Message flow porting considerations

If you have configured a message flow that runs on a broker on a distributed system, and you now want to deploy it to a broker that runs on z/OS, be aware of the following:

WebSphere MQ queue manager and queue names
There are restrictions on WebSphere MQ resource names on z/OS:
  • The queue manager name cannot be greater than four characters.
  • All queue names must be in uppercase. Although using quotation marks preserves the case, certain WebSphere MQ activities on z/OS cannot find the queue names being referenced.

For more information about configuring on z/OS, refer to the WebSphere MQ for z/OS Concepts and Planning Guide.

File system references
File system references must reflect a UNIX file path. If you deploy a message flow to z/OS that you have previously run on Windows, you might have to make changes. If you have previously deployed the message flow to a UNIX system (AIX, Linux, Solaris, or HP-UX), you do not have to make any changes.
Databases
If the message flow accesses one or more databases, it might be subject to some restrictions based on the system on which the database is defined. These restrictions are described in Database locations.
Related concepts
Message flows overview
Related tasks
Developing message flows
Accessing databases from message flows
Configuring coordinated message flows
Related reference
Supported databases
Built-in nodes
User database connections
Database locations