Changes for this edition (SC34-6587-00)
The changes to this edition of WebSphere(R) MQ Intercommunication include:
- Information relevant only to unsupported versions of MQSeries(R) has been
removed. This includes MQSeries on the following platforms:
- OS/2(R) Warp
- AT&T GIS UNIX(R)
- Compaq OpenVMS VAX
- SINIX and DC/OSx
- For platforms which are not supported in WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 but are supported
in earlier versions of WebSphere MQ or MQSeries, information is included on how to
connect to those platforms from WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 but not on how to set up WebSphere MQ or MQSeries on those platforms. Refer to the earlier editions of this book
applicable to those versions of WebSphere MQ.
- Information on Distributed Queueing with CICS(R) has been removed,
as this is no longer supported.
- Clarification that if a server channel is triggered, it must have a CONNAME
specified
- Clarification of the KeepAlive Interval (KAINT) parameter
- Extension of the Disconnect Interval (DISCINT) parameter to SVRCONN channels
- Information on the UDP transport type has been removed, as UDP
is no longer supported.
- As the transport-retry exit applied only to UDP, information
on this has been removed.
- Changes to how channel definitions are held
- Support for multiple TCP/IP stacks
- Support for IPv6
- Additional detail about the conversion of message headers in channel message
exit programs
- A new section on channel exits on Linux(R)
- New parameters to support an enhanced clustering workload balancing
algorithm
- Information on new facilities for route tracing and activity reports
- Channel initiator parameters on z/OS(R) are now implemented as attributes of
the queue manager, not in the CSQXPARM module
- The message retry exit program is now available in z/OS
- Additional support for SSL in channel exits
- Support for data and header compression in channel exits
- The DCE security exits are withdrawn
- Alebra Brixton PU2.1 SNA server for Solaris (formerly Sunlink
SNA Peer-to-Peer support) is no longer supported.
- Removal of lists of changes for previous editions
- Miscellaneous editorial improvements, corrections, and clarifications