Monday, March 30, 2015

IBM WAS 8.0.0.9 post upgrade issue with MQ connections: disableSSLv3 is set to true

After upgrade to 8.0.0.9 you can get below exceptions if you are using SSL.
You need to change cipher type to TLS in channel configuration and in WAS datasource  in order to resolve it.

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Only SSLv3 was enabled while com.ibm.jsse2.disableSSLv3 is set to true
        at com.ibm.jsse2.ad.a(ad.java:142)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.ad.<init>(ad.java:65)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketImpl.setEnabledProtocols(SSLSocketImpl.java:714)
        at com.ibm.mq.jmqi.remote.internal.RemoteTCPConnection.makeSocketSecure(RemoteTCPConnection.java:1886)
        at com.ibm.mq.jmqi.remote.internal.RemoteTCPConnection.connnectUsingLocalAddress(RemoteTCPConnection.java:711)
        ... 90 more

Monday, March 23, 2015

IBM WebSphere Application Server on z/os, how to increase number of servants regions

To increase number of servants you need:

1. Open dmgr console
2. Servers > app. servers > ${YOUR APP SERVER NAME} > server infrastructure > Java and Process Management > Server Instance
3. Enable Multiple Instances Enabled
4. Set min and max according to requirements.
5. save changes