Additional requirements for some features

Some of the features of WebSphere MQ for z/OS, V6.0 have additional requirements. These are listed below.

Queue-sharing groups

• Coupling Facility level 9

• DB2 V7.1.

• WebSphere MQ supports large shared queue messages (of more than 63KB) through the use of DB2 Binary Large Objects (BLOBs). This feature requires the fix for APAR PQ71179 on your version 7 DB2 system.

CICS bridge (3270 transactions)

• CICS Transaction Server V1.3 with APAR PQ23961.

Java Support feature

IBM Developer Kit for OS/390, Java 2 Technology Edition, V1.3.1.

WebSphere MQ Workflow

• WebSphere MQ Workflow, V3.4