10 of the Essential WebSphere MQ Supportpac

What is SUPPORTPAC?

Supportpac is an addition to the various products in the IBM WebSphere MQ product family. Supportpac for WebSphere MQ include product extensions, user and management tools, export programs (exits), and so on. Many of the latest WebSphere MQ features are initially supportpac, and are refined and refined based on user feedback and eventually integrated into the basic product. Performance The SUPPORTPAC will be recreated for each new product release, while many other SUPPORTPAC will continue for more than 10 years.

In short, SUPPORTPAC exists to help you take full advantage of the IBM WebSphere software. Supportpac There are hundreds of of them, it's impossible to comment on all of them in an article, so I'll introduce you to the few Supportpac I rely on most:

Ih03:websphere message Broker v6-message display, Test & Performance Utilities (RFHutil)

Ma01:websphere mq-q Program

Ma0w:websphere MQ API Trace

Mo71:websphere MQ for Windows-gui Administrator (Mqmon)

MO72:MQSC Client for WebSphere MQ

Ms81:websphere MQ Internet Pass-thru (MQIPT)

Mh03:websphere MQ SSL Configuration Checker

Mo04:websphere MQ SSL Wizard

Ms03:websphere mq-save Queue Manager object definitions using PCFS (saveqmgr)

Ms0p:websphere MQ explorer-configuration and Display Extension plug-ins

Links to the above (and all other) Supportpac are listed in the Resources section at the end of this article.

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1. Ih03:websphere message Broker v6-message display, Test & Performance Utilities (RFHutil)

This Supportpac is located in the Message Broker section of the Supportpacs page. This utility is extremely difficult to find if you do not know where to look, because the executable module it contains is RFHUtil more well-known.

IH03 contains a large number of programs, but the most brilliant star in this set of programs is the RFHUtil and client version of RFHUTILC. This GUI utility is difficult to learn, but it is worth the effort. Of course, it does some basic things, such as moving data from a file to a queue, or moving from a queue to a file. In addition, it also has multiple label dialogs that show all the parameters and options available in the WebSphere MQ API. Need to send or parse RFH headers? Check here. Tools that require quick testing of pub/sub. can also be found here. Need to set or check report options? Confirmation options? Reply-to fields, binding options, persistence, expiration? Everything can be done!

This utility is extremely useful for programmers when they need to be tested and when programs on the other end of the interface are not available. Typically, you need a specific set of message options or messages that require you to send a string that is not simple. RFHUtil can set these options, or send messages using a binary load or any other JMS format.