What's new in IBM MQ 9.3.0
IBM® MQ 9.3.0 delivers features and enhancements beyond those that were available in IBM MQ 9.2.0 Long Term Support. The features that you have access to depends on your product entitlement.
For more information on what you can purchase with IBM MQ, and what each purchase entitles you to install, see IBM MQ license information.
IBM MQ 9.3.0 includes the features that were previously
delivered in the CD releases of IBM MQ 9.2.0 through IBM MQ 9.2.5, along with some features that are new at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Features and enhancements that are new to Long Term Support (LTS) users at IBM MQ 9.3.0 are indicated by a dark blue icon
- Features and enhancements that are new to Continuous Delivery (CD) users at IBM MQ 9.3.0 are indicated by a light blue icon
New for IBM MQ for Multiplatforms - base and Advanced entitlement
On Multiplatforms, that is, all platforms
except IBM MQ for z/OS®, the following features and
enhancements are available with both base product entitlement, and with Advanced entitlement.
- License entitlement, installation and upgrade
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Streaming queues
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Administration
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x
Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- IBM MQ Console Application quick start
- Remote queue manager support for the IBM MQ Console
- Configurable IBM MQ Console message browsing controls
- Dead-letter queue handler included in client package
- New IGNSTATE parameter for using MQSC DELETE commands idempotently
- Support for zlibNX compression library
- Security
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x
Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Permitting non-operating system users in the Object Authority Manager
- TLS 1.3 support from IBM MQ Java applications
- Support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 in MQIPT
- Encryption of passphrases for MQTT channels
- SecureCommsOnly setting available on the queue manager
- More flexible configuration for SNI support
- OutboundSNI property for NMQI and XMS .NET clients
- Support for multiple queue manager certificates in MQIPT
- TLS support for the IBM MQ .NET XA Monitor application
- Additional configuration option to control TLS environment in C clients
- Improved password protection for IBM MQ clients using cryptographic hardware
- Scalability
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Application development
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
New for IBM MQ for Multiplatforms - Advanced entitlement only
The following features and enhancements are available only with Advanced entitlement.
- Using the IBM MQ Advanced container with the IBM Cloud Pak® for Integration
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Replicated Data Queue Manager (RDQM)
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Security
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Managed File Transfer
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x
Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Redistributable Managed File Transfer Logger
- Limiting the number of file transfers for each FTP endpoint
- New Managed File Transfer commands for starting and stopping resource monitors
- Enhanced credentials protection for Managed File Transfer
- Improvements to the fteRAS command
- Transfer logging on Managed File Transfer
New for IBM MQ for z/OS - base and Advanced VUE entitlement
The following features and enhancements are available both with base product entitlement, and
with IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS Value Unit Edition (Advanced VUE) entitlement.
- Streaming queues
- The following capabilities are new for Long Term Support and Continuous Delivery at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Administration
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Security
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Application development
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
New for IBM MQ for z/OS - Advanced and Advanced VUE entitlement only
The following features and enhancements are available with Advanced or Advanced VUE entitlement only.
- IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS entitlement
- The following capabilities are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0. However, they are not currently available in the IBM MQ 9.3.x Continuous Delivery releases:
- Managed File Transfer
- The following capabilities first appeared in IBM MQ 9.2.x
Continuous Delivery releases and are new for Long Term Support at IBM MQ 9.3.0:
- Guidance for use of Managed File Transfer on z/OS
- Redistributable Managed File Transfer Logger
- Limiting the number of file transfers for each FTP endpoint
- New Managed File Transfer commands for starting and stopping resource monitors
- Enhanced credentials protection for Managed File Transfer
- Improvements to the fteRAS command
- Transfer logging on Managed File Transfer