PLEASE NOTE: This course is also available as an Instructor Led Online Course - IBM WebSphere MQ V7 Advanced System Administration (Distributed) (Remote Class) (VM210CE). Please also note this option does not require any travel. This course is designed to teach some of the advanced skills required by system programmers and administrators of IBM WebSphere MQ V7 on distributed platforms. It expands the basic skills developed in course Technical Introduction to IBM WebSphere MQ (WM100) / (VM100), and the IBM WebSphere MQ V7 System Administration courses (WM201) / (VM201) for Windows, (WM202) / (VM202) for AIX, and (WM203) / (VM203) for Linux. This course focuses on advanced features and facilities of WebSphere MQ V7 such as clustering and security, emphasizing the administration of workload balancing using clustering and using SSL to secure channels. Additional topics include channel exit programming, statistic and accounting facilities, advanced client features, and publish/subscribe administration with IBM WebSphere MQ for z/OS V7. For information on other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths Web site: http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths/ WebSphere/SOA/XML Certification Train and Certify Promotion Within six (6) months of completing this course or when the certification test expires, whichever comes first, you will be able to take the aligning certification test free of charge. The test is valued at $200 USD in developed countries and $100 in the emerging market countries. For complete promotion details, see http://www.ibm.com/certify/news/20080116.shtml For test retirement information, please refer to http://www.ibm.com/certify/certs/index.shtml . From the Software column, select the desired brand/technology, and refer to the retirement information on top of the next Web page.