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From this panel, you can review and modify settings related to monitoring, server statistics, global JMS and MQ connectionsIBM MQ connections, and user authentication (for remote servers only).
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If the application under test sends and receives messages through an MQ IBM MQ Queue Manager or JMS provider, click the Connections tab to define connection settings. Assets and proxies deployed to the Virtualize server can be configured to use the connection settings to communicate with the application under test. You can perform the following actions:
- add a new connection (see Adding MQ IBM MQ Queue Manager Connections)
- remove a connection
- modify a connection
- copy the connection configuration from an existing connection to another server (see Copying an IBM MQ Manager Connection)
Adding
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IBM MQ Queue Manager Connections
Click Add in the MQ Queue Managers section and specify the following configurations. Click Test Connections after configuration to verify proxies and virtual assets on the server will be able to communicate with the Queue Manager. The settings configured in this interface are also used in the virtual asset or proxy configuration panels.
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Host (Default Mode)
Specify the MQ IBM MQ queue manager host.
Port (Default Mode)
Specify MQ Specify IBM MQ queue manager port.
Channel (Default Mode)
Specify MQ Specify IBM MQ queue manager channel.
CCDT File (CCDT Mode)
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Specifies the CipherSuite to use for the SSL connection on the specified MQ IBM MQ Channel. Refer to the IBM MQ documentation to determine which CipherSuite to select based on the CipherSpec.
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Specify the key store file, key store password, and key store type to be used by the queue manager to authenticate virtual assets and message proxies over SSL. If the IBM MQ Channel does not require SSL, then the key store settings are not required. After configuring the key store settings, click Validate to verify that the settings are configured correctly.
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If using key/trust stores, you will need to download and install the Unlimited Strength Java Cryptography Extension. For details, see JCE Prerequisite.
Copying an
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IBM MQ Manager Connection
You can copy existing IBM MQ manager connection settings between servers. You can copy settings from a remote server or the local server.
- Open the server settings that contains the connection configuration you want to copy. For example, if you want to copy the connection settings from a remote server to your local instance, open the remote server's configuration panel.
- Click the Connections tab and choose the connection configurations you want to copy. You can copy a single connection or multiple connections by CTRL-clicking or COMMAND-clicking.
- Click Copy and specify destination server for the connection settings from the menu.
- Click OK to copy the settings. Settings will not be copied if they already exist on the destination server.
Using IBM MQ Queue Manager Connection Settings
After you add a connection, you will be able to choose it from the configuration panel as you add and configure proxies and virtual assets hosted on Virtualize Server. For example, this shows how to select a global connection for a proxy using MQIBM MQ:
Adding JMS Connections
Click Add in the JMS Connection settings section and specify the JMS configurations. See JMS Provider Configuration for details on configuring JMS connection settings.
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