What's new in IBM MQ Version 9.0.4

IBM MQ Version 9.0.4 delivers a number of new and enhanced features on AIX , Linux , Windows, and z/OS®.

The individual features provided by a CD release are stand-alone functions but may increase in capability in subsequent CD releases, enhancing earlier CD features and forming a suite of related capabilities.

Additional platform support for Continuous Delivery

Support for AIX is added for Continuous Delivery from IBM MQ Version 9.0.4.

New IBM MQ for Multiplatforms features

• Enhancements for the administrative REST API
• New commands for configuring the mqweb server
• The messaging REST API
• Local OS authentication for IBM MQ Console and administrative REST API
• Changes to the dspmqweb command
• migmqlog command
• Monitor of IBM MQ for AIX queue managers through IBM Cloud Product Insights
• Support for HTTP proxy access for queue managers that connect to IBM Cloud Product Insights (no longer available. See Service Deprecation: IBM Cloud Product Insights)
• Support for creating event messages for Salesforce platform events

The following new features are available only with IBM MQ Advanced entitlement:

• IBM MQ Bridge to blockchain is available on Linux
• RDQM high availability
• Ability to run the Managed File Transfer Logger in client mode

New IBM MQ for z/OS features

• Enhancements for the administrative REST API
• New commands for configuring the mqweb server
• The messaging REST API
• Db2 Universal Table Spaces

• Ability to run the Managed File Transfer Logger in client mode on z/OS

The following new features are available only with IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, Value Unit Edition entitlement:

• Use an HTTP proxy to connect to IBM Cloud Product Insights in IBM Cloud (no longer available. See Service Deprecation: IBM Cloud Product Insights)
• Java and JMS client connectivity to z/OS queue managers