Smart Assist for WebSphere MQSeries

WebSphere® MQSeries® is middleware software for messaging and queuing network communication. You can use WebSphere MQSeries to increase the speed of distributed applications by simplifying application development and testing.

WebSphere MQSeries runs on various platforms. WebSphere MQSeries applications use a consistent application programming interface (API) across all platforms. With WebSphere MQSeries your applications can communicate with each other across a network of different components, such as processors, subsystems, operating systems, and communication protocols.

In PowerHA® SystemMirror® Version 7.2.4, or later, WebSphere MQSeries listeners that are associated with WebSphere MQ queue manager are discovered by Smart Assist for WebSphere MQSeries, and each WebSphere MQSeries listener is configured with an individual application monitor. Thus, high availability of each listener is managed by PowerHA SystemMirror. If a WebSphere MQSeries listener fails, the corresponding WebSphere MQSeries listener is restarted without disturbing the other WebSphere MQSeries listeners that are associated with the WebSphere MQ queue manager.

WebSphere MQSeries resource groups have the following resources:
  • Queue manager as an application controller and application monitor with the corresponding start and stop script.
  • Shared volume group.
  • Data file system and log file system that are created on the shared volume group.
  • Service IP label.
Note: In PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.4, or later, Smart Assist for WebSphere MQSeries supports configuration and monitoring of WebSphere MQSeries listeners. This feature support is not enabled through migration. To use this feature, you must first remove the Smart Assist application from PowerHA SystemMirror by using SMIT and configure the Smart Assist application again. For more information, see Removing an application and Configuring Smart Assist for WebSphere MQSeries.