What's new in IBM MQ 9.0.4

IBM® MQ 9.0.4 delivers a number of new and enhanced features on AIX®, Linux®, Windows, and z/OS®.

The individual features provided by a CD release are stand-alone functions but may increase in capability in subsequent CD releases, enhancing earlier CD features and forming a suite of related capabilities.

Additional platform support for Continuous Delivery

Support for AIX is added for Continuous Delivery from IBM MQ 9.0.4.

New IBM MQ for Multiplatforms features

The following new features are available with both IBM MQ base product entitlement, and with IBM MQ Advanced entitlement:

• Enhancements for the administrative REST API
• New commands for configuring the mqweb server
• The messaging REST API
• Local OS authentication for IBM MQ Console and administrative REST API
• Changes to the dspmqweb command
• migmqlog command
• Monitoring of IBM MQ for AIX queue managers through IBM Cloud Product Insights
• Support for HTTP proxy access for queue managers that connect to IBM Cloud Product Insights (no longer available. See Service Deprecation: IBM Cloud® Product Insights)
• Support for creating event messages for Salesforce platform events

The following new features are available only with IBM MQ Advanced entitlement:

• IBM MQ Bridge to blockchain is available on Linux
• RDQM high availability
• Ability to run the Managed File Transfer Logger in client mode

New IBM MQ for z/OS features

The following new features are available both with IBM MQ for z/OS base product entitlement, and with IBM MQ for z/OS Value Unit Edition (VUE) or IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, Value Unit Edition entitlement:

• Enhancements for the administrative REST API
• New commands for configuring the mqweb server
• The messaging REST API
• Db2 Universal Table Spaces

The following new feature is available with IBM MQ Managed File Transfer for z/OS, IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, or IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, Value Unit Edition entitlement:

• Ability to run the Managed File Transfer Logger in client mode on z/OS

The following new features are available only with IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, Value Unit Edition entitlement:

• Using an HTTP proxy to connect to IBM Cloud Product Insights in IBM Cloud (no longer available. See Service Deprecation: IBM Cloud Product Insights)
• Java and JMS client connectivity to z/OS queue managers