That said, you're not going to get a simple answer about clustering. MQSeries clusters greatly simplify a lot of management tasks but they can also imply a significant change in your overall queuing philosophy. At least, if you're doing it right they do!
Distributing Websphere engines is another area that can't really be summed up in a single reply.
In both cases deliberate design and management decisions need to be made and the reasoning behind those decisions need a thorough understanding of the technologies. Back to the manuals I'm afraid.
IBM MQ Series does work with on a Microsoft cluster. It will work if you configure it as a generic resource using the cluster's virtual IP, however it works MUCH MUCH better if you download the service pack for clustering, goto link:
Follow the instructions and create a virtual Queue Manager under MSCS control.
I have set a few of these up and they are fanatastic. To give you an example, I started a AMQSPUT, rebooted the active node in the middle of it and within 12 seconds the secondary node had taken over, and MQ continued receiving messages, I sent 33 messages, none were lost.
With Active / Passive - You do not need an additional license. The binaries reside on both nodes, but there is only one copy of the program running at any given time
With Active / Active you need 2 licences, its just like installing it on 2 NT servers right?
I don't think that ists so hard that you need to read a whole manual...
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