Use IBM MQ Programmable Command Formats

We can use PCFs in a systems management program for IBM MQ remote administration.

This section includes:

• PCF command messages
• PCF responses in IBM MQ
• Extended responses
• Rules for naming IBM MQ objects
• Authority checking for PCF commands in IBM MQ

• PCF command messages
  PCF command messages consist of a PCF header, parameters identified in that header and also user-defined message data. The messages are issued using Message Queue interface calls.
• Send and receiving PCF messages in a specified queue
  
• PCF responses in IBM MQ
  In response to each command, the command server generates one or more response messages. A response message has a similar format to a command message.
• Authority checking for PCF commands in IBM MQ
  When a PCF command is processed, the UserIdentifier from the message descriptor in the command message is used for the required IBM MQ object authority checks. Authority checking is implemented differently on each platform as described in this topic.

Parent topic: Introduction to IBM MQ Programmable Command Formats