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IBM MQ for z/OS Value Unit Edition (VUE)

IBM® MQ for z/OS® Value Unit Edition (VUE) provides all the function and capability of the base IBM MQ for z/OS, in a format that offers a one-time-charge (OTC) price metric.

The OTC price metric provides an alternative pricing model for IBM MQ for z/OS workloads.

IBM MQ for z/OS VUE can connect to other supported versions of IBM MQ for z/OS for workload federation and systems management.

IBM MQ for z/OS VUE allows connections from IBM MQ clients, that run on other platforms.

Installing VUE

An order for VUE is fulfilled by delivery of two products:
  • IBM MQ for z/OS (5655-MQ9), either Long Term Support (LTS) release or Continuous Delivery (CD) release.
  • The VUE enabling product, IBM MQ for z/OS Value Unit Edition 9.0 (5655-VU9).
Note: The VUE enabling product enables either IBM MQ 9.0 LTS release or IBM MQ 9.0 CD release to conform with the licensing requirements of Value Unit Edition operation.
The products are separately installed using SMP/E following the process documented in their respective Program Directories. For download links for the Program Directories, see IBM MQ for z/OS Program Directory PDF files.

Enabling VUE

To enable a queue manager to run as an IBM MQ for z/OS VUE queue manager, the SCUEAUTH library created by installation of the VUE enabling product must be added to the STEPLIB concatenation of the xxxxMSTR procedure for that queue manager:
  • The SCUEAUTH library should be APF authorized
  • The SCUEAUTH library must be concatenated ahead of the SCSQAUTH library,
For example, the CSQ4MSTR sample would be modified as follows: 

//PROCSTEP EXEC PGM=CSQYASCP,REGION=0M,MEMLIMIT=2G
//*
//STEPLIB  DD DSN=hlq.SCSQANLE,DISP=SHR
//     DD DSN=hlq.SCUEAUTH,DISP=SHR
//     DD DSN=hlq.SCSQAUTH,DISP=SHR
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Characteristics of a VUE-enabled queue manager

A VUE-enabled queue manager has all the function and capability of the base queue manager. Additionally, clients will be enabled during channel initiator startup.

A VUE-enabled queue manager records usage information in SMF89 records with the product name and identifier for IBM MQ for z/OS Value Unit Edition (VUE) instead of those for the IBM MQ product.

A VUE-enabled queue manager can:
  • Connect to other queue managers and clients in a network, according to the connectivity capabilities of the base queue manager installation.
  • Participate in a queue sharing group with other queue managers provided the base queue manager versions are able to interoperate, regardless of whether other members are standard or VUE function queue managers.