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| fswarbrick |
 Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:21 pm Post subject: Sender/receiver channels on the same queue manager |
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I know this will initially sound "pointless", but I am wondering if its possible to have both the sender and receiver side of this setup on the same queue manager. I am a developer, but I also have some "system" access to our development MQ manager. I want to try a few things out, but I have access only to the one queue manager. I tried to set up both a sender and receiver with the same name on the same queue manager, but the second one was not allowed because of the same name. I don't see any way to set up this pairing without using the same name. Is this simply not possible (because in general it would not make sense to have this setup)?
This is for MQ 9 on z/OS, if that makes any difference. |
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| PaulClarke |
| Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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As you say the Channels names at both end of the channel must match so it is not possible define both a SENDER and a RECEIVER on the same Queue Manager with the same name.
I suspect you would also have problems routing messages from QM1 to QM1 down a channel - the Queue Manager would try and go local.
If you want to 'try a few things out' then I would advise using a 'typical' configuration anyway. Even if you could get this single Queue Manager option to work it wouldn't represent the real world.
Why not just create a few test Queue Managers on your laptop ? It may not be exactly like z/OS but close enough for most purposes unless you want to play with shared queue.
Regards,
Paul.
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| tczielke |
| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Also, do you have any sandbox queue managers on your z/OS platform? When I started working with our MQ mainframe environment, we only had one queue manager per LPAR and they were all supporting either a critical Test or Prod lifecycle. I worked on an exercise to set up two z/OS sandbox queue managers, and it has been helpful ever since to have this type of environment. Maybe your MQ sysprog would be willing to set up a few sandbox mainframe queue managers, if you don't have that sandbox lifecycle on your mainframe.
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| fswarbrick |
| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Paul: Hadn't thought of using my own personal computer. (We aren't allowed to install on to our workstation, and I imagine there'd be a lot of paperwork to get those who can to do so). I may try this (I'm assuming there's a trial or free version of MQ?)
tczielke: We do have a "sandbox" LPAR, but only Sysprogs have access to it. I could ask for access, but again paperwork and other bureaucracy... I think I'll try Paul's suggestion first.
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| hughson |
| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| fswarbrick wrote: |
| I'm assuming there's a trial or free version of MQ? |
Yes indeed there is 
Look here for a download of MQ Advanced for Developers
Cheers,
Morag
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| exerk |
| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| fswarbrick wrote: |
| ...(We aren't allowed to install on to our workstation, and I imagine there'd be a lot of paperwork to get those who can to do so)... |
Ask your powers-that-be for VMWare Workstation or VMWare Workstation Player - I've found that to be more acceptable to some client installations than allowing desktop installs of 'non-standard' software.
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