What's new in WebSphere MQ for Sun Solaris, V6.0

 

WebSphere MQ for Sun Solaris, V6.0 provides the following new and changed functions:

• Support for the x86-64 platform.

• Queue managers are now 64-bit. As such WebSphere MQ for Sun Solaris, V6.0 now requires 64-bit hardware and Operating System. Queue manager processes are 64-bit only. For information on the implications of migrating to use the new 64-bit capabilities see the WebSphere MQ Migration Information book.

• WebSphere MQ introduces the ability for queue managers to communicate using the IPv6 protocol in addition to the existing, IPv4, protocol. For further information for migrating customers see the Migration book.

• Support for DCE exits, the DCE name service and DCE thread support features has been removed. For further information for migrating customers see the WebSphere MQ Migration Information book.

• A new form of license management is implemented for this release of the product. WebSphere MQ for Sun Solaris, V6.0 supports IBM Tivoli License Manager.

• Recent security improvements in WebSphere MQ V6.0 have affected the behavior of the AMQ6183 message. Users who are not in the mqm group cannot have message AMQ6183 written to the System error log file. Message AMQ6183 indicates that a FDC record has been written due to an FFST™ being generated. As a result, users can no longer rely on these messages for information regarding processes run by users who are not members of group mqm. See the Security book for further information on security changes.

• The SSL runtime cryptography on WebSphere MQ for Sun Solaris, V6.0 provides a cryptography package called IBM Crypto for C (ICC). On Solaris the ICC software complies with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Cryptomodule Validation Program (CMVP).

 

Parent topic:

Welcome to WebSphere MQ V6.0

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