Yes.

krypton wrote:
Suppose if Sending application, put into Queue -A , can the pub sub mechanism deliver it to Subscriber Queue B and Subscriber Queue C and application doesn't have to make any changes?


Yes

krypton wrote:
Or is there any changes required on the consuming application?


No
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Vitor wrote:
RogerLacroix wrote:
Did you look at MQ Message Replication? It clones the message data and MQMD (including MsgId, PutDate, PutTime, etc.) when putting to the target queue(s).


I ruled out this kind of solution on the assumption that "no changes to the putting application" probably included installing an exit.

I guess I should have added a description of MQ Message Replication (MQMR). MQMR does not require application changes. It is installed where your queue manager runs and is completely invisible to the putting application (and to the getting application too).

A customer who was building their own solution decided to try out MQMR and this is part of the email they sent me yesterday:
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I completed testing out the MQMR product, It work well and the performance is great. It added insignificant overhead to non-replicated queues and was very efficient handing replication. Much better than the method we are using today. I have asked management to approve.


So, if your requirements are to have both the message data and MQMD cloned exactly then you should have a serious look at MQMR.

We offer a free 60-day trial for unlimited queue managers which includes free support. Absolutely no strings attached.

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RogerLacroix wrote:
I guess I should have added a description of MQ Message Replication (MQMR). MQMR does not require application changes. It is installed where your queue manager runs and is completely invisible to the putting application (and to the getting application too).


I stand entirely corrected.

@exerk, you finished that floor yet......?
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