Support for the IBM MQ Operator

Supported platforms

Supported CPU architectures

Duration of support

IBM provides defect and usage support for the IBM MQ Operator and the associated queue manager images. The duration of support depends on which license you use:

• If you use an IBM Cloud Pak for Integration license, then the IBM MQ Operator is supported for the same duration as the corresponding IBM Cloud Pak for Integration version. Some versions are IBM Cloud Pak for Integration - Support Cycle 2 (formerly Long Term Support) and others are  Continuous Delivery (CD).  The CD operator and queue managers are supported until next  IBM Cloud Pak for Integration  CD or  CP4I-LTS release.  The CP4I-LTS operator and queue managers deployed with the IBM Cloud Pak for Integration license are supported until the next  CP4I-LTS release, plus a grace period to allow for upgrade.

  For example, if you create a queue manager using the IBM Cloud Pak for Integration license “L-JTPV-KYG8TF”, that is associated with a CP4I-LTS release. That will deploy IBM MQ Advanced 9.4.0, and will be supported in line with that IBM Cloud Pak for Integration version (two years).

• If you use an IBM MQ Advanced or an IBM MQ license, only the IBM MQ Continuous Delivery stream is supported.  Each  IBM MQ Operator and queue manager deployed with an IBM MQ Advanced or IBM MQ license is supported for one year from the first operator which supports that queue manager version. Releases pro-actively receive security fixes until the next Continuous Delivery release. For example, if you create a queue manager using the IBM MQ Advanced license “L-EHXT-MQCRN9”, it will be using IBM MQ Advanced 9.4.0 as a Continuous Delivery release, and will be supported for one year, and security fixes will be published until the release of IBM MQ 9.4.1. After the release of version 9.4.1, on request IBM will assess the feasibility of making reasonable efforts to provide a fix on the previous CD release level

Fix availability

Unavailable features

• Replicated Data Queue Managers (RDQM) are not available - this feature is tightly coupled with the Linux kernel, so it not supported in containers
• Linear logging for queue managers is not available
• Specifying custom command line options for crtmqdir, crtmqm, strmqm and endmqm are not available — Most options can be configured using an INI file, however some cannot be configured, such as the use of linear logging.
• Operating system (OS) users are not available
• AMQP is not installed
• MQTT is not installed
• Managed File Transfer agent is not available. However, you can use the IBM MQ Operator to provide one or more Coordination, Command, or Agent queue managers.
• Advanced Message Security with MCA interception using a separate key store is not available. MCA interception can still be configured to use the main queue manager key store.