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rainbowmq
PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:18 pm    Post subject: MQ Clustering issue for a unique scenario Reply with quote

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Hi,
We have 4 local QMs (QM1, QM2, QM3 and QM4) that are all full repositories and part of our cluster CLUSTA . Our local QMs QM1 and QM2 have joined another cluster CLUSTB on remote QM5 . We have a local queue Queue1 on QM1 and QM2 that has joined CLUSTB so remote QM5 is visible to it. We now have a situation where we want messages that arrive on Queue1 (hosted on QM1 and QM2) that has joined CLUSTB to be routed to local queues on QM3 and QM4 that have joined our cluster CLUSTA. What is the best option ? We tried to create Queue1 as an alias queue with a TARGQ that is a remote queue to QM3 and QM4 but we got this error "MQRC_UNKNOWN_ALIAS_BASE_Q" . Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks.
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Vitor
PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:38 pm    Post subject: Re: MQ Clustering issue for a unique scenario Reply with quote

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rainbowmq wrote:
We have 4 local QMs (QM1, QM2, QM3 and QM4) that are all full repositories and part of our cluster CLUSTA


Why are all 4 FRs? Best practice is to have 2 FRs in a cluster, 3 at a stretch.

rainbowmq wrote:
Our local QMs QM1 and QM2 have joined another cluster CLUSTB on remote QM5 .


Clarify this. A cluster is not "on" one queue manger, nor should a cluster have only 1 FR.

rainbowmq wrote:
We have a local queue Queue1 on QM1 and QM2 that has joined CLUSTB so remote QM5 is visible to it. We now have a situation where we want messages that arrive on Queue1 (hosted on QM1 and QM2) that has joined CLUSTB to be routed to local queues on QM3 and QM4 that have joined our cluster CLUSTA. What is the best option ?


Which cluster or clusters is/are Queue1 in? Membership by the queue manager of a cluster doesn't imply what the queues are doing.

Also, this isn't a unique scenario. You're setting up overlapping clusters, which are a PITA and have been discussed in this forum & other areas.

Mr Google can help you with this.
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rainbowmq
PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Each of the 4 QMs were setup over a period of time and on different Z/OS LPARs and so they are all Full Repositories. CLUSTA is on all 4 QMs and we have several partners join our cluster. In this scenario, we have joined the partners (QM5) cluster CLUSTB from 2 of the QMs ( QM1 and QM2 ) and Queue1 is part of that cluster. We just want the messages we receive in Queue1 from QM5 to be routed to input queues on our cluster CLUSTA. As you said, it is an overlapping cluster situation and need some guidance to resolve the conflict.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If you do something like the following on QM1/QM2:

DEFINE QA(Queue1) CLUSTER(CLUSTB) TARGET(Queue2) DEFBIND(NOTFIXED) CLWLRANK(0)

and something like the following on QM3/QM4:

DEFINE QL(Queue2) CLUSTER(CLUSTA) CLWLRANK(5)

that should work. If you have DEFBIND(OPEN) on your QA definition, I think you do get the error that you mentioned. Also, you will want the CLWLRANK on your QA to be lower than the CLWLRANK on the QL defintion for Queue2, otherwise you could get messages bouncing between QM1 <-> QM2 if QM3/QM4 were not available.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Thanks ! We will try this and let you know if we encounter any issues
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