IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere MQ 5.

3 (Test 294)
Roadmap

Date of
Activity
Completion
MQSeries® An Introduction to Messaging and Queuing
Refer to the document in the teamroom
WebSphere MQ Primer
(http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp0021.pdf)
A Technical Introduction to WebSphere MQ (MQ01/MQ82 CBT)
WebSphere MQ Quick Beginnings
Install and configure WebSphere MQ on the distributed platforms (At
least on one Unix, one Windows (NT/XP/W2K)) and/or AS/400.
Practical experience using MQSeries, which should include
installation, configuration, and problem determination.
Understand the platform differences clearly
WebSphere MQ System Administration (MQ15/MQ84 CBT)
Install WebSphere MQ on NT/2000 and solve all exercise problems
WebSphere MQ System Administration Guide
WebSphere MQ Intercommunication Guide
(First 7 chapters and 38, 39, 40 and Appendices)
Connect queues on the two systems, send messages back and forth,
using both sender/receiver and requester/server methods
WebSphere MQ Queue Mangers Clusters
WebSphere MQ Clients
WebSphere MQ Application Programming (MQ05)
Complete the exercises and Use NT API Exerciser extensively.
Understand and use various fields in WebSphere MQ programming
Structures through API Exerciser.
MQSeries Programmable System Management
( Chapters 1-14 and Appendices)
WebSphere MQ Command Reference
Additional (Optional) Reading:
WebSphere MQ Application Programming Guide
WebSphere MQ Application Programming Reference
Knowledge of basic communications (TCP/IP, SNA, etc.)
Skills in networking, client/server and IBM and non-IBM platforms
Familiarity with MQSeries publications and manuals
WebSphere MQ Security
Event Monitoring
WMQ PCF and Administration interface (Chapter 1 & 2)
Work on WebSphere MQ assignments (Available in teamroom)
WebSphere MQ Certification Preparation Guide (MQ52)
Play the CBTs MQ82 and MQ84 once again and answer all quiz
questions
 Attempt and answer the sample questions (Available in teamroom)
Take mock test at http://certify.torolab.ibm.com/
Take Certification Examination

Sections

Planning (14%)
Installation and Configuration (17%)
Distributed Queue Management (17%)
Operations (23%)
Problem Determination (14%)
Security (15%)

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