Tuesday 26 November 2013

MQ Cluster - Quick reference for understanding


Concept
If we define a queue as Cluster queue,then the MQ will automatically create the Remote Queue definitions in other cluster queue managers as well.
In a cluster,we need not create transmission queue.Its automatically created by MQ for routing messages. This single transmission queue can be used to carry messages to any other queue manager in the cluster.
All the queue managers that join a cluster agree to work in this way. They send out information about themselves and about the queues they host, and they receive information about the other members of the cluster.
This information is stored in repositories. Most queue managers retain only the information that they need, that is, information about queues and queue managers with which they need to communicate. Each queue manager keeps the information in a partial repository. Some designated queue managers retain a full repository of all the information about all queue managers in the cluster.
When a new Queue manager joins a cluster,we need to manually create cluster sender channel and cluster receiver channel.All other channels required for communication are automatically created.
Queues that are accessible by any other queue manager in the cluster is called ‘Cluster queues’.

Just like Distributed queueing,
From an external application we can put messages from any queuemanager in the cluster.But we can only get messages from the queuemanager which hosts the queue.

Queue manager joining a cluster should have cluster sender channel and cluster receiver channel.
QM3 joins cluster CLUSTEST.It has 2 full repositories,QM1 and QM2.
(Channel name should always be w.r.t. receiver side)
Then QM3 cluster sender channel to QM1 is CLUSTEST.QM1.and this is the channel name at receiver side for QM1.
QM3 cluster receiver channel from QM1 is CLUSTEST.QM3.And this is the sender channel for QM1.
If we introduce a Queue manager to one of the Full repositories,it is sufficient.The cluster channels carry message s in the clusters as well the information about clusters.
How cluster works?
When a Queue manager newly gets added to cluster,first a cluster sender channel is manually created,to introduce itself to one of the full repositories of the cluster.The full repository queue manager then automatically creates cluster sender channel to the newly joined queue manager and sends information about the cluster.

SYSTEM.CLUSTER.TRANSMISSION.QUEUE is the cluster transmission queue used by queue managers in cluster.
SYSTEM.CLUSTER.REPOSITORY.QUEUE is the queue which holds repository information of the cluster

Using Cluster we can achieve,
1)Work load balancing(If same queue is defined in more than 1 queue managers in a cluster)
 Cluster Workload algorithm
Cluster Workload exits

To achieve this,we need to define the same Cluster queue in more than one Cluster Queue managers.
2)High availability (by creating multiple queues in cluster in queue managers)
To achieve this,it is enough if we create Cluster queue in one Queue manager.Even if that Queue manager is down,the application can send messages to that queue via other Queue managers in the Cluster.But MQGet is not possible unless and until the Cluster Queue is defined in all the Cluster Queue manager.



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