[V9.0.5 Mar 2018][AIX][Windows][z/OS][Linux]

IBM MQ 9.0.5 changes from earlier IBM MQ 9.0.x CD releases

Changes to functions and resources introduced in earlier IBM® MQ 9.0.x CD releases are described in this section.

Review this information if you are moving to IBM MQ 9.0.5 from an earlier Continuous Delivery release.

For additional information about system requirements for IBM MQ 9.0, see the System Requirements for IBM MQ 9.0 web page. You can use the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) tool to find information on supported operating systems, system requirements, prerequisites, and optional supported software. The web page includes more information about the SPCR tool and links to reports for each supported platform.

Two CipherSpecs also available on z/OS

[z/OS]The following CipherSpecs, previously available only on Multiplatforms, are now also available on z/OS®:
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

For more information on platform availability for CipherSpecs, see Enabling CipherSpecs.

[UNIX, Linux, Windows, IBM i]

Simplification of Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection support

The CSRF protection support provided by the IBM MQ REST API has been simplified. These simplifications are as follows:
  1. In IBM MQ 9.0.4 and earlier, callers of the REST API must copy the value of the csrfToken cookie, and set it in an HTTP header called ibm-mq-rest-csrf-token, if they want to use any HTTP verb other than GET. In IBM MQ 9.0.5 and onwards, the csrfToken cookie no longer exists. CSRF protection is provided by the presence of the ibm-mq-rest-csrf-token HTTP header in requests to the REST API.
    This update requires any applications that used the csrfToken cookie to be changed. For more information on this change, see:
  2. The mqRestCsrfExpirationInMinutes configuration property, added in IBM MQ 9.0.4, has been removed

BluemixRegistration stanza renamed to ReportingService stanza

[AIX][Windows][Linux]From IBM MQ 9.0.5, the BluemixRegistration stanza, in the qm.ini file, has been renamed to be the ReportingService stanza. See qm.ini for details.

[z/OS]From IBM MQ 9.0.5, theBluemixRegistration stanza, in the CSQMQMIN dataset , has been renamed to be the ReportingService stanza. See Configuring the ReportingService stanza stanza for details.

If you are upgrading to IBM MQ 9.0.5 from an earlier release of the product, you must migrate your existing BluemixRegistration stanza to the ReportingService stanza.

Changes to IBM MQ Console

The IBM MQ Console has changed in appearance. Some of the controls for the console itself have also changed. See Administration using the IBM MQ Console for details.