New IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, Value Unit Edition features

IBM MQ Version 9.0.4 delivers a number of new features that are available 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

The IBM Cloud Product Insights service is no longer available. For more information, see this blog post: Service Deprecation: IBM Cloud Product Insights.


Java and JMS client connectivity to z/OS queue managers

From Version 9.0.4, we can connect an IBM MQ classes for JMS, or IBM MQ classes for Java™, application to a queue manager on z/OS, that has the ADVCAP(ENABLED) attribute, by using a client connection.

For more information, see Java and JMS client connectivity to z/OS queue managers.


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

From Version 9.0.4, the Managed File Transfer Logger is a separately installable feature.

On z/OS, to run the Managed File Transfer Logger as a client in FILE mode, you must have IBM MQ Managed File Transfer for z/OS, IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, or IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, Value Unit Edition entitlement.

To use the logger as a client, you must use one or more of the additional parameters in the fteCreateLogger command. There are, also, extra parameters for use in the logger.properties file.