SUMMARY:   The quality of the administration is the key to the success or failure of a WebSphere MQ implementation, in the eyes of the users, particularly in the sizing of the queues, logging performance and channel problem-handling aspects. This course starts from the basics of installation and setup and delivers the whole of the MQ administrator's skill set. AUDIENCE:   Those who will administer WebSphere MQ queue managers on WebSphere MQ for Windows NT/2000, AIX/6000, Sun Solaris, Linux and other distributed platforms, or those who already do so and wish to update their skills. The OS/390, z/OS and OS/400 products are not covered. PREREQUISITES:   The participant should have a conceptual knowledge of WebSphere MQ, such as might be gained from the WebSphere MQ Overview course, plus six months' practical experience. DURATION:   3 days APPROACH:   This class is taught by lecture with hands-on workshops (based on Windows NT/2000), and class discussions. OBJECTIVES:   After taking this course students should be able to: plan a WebSphere MQ implementation install WebSphere MQ customize and administer a WebSphere MQ queue manager use WebSphere MQ tools for monitoring queue usage define criteria for deciding logging methods, file location and sizing recover from media failures capture and read basic diagnostic information set up and perform remote administration COURSE CONTENT:   WebSphere MQ review WebSphere MQ installation and configuration Using WebSphere MQ administration tools Distributed queuing with WebSphere MQ Remote queues and transmission queues Setting up, operating and testing MQ channels Logging and recovery Tracking lost data WebSphere MQ clustering PL/2B