Starting a queue manager

When creating a queue manager, we must start it to enable it to process commands or MQI calls.

About this task

We can start a queue manager by using the strmqm command. For a description of the strmqm command and its options, see strmqm.

Alternatively, on Windows and Linux (x86 and x86-64 platforms) systems, you can start a queue manager by using the IBM MQ Explorer.

On Windows we can start a queue manager automatically when the system starts using the IBM MQ Explorer. For more information, see Administration using the IBM MQ Explorer.

Procedure

• To start a queue manager by using the strmqm command, enter the command followed by the name of the queue manager that we want to start. For example, to start a queue manager called QMB, enter the following command:

  strmqm QMB
  

  Note: We must use the strmqm command from the installation associated with the queue manager that we are working with. We can find out which installation a queue manager is associated with using the dspmq -o installation command.

  The strmqm command does not return control until the queue manager has started and is ready to accept connection requests.

• To start a queue manager by using the IBM MQ Explorer, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the IBM MQ Explorer.
  2. In the Navigator view, select the queue manager.
  3. Click Start.

Results

The queue manager starts.

If the queue manager start-up takes more than a few seconds IBM MQ issues information messages intermittently detailing the start-up progress.

Parent topic: Work with queue managers