:: Key Features

Cressida's ReQuest™ is designed to work in a multi-queue manager, multi-platform MQSeries environment. The product can be driven from a GUI, or from a Command Line Interface. All functions support both linear and circular logging. The recovery log can be accessed while the queue manager is running. All functions can be applied on defined 'applications' which are sets of local queues, possibly across multiple queue managers.

Using the MQ log files as input you will be able to run comprehensive reports on messages and queue managers. Uniquely you will be able to run a report that will detail the exact path of a specific message, identifying all queues and queue managers that have processed it.

The Recovery function will allow you to recover the queues to a specific valid
timestamp.

The Replay function will allow you to capture existing production message flows and then run them through new code or new system configurations to see what will happen. Message rate can be increased to see how it may affect the new code. This function is also quite useful for regression and performance testing and problem determination.

• Reporting
  :: at the individual message level
  :: includes timestamp information
  :: open architecture allows for interfacing with the reporting tool of your choice, or with in-house written applications.
  :: advanced filtering options
  :: "message propagation report" identifies the path a message took. Optionally includes related messages, for example based on the correlation-id.
  
• Workload recreation (Replay)
  :: Update rate can be changed
  :: Workload can be recreated on an alternative queue manager.
  
• Recovery function
  :: Timestamp recovery.
  :: Detection of valid recovery timestamps.
  :: Allows MQ-data to be recovered in sync with DBMS data.
  :: Recovers deleted queues and purged data.
  :: Allows for timestamp-recovery based SLA's.
  :: Allows analysis of damage by a rogue application.
  :: Recovery can be performed on an alternative queue or queue manager.