IBM MQ Monitoring with LAMAXU
What is LAMAXU?
LAMAXU (pronounced Lamasu) simplifies the complexity of IBM MQ (MQSeries) monitoring by consolidating and delivering all critical monitoring data through a single, easy-to-use collector.
The LAMAXU collector is a Java agent that remotely connects to IBM MQ and exposes all available metrics in a format that’s easy to consume, enabling seamless integration with virtually any monitoring system.
While many enterprise-grade monitoring solutions offer IBM MQ monitoring, they often provide only basic functionality—typically limited to tracking metrics like queue depths.
With LAMAXU, you can significantly reduce both effort and costs by extending your existing monitoring solution to cover a comprehensive range of IBM MQ metrics. All MQ data is made available through standard formats, including:
- JMX MBeans
- HTTP REST (XML and JSON formats)
- Log files (XML or JSON formatted logs for SPLUNK consumption)
Why Lamaxu?
Lamaxu is a unique IBM MQ monitoring agent, and API, that allows organizations to build comprehensive monitoring solutions for MQ that meet their own unique business requirements. By providing an open API to build upon, Lamaxu enables you to focus on what to monitor and measure, rather than how.
Collect Metrics
Lamaxu streamlines the process of extracting valuable IBM MQ metrics from complex, distributed systems. Through the Lamaxu REST API, nearly all of IBM MQ’s internal data—such as events, statistics, statuses, configurations, and more—are made accessible. Lamaxu allows for the centralized collection of every MQ metric that is relevant to your business, ensuring you have the insights you need to make informed decisions.
Documented API
Lamaxu’s API offers seamless access to a wide range of MQ data, including events, statistics, status information, configurations, and unique aggregated performance metrics like message rates and queue backlog times. The REST API delivers responses in a key/value format, available in both JSON and XML. This flexibility allows you to integrate the data into various applications, such as building custom web dashboards tailored to your needs..
Collect Statistics
Lamaxu simplifies the extraction of crucial IBM MQ metrics from complex, distributed systems. By leveraging the Lamaxu REST API, you gain access to nearly all of IBM MQ’s internal data. Lamaxu enables the centralized collection of all MQ metrics that matter to your business, providing the insights needed to drive informed decisions.
Secure Connectivity
Lamaxu leverages transports that offer SSL/TLS encryption and authentication.
Agentless
Lamaxu is an ‘Agentless’ agent. It is designed to run from a central location and collect metrics from remotely connected MQ systems.
Simplicity
Lamaxu is completely stand-alone and does not require a database or a central management server to operate. This allows Lamaxu to be deployed very quickly, saving you valuable time and costs.
LAMAXU AND YOUR ENTERPRISE
