mq series feedback ?

Hello,

 

 

I will maybe have to load balance mq series servers.

 

 

On F5 site i got a short explanation of configuration : https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/5000/900/sol5994.html?sr=414070

 

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Load balancing IBM WebSphere MQ, also known as MQSeries, on the BIG-IP LTM does not require a special configuration. After configuring a standard TCP virtual server, which is usually configured on port 1414, you can direct the TCP virtual server to a pool of resource servers configured for the same service.

 

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Have you other recommandation ?

 

 

I have visited some mq series sites (http://www.mqseries.net) which talk about load balancing issue like timeout or monitoring.

 

 

What is the best monitoring check to do (tcp,snmp,wmi, ...)? Is there any tcp string sample ?

 

 

Which timeout has to be configured ?

 

 

Is there any persistence methode better than source ip ?

 

 

Does Performance L4 is sufficient ?

 

 

Thanks for your experience feedback;

 

 

Best Regards,

 

 

Flo