MQ Batch Toolkit Overview
The MQ Batch Toolkit v1.2.3 application allows users to manipulate and manage messages
in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line or shell
scripting environment.
MQ Batch Toolkit is an excellent tool for developers, programmers, quality assurance testers, and production support personnel who want to do backup and recovery of messages, stress testing of applications, replaying of messages, searching (grep) a queue for a text string, etc..
MQ Batch Toolkit can run on any platform that supports Java v1.4 (or higher). This includes: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp, Sun Solaris, Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista. MQ Batch Toolkit is able to connect to local queue managers (residing on the same box) or to any remote queue manager.
The remote queue managers can be on any platform that supports distributed queuing including: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, OS/2 Warp, OS/400 (iSeries), Sun Solaris, Windows NT/2000/XP, and z/OS (OS/390).
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Security:
- MQ Batch Toolkit supports SSL for connecting to remote queue managers.
- MQ Batch Toolkit supports 3rd party security exit for connecting to remote queue managers.
MQ Batch Toolkit has been designed to support Java's Multi-Language environment. It supports for the following languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
MQ Batch Toolkit contains 26 separate functions grouped into 5 categories:
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Queue Management:
- Backup a Queue to a single file
- Restore a Queue from a single file
- Retrieve a list of queues (with Current Depth, Queue Type, IPPROCS & OPPROCS)
- Find a text string (i.e. grep a queue)
- Clear a Queue
- Clear a Queue by Message Id, Correlation Id or both
- Clear a Queue by Time
- Clear a Queue by Matching String
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Message Manipulation:
- Insert messages (optional formats: binary, string, Pub/Sub (RFH) or JMS (RFH2))
- Copy messages
- Duplicate messages
- Forward messages (optional stripping of the Dead Letter Header)
- Delete messages
- Import messages (optional formats: binary, string, Pub/Sub or JMS)
- Export messages to 1 or many files.
- Read messages and display any MQ header (i.e MQMD, MQRFH, MQRFH2, MQDEAD, MQCIH, MQIIH, MQXMIT, MQHSAP & SMQBAD)
- Read messages in a Hex display
- Read messages in an EBCDIC Hex display
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Monitoring Tools:
- The Queue Monitor will continuously monitor the queues of a queue manager and output to a CSV file the Queue Name, Current Queue Depth, Max Queue Depth, Open Input Count, Open Output Count, Get Enabled / Inhibited and Put Enabled / Inhibited.
- The Queue Stats Monitor will continuously monitor the queues of a queue manager and output to a CSV file the Queue Name, Put Rate (enqueue rate), Get Rate (dequeue rate), High Queue Depth and Max Queue Depth.
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Stress Testing Tools:
- Get Server
- Put Server (optional formats: binary, string, Pub/Sub or JMS)
- SIM Client (optional formats: binary, string, Pub/Sub or JMS)
- SIM Server (optional formats: binary, string, Pub/Sub or JMS)
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Queue Manager Access Profile:
- Add a Queue Manager
- Alter a Queue Manager
- Delete a Queue Manager
- List a Queue Manager
The MQ Batch Toolkit application is a shareware product. The free trial period is for 30 days (no nag screens). All features are available but you are limited to 1 queue manager.
| Product | Price (USD) * | Ordering |
| MQ Batch Toolkit (Single license) | $99.00 | Order Now |
* Volume discounts available for as low as $74.00 USD per license.
- Each licensed user will receive:
- Full version of MQ Batch Toolkit (no expiration date)
- Free updates / upgrades to any version 1.x release.
- Free email support
- Free forum support
| Other MQ Batch Toolkit Licenses: | |
| Site License* | Site License* for MQ Batch Toolkit sells for a MSRP of $10,000 USD. A site license will allow a company to have unlimited number of people use MQ Batch Toolkit at ONLY one site or complex. |
| Enterprise License* | Enterprise License* for MQ Batch Toolkit sells for a MSRP of $25,000 USD. An enterprise license will allow a company to have unlimited number of people use MQ Batch Toolkit at an unlimited number of locations. |
* Plus 15% yearly maintenance and support fee.
- Prerequisite:
- MQSeries v5.1 or higher or WebSphere MQ v5.3 or higher
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4 or higher