Part 2. Using commands to administer WebSphere MQ

Partial Table-of-Contents

Chapter 3. Managing queue managers using control commands

Using control commands

Using control commands on Windows systems

Using the WebSphere MQ Explorer on Windows systems

Using control commands on UNIX systems

Creating a queue manager

Guidelines for creating queue managers

Creating a default queue manager

Making an existing queue manager the default

Windows systems

UNIX systems

Backing up configuration files after creating a queue manager

Windows systems

UNIX systems

Starting a queue manager

Starting a queue manager automatically

Stopping a queue manager

Quiesced shutdown

Immediate shutdown

Preemptive shutdown

If you have problems shutting down a queue manager

Restarting a queue manager

Deleting a queue manager

Chapter 4. Administering local WebSphere MQ objects

Supporting application programs that use the MQI

Performing local administration tasks using MQSC commands

WebSphere MQ object names

Case-sensitivity in MQSC commands

Standard input and output

Using MQSC commands interactively

Feedback from MQSC commands

Ending interactive input of MQSC commands

Running MQSC commands from text files

MQSC command files

MQSC command reports

Running the supplied MQSC command files

Using runmqsc to verify commands

Running MQSC commands from batch files

Resolving problems with MQSC commands

Working with queue managers

Displaying queue manager attributes

Altering queue manager attributes

Working with local queues

Defining a local queue

Defining a dead-letter queue

Displaying default object attributes

Copying a local queue definition

Changing local queue attributes

Clearing a local queue

Deleting a local queue

Browsing queues

Monitoring local queues with the Windows Performance Monitor

Enabling large queues

Working with alias queues

Defining an alias queue

Using other commands with alias queues

Working with model queues

Defining a model queue

Using other commands with model queues

Managing objects for triggering

Defining an application queue for triggering

Defining an initiation queue

Defining a process

Displaying attributes of a process definition

Chapter 5. Automating administration tasks

PCF commands

PCF object attributes

Escape PCFs

Using the MQAI to simplify the use of PCFs

Active Directory Services Interfaces

Client connection channels in the Active Directory

Chapter 6. Administering remote WebSphere MQ objects

Channels, clusters, and remote queuing

Remote administration using clusters

Remote administration from a local queue manager

Preparing queue managers for remote administration

Preparing channels and transmission queues for remote administration

Defining channels and transmission queues

Starting the channels

Managing the command server for remote administration

Starting the command server

Displaying the status of the command server

Stopping a command server

Issuing MQSC commands on a remote queue manager

Working with queue managers on z/OS

Recommendations for issuing commands remotely

If you have problems using MQSC commands remotely

Creating a local definition of a remote queue

Understanding how local definitions of remote queues work

Example

An alternative way of putting messages on a remote queue

Using other commands with remote queues

Defining a transmission queue

Default transmission queues

Using remote queue definitions as aliases

Queue manager aliases

Reply-to queue aliases

Data conversion

When a queue manager cannot convert messages in built-in formats

File ccsid.tbl

Default data conversion

Converting messages in user-defined formats

Changing the queue manager CCSID