Prerequisite software and definitions for IBM MQ Explorer

Ensure that you satisfy the following requirements before trying to use the IBM MQ Explorer.

The IBM MQ Explorer can connect to remote queue managers using the TCP/IP communication protocol only.

Check that:

1. A command server is running on every remotely administered queue manager.
2. A suitable TCP/IP listener object must be running on every remote queue manager. This object can be the IBM MQ listener or, on UNIX and Linux systems, the inetd daemon.
3. A server-connection channel, by default named SYSTEM.ADMIN.SVRCONN, exists on all remote queue managers. We can create the channel using the following MQSC command:

   DEFINE CHANNEL(SYSTEM.ADMIN.SVRCONN) CHLTYPE(SVRCONN)
   

   This command creates a basic channel definition. If we want a more sophisticated definition (to set up security, for example), we need additional parameters. For more information, see DEFINE CHANNEL.

4. The system queue, SYSTEM.MQEXPLORER.REPLY.MODEL, must exist.

Parent topic: Set up the IBM MQ Explorer