DEFINE QALIAS

Use DEFINE QALIAS to define a new alias queue, and set its parameters.

Note: An alias queue provides a level of indirection to another queue or a topic object. If the alias refers to a queue, it must be another local or remote queue, defined at this queue manager, or a clustered alias queue defined on another queue manager. It cannot be another alias queue on this queue manager. If the alias refers to a topic, it must be a topic object defined at this queue manager.

• Syntax diagram
• Usage notes for DEFINE queues
• Parameter descriptions for DEFINE QUEUE and ALTER QUEUE

Synonym: DEF QA

Values shown above the main line in the railroad diagram are the defaults supplied with IBM MQ , but your installation might have changed them. See Syntax diagrams.

DEFINE QALIAS

1

CMDSCOPE(*)1

2QSGDISP(QMGR)QSGDISP(COPY)1

QSGDISP(GROUP)1

2define attrs

common queue attrs

alias queue attrs

Define attrs

NOREPLACEREPLACE

Common queue attrs

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)

DEFPRTY(0)DEFPRTY(integer)

DEFPRESP(SYNC)DEFPRESP(ASYNC)

DEFPSIST(NO)DEFPSIST(YES)

DESCR(' ')DESCR(string)

PUT(ENABLED)PUT(DISABLED)

Alias queue attrs

CLUSTER(' ')CLUSTER(clustername)

CLWLPRTY(0)CLWLPRTY(integer)

CLWLRANK(0)CLWLRANK(integer)

DEFBIND(OPEN)DEFBIND(NOTFIXEDGROUP

)

DEFREADA(NO)DEFREADA(YESDISABLED+

)

GET(ENABLED)GET(DISABLED)

PROPCTL(COMPAT)PROPCTL(ALLFORCENONEV6COMPAT

)

SCOPE(QMGR)SCOPE(CELL)3

4TARGET(' ')TARGET(string)

5TARGTYPE(QUEUE)TARGTYPE(TOPIC)

Notes:

• ¹ Valid only on z/OS®.
• ² Valid only on z/OS when the queue manager is a member of a queue sharing group.
• ³ Valid only on UNIX, Linux , and Windows.
• ⁴ Not valid on z/OS.
• ⁵ The TARGQ parameter is available for compatibility with previous releases. It is a synonym of TARGET; we cannot specify both parameters.