Create two-overlapping clusters with a gateway queue manager

Follow the instructions in the task to construct overlapping clusters with a gateway queue manager. Use the clusters as a starting point for the following examples of isolating messages to one application from messages to other applications in a cluster.

The example cluster configuration used to illustrate isolating cluster message traffic is shown in Figure 1. The example is described in Clustering: Application isolation using multiple cluster transmission queues.

Figure 1. Client-server application deployed to hub and spoke architecture using IBM MQ clusters

To make the number of steps to construct the example as few as possible, the configuration is kept simple, rather than realistic. The example might represent the integration of two clusters created by two separate organizations. For a more realistic scenario, see Clustering: Planning how to configure cluster transmission queues.

Follow the steps to construct the clusters. The clusters are used in the following examples of isolating the message traffic from the client application to the server application.

The instructions add a couple of extra queue managers so that each cluster has two repositories. The gateway queue manager is not used as a repository for performance reasons.

Procedure

Create and start the queue managers QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5.
```
crtmqm -sax -u SYSTEM.DEAD.LETTER.QUEUE QM n
strmqm QmgrName
```
Note: QM4 and QM5 are the backup full repositories for the clusters.

Define and start listeners for each of the queue managers.

*... On QM n
DEFINE LISTENER(TCP141 n) TRPTYPE(TCP) IPADDR(hostname) PORT(141 n) CONTROL(QMGR) REPLACE
START LISTENER(TCP141 n)

Create a cluster name list for all of the clusters.

*... On QM1
DEFINE NAMELIST(ALL) NAMES(CL1, CL2) REPLACE

Make QM2 and QM4 full repositories for CL1, QM3 and QM5 full repositories for CL2.

For CL1:

*... On QM2 and QM4
ALTER QMGR REPOS(CL1) DEFCLXQ(SCTQ)

For CL2:

*... On QM3 and QM5
ALTER QMGR REPOS(CL2) DEFCLXQ(SCTQ)

Add the cluster-sender and cluster-receiver channels for each queue manager and cluster. Run the following commands on QM2, QM3, QM4 and QM5, where c, n, and m take the values shown in Table 1 for each queue manager:

Queue manager Cluster
c
Other repository
n
This repository
m

QM2 1 4 2

QM4 1 2 4

QM3 2 5 3

QM5 2 3 5
```
*... On QM m
DEFINE CHANNEL(CL c.QM n) CHLTYPE(CLUSSDR) CONNAME('localhost(141 n)') CLUSTER(CL c) REPLACE
DEFINE CHANNEL(CL c.QM m) CHLTYPE(CLUSRCVR) CONNAME('localhost(141 m)') CLUSTER(CL c) REPLACE
```

Queue manager	Cluster c	Other repository n	This repository m
QM2	1	4	2
QM4	1	2	4
QM3	2	5	3
QM5	2	3	5

Add the gateway queue manager, QM1, to each of the clusters.

*... On QM1
DEFINE CHANNEL(CL1.QM2) CHLTYPE(CLUSSDR) CONNAME('localhost(1412)') CLUSTER(CL1) REPLACE
DEFINE CHANNEL(CL1.QM1) CHLTYPE(CLUSRCVR) CONNAME('localhost(1411)') CLUSTER(CL1) REPLACE
DEFINE CHANNEL(CL2.QM3) CHLTYPE(CLUSSDR) CONNAME('localhost(1413)') CLUSTER(CL2) REPLACE
DEFINE CHANNEL(CL2.QM1) CHLTYPE(CLUSRCVR) CONNAME('localhost(1411)') CLUSTER(CL2) REPLACE

Add the local queue Q1 to queue manager QM3 in cluster CL2.
```
*... On QM3
DEFINE QLOCAL(Q1) CLUSTER(CL2) REPLACE
```
Add the clustered queue manager alias Q1A to the gateway queue manager.
```
*... On QM1
DEFINE QALIAS(Q1A) CLUSNL(ALL) TARGET(Q1) TARGTYPE(QUEUE) DEFBIND(NOTFIXED) REPLACE
```
Note: Applications using the queue manager alias on any other queue manager but QM1, must specify DEFBIND(NOTFIXED) when they open the alias queue. DEFBIND specifies whether the routing information in the message header is fixed when the queue is opened by the application. If it is set to the default value, OPEN, messages are routed to Q1@QM1. Q1@QM1 does not exist, so messages from other queue managers end up on a dead letter queue. By setting the queue attribute to DEFBIND(NOTFIXED), applications such as amqsput, which default to the queue setting of DEFBIND, behave in the correct way.
Add the cluster queue manager alias definitions for all the clustered queue managers to the gateway queue manager, QM1.
```
*... On QM1
DEFINE QREMOTE(QM2) RNAME(' ') RQMNAME(QM2) CLUSNL(ALL) REPLACE
DEFINE QREMOTE(QM3) RNAME(' ') RQMNAME(QM3) CLUSNL(ALL) REPLACE
```
Tip: The queue manager alias definitions on the gateway queue manager transfer messages that refer to a queue manager in another cluster; see Clustered queue manager aliases.

What to do next

Test the queue alias definition by sending a message from QM2 to Q1 on QM3 using the queue alias definition Q1A.
1. Run the sample program amqsput on QM2 to put a message.
  C:\IBM\MQ>amqsput Q1A QM2 Sample AMQSPUT0 start target queue is Q1A Sample request message from QM2 to Q1 using Q1A Sample AMQSPUT0 end
2. Run the sample program amqsget to get the message from Q1 on QM3
  C:\IBM\MQ>amqsget Q1 QM3 Sample AMQSGET0 start message <Sample request message from QM2 to Q1 using Q1A> no more messages Sample AMQSGET0 end
Test the queue manager alias definitions by sending a request message and receiving a reply message on a temporary-dynamic reply queue.
The diagram shows the path taken by the reply message back to a temporary dynamic queue, which is called RQ. The server application, connected to QM3, opens the reply queue using the queue manager name QM2. The queue manager name QM2 is defined as a clustered queue manager alias on QM1. QM3 routes the reply message to QM1. QM1 routes the message to QM2.

Figure 2. Using a queue manager alias to return the reply message to a different cluster

The way the routing works is as follows. Every queue manager in each cluster has a queue manager alias definition on QM1. The aliases are clustered in all the clusters. The grey dashed arrows from each of the aliases to a queue manager show that each queue manager alias is resolved to a real queue manager in at least one of the clusters. In this case, the QM2 alias is clustered in both cluster CL1 and CL2, and is resolved to the real queue manager QM2 in CL1. The server application creates the reply message using the reply to queue name RQ, and reply to queue manager name QM2. The message is routed to QM1 because the queue manager alias definition QM2 is defined on QM1 in cluster CL2 and queue manager QM2 is not in cluster CL2. As the message cannot be sent to the target queue manager, it is sent to the queue manager that has the alias definition.

QM1 places the message on the cluster transmission queue on QM1 for transferal to QM2. QM1 routes the message to QM2 because the queue manager alias definition on QM1 for QM2 defines QM2 as the real target queue manager. The definition is not circular, because alias definitions can refer only to real definitions; the alias cannot point to itself. The real definition is resolved by QM1, because both QM1 and QM2 are in the same cluster, CL1. QM1 finds out the connection information for QM2 from the repository for CL1, and routes the message to QM2. For the message to be rerouted by QM1, the server application must have opened the reply queue with the option DEFBIND set to MQBND_BIND_NOT_FIXED. If the server application had opened the reply queue with the option MQBND_BIND_ON_OPEN, the message is not rerouted and ends up on a dead letter queue.
1. Create a clustered request queue with a trigger on QM3.
```
*... On QM3
DEFINE QLOCAL(QR) CLUSTER(CL2) TRIGGER INITQ(SYSTEM.DEFAULT.INITIATION.QUEUE) PROCESS(ECHO) REPLACE
```
2. Create a clustered queue alias definition of QR on the gateway queue manager, QM1.
```
*... On QM1
DEFINE QALIAS(QRA) CLUSNL(ALL) TARGET(QR) TARGTYPE(QUEUE) DEFBIND(NOTFIXED) REPLACE
```
3. Create a process definition to start the sample echo program amqsech on QM3.
```
*... On QM3
DEFINE PROCESS(ECHO) APPLICID(AMQSECH) REPLACE
```
4. Create a model queue on QM2 for the sample program amqsreq to create the temporary-dynamic reply queue.
```
*... On QM2
DEFINE QMODEL(SYSTEM.SAMPLE.REPLY) REPLACE
```
5. Test the queue manager alias definition by sending a request from QM2 to QR on QM3 using the queue alias definition QRA.
  1. Run the trigger monitor program on QM3.
```
runmqtrm -m QM3
```
    The output is
    C:\IBM\MQ>runmqtrm -m QM3 5724-H72 (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1994, 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 01/02/2012 16:17:15: IBM MQ trigger monitor started. __________________________________________________ 01/02/2012 16:17:15: Waiting for a trigger message
  2. Run the sample program amqsreq on QM2 to put a request and wait for a reply.
    C:\IBM\MQ>amqsreq QRA QM2 Sample AMQSREQ0 start server queue is QRA replies to 4F2961C802290020 A request message from QM2 to QR on QM3 response <A request message from QM2 to QR on QM3> no more replies Sample AMQSREQ0 end

Adding a remote queue definition to isolate messages sent from a gateway queue manager
Modify the configuration of overlapping clusters that use a gateway queue manager. After the modification messages are transferred to an application from the gateway queue manager without using the same transmission queue or channels as other cluster messages. The solution uses a clustered queue remote definition, and a separate sender channel and transmission queue.
Adding a cluster transmit queue to isolate cluster message traffic sent from a gateway queue manager
Modify the configuration of overlapping clusters that use a gateway queue manager. After the modification messages are transferred to an application from the gateway queue manager without using the same transmission queue or channels as other cluster messages. The solution uses an additional cluster transmission queue to separate message traffic to a single queue manager in a cluster.
Adding a cluster and a cluster transmit queue to isolate cluster message traffic sent from a gateway queue manager
Modify the configuration of overlapping clusters that use a gateway queue manager. After the modification messages are transferred to an application from the gateway queue manager without using the same transmission queue or channels as other cluster messages. The solution uses an additional cluster to isolate the messages to a particular cluster queue.
Change the default to separate cluster transmission queues to isolate message traffic
We can change the default way a queue manager stores messages for a clustered queue or topic on a transmission queue. Changing the default provides you with a way to isolate cluster messages on a gateway queue manager.

Parent topic: Configure a queue manager cluster

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Adding a queue manager to a cluster: separate transmission queues

Create two-overlapping clusters with a gateway queue manager

Procedure

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