Expanding your options with the MQ Appliance

Session #3456: Expanding your
options with the IBM MQ Appliance
Leif Davidsen – Senior Offering Manager, IBM Messaging
Anthony Beardsmore – IBM MQ Appliance Architect

• The scalability and security of IBM MQ V8 in a physical appliance form factor
• Rapid, reliable, simple, secure exchange of data across applications, systems and services
• Convenience, fast time-to-value, and low total cost of ownership of an appliance
• Use as a messaging hub to extend connectivity within your enterprise, in branch offices, factories or stores
What’s new in IBM MQ Appliance M2000
 Integrates seamlessly into MQ networks and clusters
 Simple out of the box High-Availability and Disaster Recovery with paired connectivity to other appliances
 Simpler maintenance with fixpacks delivered as certified firmware updates onto a locked down appliance
 Appliance delivered pre-optimized for maximum performance out-of-the-box
 New MQ Console to provide a browser-based user interface offering personalized monitoring and
configuration
General Availability: March 13th 2015
IBM MQ Appliance M2000
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IBM MQ Appliance offers:
Optimized solutions to meet the needs of these use cases
Differentiation compared to MQ software deployment approaches
2 price points to meet different deployment-based business needs
What do you want to do?
Consolidate
my MQ
infrastructure
into an “MQ
Hub” for
lower TCO
Deploy to
remote
premises, e.g.
Branch,
Factory,
Warehouse
Deploy to
business
partner,
e.g. Dealer,
Broker
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Challenges
Mixture of platforms
and versions
Complex dependencies
Migrations difficult –
lack of standardization
Application downtime
impacts other
applications
Consolidate my MQ infrastructure into a “MQ Hub” for
lower TCO
Objectives
Reduce TCO
Reduce footprint
Standardise
deployments
Build 'hub' -
concentrate
expertise
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Benefits
Easy to deploy
Simplified maintenance
Familiar administration
Separates applications
from Infrastructure
Supports existing MQ
definitions, concepts
and security model
HA avoiding external
dependencies

Challenges
Avoiding single
points of failure
Outside assistance
needed – lack of
local skills and
resources
Deploy to a remote premises
Objectives
Resilient
connectivity to
remote location
Robust and secure
Flexibility, minimal
time to value at
new sites
Benefits
Standardization
makes ‘pre-canned’
rollout simpler
Remote configuration
and management
High availability
requires no
additional systems or
skills
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Challenges
Partner may not have
MQ or MQ skills today
Time to build and
deploy
Configuration needs to
meet our standards
Downtime directly
effects business
relationship
Deploying to business partner: Appliances as ‘Gateways’
Objectives
Extend connectivity
to external business
partner
Rapid onboarding
Control and limit
access
QOS expectations
from both parties
Benefits
Easy to deploy
Simplified maintenance
Ability to preconfigure a very
standard system both helps
ensure standards applied
and speed deployment
HA avoiding external
dependencies
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 High-end solution for enterprise consolidation use case
 Capable of handling large MQ workloads for persistent
and non-persistent messaging
 Host multiple Queue Managers to act as a messaging
hub
 A replacement for multiple separate MQ servers
 Built-in High Availability when paired to a 2nd appliance
and off-site disaster recovery to another Appliance
 Supports MQ AMS, and can be used to move MQ MFT
files between MFT endpoints
 Lower-end solution for branch office or factory
deployment
 Same software and hardware as the Enterprise
appliance, but processor usage limited
 Designed to meet lower messaging throughput
requirements
 Supports all features of M2000A, including High
Availability, Disaster Recovery and MQ AMS
 Trade-up part available from M2000B capacity to
M2000A capacity
IBM MQ Appliance M2000A (for Enterprise) IBM MQ Appliance M2000B (Branch etc.)
Easily deploy and maintain MQ messaging in minutes!
Which MQ Appliance is right for you?
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 Prebuilt for Hub pattern – no Apps on device
 No additional software installation
 No user Exits in MQ
 Monitoring agents must be remote
 High Availability out-of-the-box
 Single Firmware update for whole appliance
 Firmware update inc. appliance and MQ Fixpack
 Can be rolled back as an single unit
 Controlled administration environment
 Web, MQ Explorer and MQSC/cmd-line admin of MQ
IBM MQ Appliance IBM MQ V8 on Custom Server
Key Differences with Appliance Form-factor
Apps
Tuning
MQ / Middleware
OS
Hardware
 DIY Hub or Generic server – Apps + Middleware
 Install any software
 Build & maintain your own custom extensions
 Add local monitoring agents
 Needs HA Cluster SW or Network Storage for HA
 Custom tuning for each layer (OS/Middleware)
 Discrete maintenance for each layer
 MQ Fixpacks;OS maintenance, security patches etc.
 Generic OS shell for local administration
 MQ Explorer and MQSC/cmd-line administration of MQ
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QM1 QM2 QM3
QM1 QM2 QM3
Fully synchronous
replication (HA) or asynchronous (DR)
• No persistent data loss
on failure (HA mode)
• No external storage
• No additional skills
required
• Manual control of failover
for migration/maintenance
• Queue manager level
active/passive (i.e. both
appliances can run
workload)
Designed to be configured in seconds with no external dependencies
Availability options in the MQ Appliance
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IBM MQ Appliance M2000
• Optimized messaging, right out of the box
• Secure your business with High Availability built-in
• Lower your TCO with simpler maintenance, and
lower data storage space and power requirements
• Deploy to partners and remote premises, without
requiring local MQ expertise
IBM Integration Bus V10
• Increased flexibility with separate deployment for MQ
• Install in minutes
• New patterns to rapidly create mobile integrations
• Flexible cloud deployment options
The Complete Messaging and Integration Solution
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MQ Appliance key
capabilities
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Lets really simplify it…
An MQ Appliance is a box where you create and
run queue managers…
Queue manager 1 Queue manager 2 Queue manager 3
Application
Application
Application
Application
Application
Queue manager 4
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Physical configuration
2x Management 1GB Ethernet
(also IPMI)
Display
(includes
capacity and
version
information)
Serial / KVM connection
N.B. REQUIRED for initial setup
General purpose 1GB Ethernet
(MQ Application traffic)
General purpose 10GB Ethernet
(SPF+)
(MQ Application traffic)
2x 1GB Ethernet:
HA or general purpose
10 GB Ethernet (SPF+):
HA or general purpose
HBA (unused)
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M2000(mqcli)# crtmqm test
Please wait while 64 GB file system is initialized for queue manager 'test'.
IBM MQ Appliance queue manager created.
The queue manager is associated with installation 'MQAppliance'.
Creating or replacing default objects for queue manager 'test'.
Default objects statistics : 83 created. 0 replaced. 0 failed.
Completing setup.
Setup completed.
M2000(mqcli)# strmqm test
IBM MQ Appliance queue manager 'test' starting.
5 log records accessed on queue manager 'test' during the log replay phase.
Log replay for queue manager 'test' complete.
Transaction manager state recovered for queue manager 'test'.
IBM MQ Appliance queue manager 'test' started using V8.0.0.4.
M2000(mqcli)# runmqsc test
5724-H72 (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1994, 2014.
Starting MQSC for queue manager test.
Serial/SSH
HTTP
Completing setup.
Setup completed.
MQ Channel (PCF)
New for
Version 8!
New for
Appliance
Administration
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Much more detail in…
3458A
The IBM MQ
Appliance:
Administration
Simplified
Mandalay Bay
NORTH - South
Pacific Ballroom I
Tue, 23-Feb 01:15
PM - 02:15 PM
Aka… the session right after this!
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Completing setup.
Setup completed.
Completing setup.
Setup completed.
Completing setup.
Setup completed.
Administrative
user repository
Messaging user
repository
Administrators are always
defined locally on the
appliance and can connect
via SSH or WebUI to
administer all aspects of
the system
Messaging Users may be
defined locally or in LDAP
repository (choice per QM),
and remote applications
always connect with these
credentials.
Secure administration
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Traditional MQ
(software)
Queue
Manager
Application
Application
Completing setup.
Setup completed.
New certificate
management commands
TLS (SSL) on channels
End to end and at-rest
encryption using AMS built
in and included as standard
Secure messaging
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Secure updates
Mq-appliance-
8.0.0.3.scrypt3
Visit fix central to
download appliance
updates to a local
server ready to deploy
Updates are supplied as a
simple single file download,
signed and secure, and are the
only thing which can be installed
on the appliance hardware. Copy to appliance – update,
and reboot. All driver, system
and MQ updates are applied
as a single operation
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Log database
or file
 The MQ Appliance can be the Queue
Manager to provide both regular MQ
Queue Manager capabilities
 No other MQ server deployment
needed
 Also Coordination Queue Manager
capabilities
 No files are stored on the appliance
 No MQ MFT Agent needed on the
appliance to support this
 Highly available and robust
 Secure with MQ AMS entitlement built in
– Content encrypted based on policies
Applications exchanging file data
Agent Agent Agent
“Coordination”
Queue Manager
Commands
Using MQ MFT and the MQ Appliance
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• The IBM MQ Appliance supports a number of protocols for message transmission
• Today:
– MQ client protocol – for connectivity from applications
•Client libraries available in the usual places, not shipped with the appliance
– MQ server protocol – for connectivity with other queue managers
•This will support sender-receiver channels and server-requester channels,
including cluster flows
• Subject to customer interest we may add further protocols such as
– MQTT – for internet of things and mobile/web messaging
– AMQP – for MQ Light API client connectivity
Connectivity
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QM1 QM2 QM3
QM1 QM2 QM3
Fully synchronous
replication
Key design points:
- No (persistent) message loss
- No external dependencies
- Transparent to application
HA Overview
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QM1 QM2 QM3
QM1 QM2 QM3
HA – When things go wrong
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DR Replication
Asynchronous
(10 Gb Ethernet)
• New function in 8.0.0.4 update
• Provides for longer distance
recovery than HA
• e.g. Out Of Region standby site
• Still ultimately requires high
bandwidth connectivity as all
persistent data fully mirrored
• But - asynchronous so better choice
than HA for higher latency, ‘bursty’ or
‘lossy’ networks)
• Also means most recent messages are
potentially lost on failover, and application logic
must consider
• Manual interaction required to trigger
failover/fail back.
Disaster Recovery
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Disaster Recovery – Flexible topologies
Production appliance
Off-site DR appliance
Asynchronous
replication
Flexible Config
•As with HA, configuration is per queue manager – though with DR there is no
concept of a ‘group’.
•Each QM independently configures replication to a particular appliance.
•E.g. could configure single ‘DR’ site covering live appliances at multiple sites
Mixed Test/DR appliance
Production appliance
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Much more detail in…
3465A
Deploying a Highly
Available
Messaging Hub
Using the IBM MQ
Appliance
Mandalay Bay
NORTH - South
Pacific Ballroom I
Thu, 25-Feb 10:30
AM - 11:20 AM
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Monitoring MQ on the appliance
Typically, third party (or other IBM
product) tooling will already support
MQ appliance queue managers
without changes.
This image shows Tivoli Remote
Agent displaying queue and channel
information from an appliance queue
manager.
Various third party vendors have
already explicitly confirmed support
(check with vendor for specific
product information).
But there are also appliance specific features…
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• To create, click hotspot
 Configure the widget
 Display appliance resource use
 Platform-wide or queue manager
 CPU, Disk, memory, etc
 Select:
 Resource class/type/element
 Queue manager(s) to monitor
 Choose Resource class
 CPU
 Data stores
 API Usage stats
Monitoring System Resources
Chart ‘widgets’ and new API
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Monitoring applications
Classic use cases for dedicated/specialised exit code is
addressed by enhanced application ‘activity trace’ –
dynamic publish subscribe API for inspection of
application MQ activity.
Which applications make use of
which resources (e.g. queues)
What is coming in off this set of
channels right now?
How can I keep an audit log of all
messages put by a particular
application?
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 The IBM MQ Appliance is available in two models, to suit a range of performance and
capacity requirements
– They’re not sold on a PVU basis – but approximately 420 & 1400 PVU
• Appliance is dedicated to running messaging server workload
– No other workload (applications or middleware)
– Performance should be predictable
– Capacity planning should be easier
• Firmware comes pre-tuned for maximum messaging performance
– Placement of workload, resource utilisation, etc.
• Performance report MPA1 now available
– Based on firmware level 8.0.0.3,
– Includes scenario driven examples and M2000A/B comparisons.
• Performance report MPA2 now available
– HA and DR, including over increased latency connections
Performance and capacity reports
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Dedicated appliance KnowledgeCenter – particularly covers differences from
software MQ installations
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS5K6E/welcome
GitHub community with example remote configuration scripts
https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-appliance
RedBook (draft at time of writing), particularly useful for first time setup and
hardware configuration
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstr
acts/sg248283.html
Online
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Monday
10:30-11:30 3592 New MQ features
3452 Managing applications
12:00-13:00 2835 MQ on z/OS and Distributed
15:00-16:00 3470 Latest MQ z/OS features
2833 Where is my message?
3544 MQ Light in an MQ infrastructure
16:30-17:30 3573 Hybrid cloud messaging
2941 MQ Advanced
Tuesday
08:30-09:30 3540 The MQ Light API
12:00-13:00 3456 The IBM MQ Appliance
13:15-14:15 3499 Introducing Message Hub
3458 MQ Appliance administration
14:30-15:30 6432 MQ updates and futures (InnerCircle)
2849 Messaging feedback roundtable
16:00-17:00 3544 MQ Light in an MQ infrastructure
3513 MQ hands on lab
Wednesday
08:30-09:30 3602 Managing your MQ environment
12:00-13:00 3613 Designing MQ self service
6408 Hybrid messaging roadmap (InnerCircle)
13:15-14:00 3416 HA and DR with MQ
3433 Why secure your messaging?
15:45-16:30 3429 Securing MQ
2847 Meet the messaging experts
16:00-17:00 3508 MQ Light hands on lab
16:45-17:30 2275 Migrating to the IBM MQ Appliance
Thursday
08:30-09:15 3420 MQ Clustering
2931 Business agility with self service MQ
09:30-10:15 3479 MQ z/OS clusters and shared queue
3450 Optimising MQ applications
2849 Messaging feedback roundtable
10:30-11:15 3465 MQ Appliance high availability
3481 MQ z/OS messaging connectivity
11:30-12:15 3474 Active-active messaging
3537 Monitoring and managing MQ
3425 MQ publish/subscribe
Find us at the EXPO:
Hybrid Integration peds 65-68
Check out the Hybrid Messaging sub topic under the
Hybrid Integration topic for further customer and business
partner sessions
Hybrid Messaging from the IBM experts at InterConnect 2016
Sunday
14:30-15:30 6408 Hybrid messaging roadmap (InnerCircle)

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