IBM WebSphere Message Broker V6
Display, Test and Performance utilities
Version 6.0
14 April 2008
Jim MacNair
MQSeries Sales Support
IBM
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Somers, NY
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macnair@us.ibm.com
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WebSphere Message Broker - Message display and test utility
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Twenty-sixth Edition, April, 2008
This edition applies to Version 6.0 of WebSphere Message Broker test, display and
performance utilities and to all subsequent releases and modifications unless otherwise
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Table of Contents
Take Note! ........................................................................................................................i
Twenty-sixth Edition, April, 2008 ......................................................................................i
Table of Contents .........................................................................ii
Notices .......................................................................................viii
Trademarks and service marks ................................................................................................................................viii
Acknowledgments........................................................................x
Summary of Amendments..........................................................xi
Preface ........................................................................................xii
Chapter 1. Introduction................................................................1
Version History...........................................................................................................................................................1
Changes in V1.0.1 .......................................................................................................... 1
Changes in V1.0.2 .......................................................................................................... 1
Changes in V2.0.1 .......................................................................................................... 1
Changes in V2.1 ............................................................................................................. 1
Changes in V2.11 ........................................................................................................... 2
Changes in V2.12 ........................................................................................................... 2
Changes in V3.0 ............................................................................................................. 2
Changes in V3.02 ........................................................................................................... 2
Changes in V3.1 ............................................................................................................. 2
Changes in V3.1.1 .......................................................................................................... 3
Changes in V3.2 ............................................................................................................. 3
Changes in V3.21 ........................................................................................................... 3
Changes in V3.22 ........................................................................................................... 3
Changes in V3.23 ........................................................................................................... 3
Changes in V3.3 ............................................................................................................. 3
Changes in V3.4.2 .......................................................................................................... 4
Changes in V3.4.3 .......................................................................................................... 4
Changes in V3.5.0 .......................................................................................................... 4
Changes in V3.5.1 .......................................................................................................... 4
Changes in V3.6 ............................................................................................................. 4
Changes in V3.6.1 .......................................................................................................... 5
Changes in V3.6.2 .......................................................................................................... 5
Changes in V3.7.1 .......................................................................................................... 5
Changes in V3.7.2 .......................................................................................................... 5
Changes in V3.9.2 .......................................................................................................... 5
Changes in V3.9.2 .......................................................................................................... 5
Changes in V4.0.1 .......................................................................................................... 5
Changes in V 4.0.2 ......................................................................................................... 6
Changes in V 4.0.3 ......................................................................................................... 6
Changes in V 4.0.4 ......................................................................................................... 6
Changes in V 4.0.5 ......................................................................................................... 6
Changes in V 4.0.6 ......................................................................................................... 6
Changes in V 4.0.7 ......................................................................................................... 6
Changes in V 4.0.11 ....................................................................................................... 6
Changes in V 4.20 .......................................................................................................... 7
Changes in V 5.0 ............................................................................................................ 7
Changes in V 5.0.1 ......................................................................................................... 7
Changes in V 5.0.2 ......................................................................................................... 7
Changes in V 5.0.3 ......................................................................................................... 7
Changes in V 5.0.4 ......................................................................................................... 8
Changes in V 5.0.6 ......................................................................................................... 8
Changes in V 6.0 ............................................................................................................ 8
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What the RFHUtil utility does .....................................................................................................................................9
Header chaining .........................................................................................................................................................9
Chapter 2. Installation................................................................10
Supported Environments..........................................................................................................................................10
Display Requirements ...................................................................................................... 10
Character set considerations............................................................................................ 10
Installing additional code pages on Windows XP......................................................... 10
Limitations in the RFHUtil.exe utility.........................................................................................................................11
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................11
Using the source programs .............................................................................................. 13
Security Considerations when using RFHUtil and RFHUtilc ....................................................................................13
Chapter 3. Using the Display and Test Utility..........................14
Starting the utility......................................................................................................................................................14
Main Tab ..................................................................................................................................................................14
Reading and writing from/to a file or queue ..................................................................... 14
Queue manager and queue names ................................................................................. 14
Considerations when using the client version (rfhutilc.exe)............................................. 15
Read Queue button.......................................................................................................... 15
Write Queue button .......................................................................................................... 16
Writing to remote queues ................................................................................................. 16
Browse operations............................................................................................................ 16
Browse Queue button....................................................................................................... 16
Start Browse button.......................................................................................................... 16
Browse Next, Browse Prev and End Browse buttons...................................................... 17
Close Q button ................................................................................................................. 17
Open File button............................................................................................................... 17
Save File Button ............................................................................................................... 18
Clear Data and Clear All buttons...................................................................................... 18
Display Q button............................................................................................................... 18
Purge Q button ................................................................................................................. 20
Save Q button .................................................................................................................. 20
Load Q button...................................................................................................................21
Move Q button.................................................................................................................. 22
Considerations when moving messages using the Move Q button ................................. 23
Load Names button.......................................................................................................... 24
Set Conn Id button ........................................................................................................... 24
Q Depth, Queue Type and Data Size .............................................................................. 25
Cluster Open ....................................................................................................................25
Get and Put options.......................................................................................................... 26
Convert option and MQ data conversion considerations.............................................. 26
Setting the user id and application context ...................................................................... 27
Considerations when using message groups and segmentation..................................... 27
Data tab selections...................................................................................................................................................28
Data Window .................................................................................................................... 28
Data formats..................................................................................................................... 28
Numeric formats ............................................................................................................... 29
Character formats............................................................................................................. 30
CR/LF selection ............................................................................................................ 30
EDI selection................................................................................................................. 30
Indent selection............................................................................................................. 30
Validate......................................................................................................................... 30
Data Translation ........................................................................................................... 30
Browse Next button.......................................................................................................... 31
Browse Prev button.......................................................................................................... 31
Browse status messages ................................................................................................. 31
Copybook button .............................................................................................................. 31
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Search Menu Items ..................................................................................................................................................32
MQMD tab ................................................................................................................................................................32
MQ Message Format........................................................................................................ 33
User id, Accounting Token and Backout Count ............................................................... 33
Put Date/Time, Expiry and Feedback .............................................................................. 33
Original Length and message sequence number ............................................................ 33
Message Id, Correlation Id and Group Id......................................................................... 33
Editing the message id, correlation id and group id ......................................................... 33
Report options ..................................................................................................................34
Message flags .................................................................................................................. 34
Application context fields.................................................................................................. 34
Reply to queue and queue manager................................................................................ 34
Reset Ids button ............................................................................................................... 35
Copy msgid to correlid button........................................................................................... 35
RFH tab selections ...................................................................................................................................................35
Multiple RFH headers in a single message...................................................................... 36
RFH fixed data ................................................................................................................. 36
RFH variable data ............................................................................................................ 36
RFH Type ......................................................................................................................... 36
V2 Folders ........................................................................................................................ 37
PubSub tab...............................................................................................................................................................37
Request Type ................................................................................................................... 38
Topic(s)............................................................................................................................. 38
Filter.................................................................................................................................. 38
Sub Point/Stream ............................................................................................................. 38
Sub Name, Identity and Data ........................................................................................... 38
Queue manager to connect to.......................................................................................... 38
Queue Name .................................................................................................................... 38
Broker Queue Manager Name ......................................................................................... 38
Subscription Queue Manager........................................................................................... 39
Subscription Queue.......................................................................................................... 39
Pub Time .......................................................................................................................... 39
Seq No.............................................................................................................................. 39
Other Fields...................................................................................................................... 39
Options ............................................................................................................................. 39
Persistence....................................................................................................................... 40
Clear button...................................................................................................................... 41
Save to File button ........................................................................................................... 41
Write Msg button .............................................................................................................. 41
pscr tab.....................................................................................................................................................................41
jms tab......................................................................................................................................................................42
JMS Message Type.......................................................................................................... 42
Destination........................................................................................................................ 43
Reply To ........................................................................................................................... 43
Correlation Id.................................................................................................................... 43
Group Id and Sequence ................................................................................................... 43
Timestamp........................................................................................................................ 43
Priority .............................................................................................................................. 43
Expiration.......................................................................................................................... 43
Delivery mode .................................................................................................................. 43
User Defined Fields.......................................................................................................... 43
usr tab ......................................................................................................................................................................44
Handling of attributes in the RFH2 usr area..................................................................... 44
other tab ...................................................................................................................................................................45
CICS Tab..................................................................................................................................................................45
Version ............................................................................................................................. 46
Program............................................................................................................................ 46
Trans id............................................................................................................................. 47
