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Status Under review
Workspace MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 31, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Enhance the mqbackup command with options to exclude queue message data

Enhance the mqbackup command with options to exclude queue message data while preserving all configuration and infrastructure components for safe, fast recovery.

Why is it useful? The current mqbackup functionality provides significant operational benefits by creating comprehensive backups that include all necessary recovery components (configuration, file system structure, mq.ini, cryptographic material, etc.), enabling rapid queue manager restoration. However, including message data in backups creates substantial operational risks:

  • Duplicate message processing: Restored messages may have already been processed by applications before the backup was taken, leading to duplicate business transactions

  • Data consistency issues: Message restoration can violate application-level transaction boundaries and business logic assumptions

  • Backup size inflation: Message data significantly increases backup size and duration, impacting storage costs and backup windows

  • Compliance concerns: Reprocessing messages may violate regulatory requirements or audit trails in financial and regulated industries

The current approach forces a false choice between operational speed and data safety during recovery scenarios.

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