Backing up configuration files after creating a queue manager

IBM MQ configuration information is stored in configuration files on UNIX, Linux , and Windows. After creating a queue manager, back up your configuration files. Then, if you create another queue manager that causes you problems, we can reinstate the backups when we have removed the source of the problem.

As a general rule, back up your configuration files each time you create a new queue manager.

There are two types of configuration file:

When you install the product, the IBM MQ configuration file (mqs.ini) is created. It contains a list of queue managers that is updated each time you create or delete a queue manager. There is one mqs.ini file per node.
When you create a new queue manager, a new queue manager configuration file (qm.ini) is automatically created. This contains configuration parameters for the queue manager.

If we have installed the AMQP service, then there is an additional configuration file that you must back up:

On Windows systems: amqp_win.properties
On UNIX and Linux systems: amqp_unix.properties