MQ Assessment
Health checks, configuration review, risk scoring, and prioritized next steps.
Learn more →IBM MQ Support and Assessment Services
Practical help for IBM MQ health checks, upgrades, troubleshooting, and day-to-day reliability work.
MQ Reliability Snapshot
A simple view of availability, recovery, and security indicators across your MQ estate.
- Incident Review
- Included
- Queue Managers
- Inventory
- Recovery
- Review
- Channel Security
- Review
“AztekMQ helped us turn scattered MQ findings into a clear remediation plan.”
“The review gave our team a better way to discuss recovery steps and ownership.”
“The security findings were specific enough for engineering and audit review.”
Our IBM MQ Services
Focused engagement options for IBM MQ assessment, support, upgrades, and operations.
High Availability
Review clustering, failover, recovery procedures, and high-availability design.
Learn more →Troubleshooting
Help with queue manager errors, channels, logs, FFSTs, and incident review.
Learn more →Upgrades
Plan MQ upgrades and migrations with validation and rollback steps.
Learn more →Custom Coding
Build automation, exits, and integration pipelines aligned with governance requirements.
Learn more →FTE / MFT
Review managed file transfer setup, audit needs, and encryption configuration.
Learn more →Why AztekMQ?
We combine hands-on MQ experience with repeatable checks so teams can make informed changes.
Talk with an Architect- Years IBM MQ Expertise
- Principal engineers averaging 25 years across regulated industries—from capital markets to defence.
- Assessment Logic
- Repeatable scoring for configuration, security, operational health, and support status.
- Hybrid & Multi-Platform Ready
- Expertise across distributed, z/OS, cloud-native, and containerised MQ estates.
- Security-First Automation
- Policy-as-code baselines, CIS-aligned controls, and audit-ready evidence on delivery.
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Typical Assessment Areas
Recovery
Incident response and recovery procedures
Availability
Availability design and failover readiness
Upgrades
Upgrade planning and rollback validation
How Our MQ Assessment Works
- ✔ Upload runmqras bundle securely
- ✔ Health and compliance checks
- ✔ Engineer review
- ✔ Prioritized findings and next steps
Assessment Flow
Secure Upload
Encrypted runmqras transfer with compliance logging.
Automated Scoring
Rules check configuration, security, logs, and support data.
Executive Roadmap
Recommendations with priorities, rationale, and follow-up work.
The assessment output is intended for engineering review, planning, and follow-up remediation.
Resources & Insights
Reference notes and checklists for MQ planning and operations.
Best Practices
5 Best Practices for MQ HA in Hybrid Cloud
Architect failover with hybrid resiliency patterns that satisfy regulator scrutiny.
Read more →Recovery Planning
Queue Manager Recovery Planning
Review monitoring, runbooks, and recovery workflow gaps.
Read more →Security
IBM MQ Security Hardening Checklist
Enforce TLS, auth, and least privilege without disrupting operations.
Read more →Recent Insight
Planning MQ Recovery and Failover Work
A practical example of failover planning, automation, and reporting for an MQ environment.
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Staged failover rehearsal validated four-region topology without customer impact.
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Organized compliance evidence reduced manual audit preparation.
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Summary reporting made recovery-time assumptions easier to review.