Planning your WebSphere MQ environment

 

Planning your storage and performance requirements
Address space storage
Common storage
Queue manager private region storage usage
Channel initiator private region storage usage
Data storage
Library storage
System LX usage
z/OS performance options for WebSphere MQ
Determining z/OS workload management importance and velocity goals
Where to find more information
Planning your page sets and buffer pools
Planning your page sets
Page set usage
Number of page sets
Size of page sets
Calculating the size of your page sets
Page set zero
Page sets 01 to 99
Calculating the storage requirement for messages
Enabling dynamic page set expansion
Defining your buffer pools
Planning your Coupling Facility and DB2 environment
Defining Coupling Facility resources
Planning your structures
Using multiple structures
Planning the size of your structures
Mapping shared queues to structures
Planning your DB2 environment
DB2 storage
Planning your logging environment
Planning your logs
Log data set definitions
Should your installation use single or dual logging?
How many active log data sets do we need?
How large should the active logs be?
Active log placement
Logs and archive storage
Planning your archive storage
Should your archive logs reside on tape or DASD?
Archiving to tape
Archiving to DASD volumes
Using SMS with archive log data sets
Planning for backup and recovery
Recovery procedures
Tips for backup and recovery
Periodically take backup copies
Backing up your object definitions
Backing up your Coupling Facility structures
Do not discard archive logs you might need
Do not change the DDname to page set association
Recovering page sets
How often should a page set be backed up?
Recovering CF structures
Achieving specific recovery targets
Periodic review of backup frequency
Backup and recovery with DFHSM
Recovery and CICS
Recovery and IMS
Preparing for recovery on an alternative site
Example of queue manager backup activity