Showing and hiding queue managers and clusters in IBM MQ Explorer

The IBM MQ Explorer can display more than one queue manager at a time. From the Show/Hide Queue Manager panel (selectable from the menu for the Queue Managers tree node), we can choose whether you display information about another (remote) machine. Local queue managers are detected automatically.

To show a remote queue manager:

1. Right-click the Queue Managers tree node, then select Show/Hide Queue Managers.
2. Click Add. The Show/Hide Queue Managers panel is displayed.
3. Enter the name of the remote queue manager and the host name or IP address in the fields provided.

   The host name or IP address is used to establish a client connection to the remote queue manager using either its default server connection channel, SYSTEM.ADMIN.SVRCONN, or a user-defined server connection channel.

4. Click Finish.

The Show/Hide Queue Managers panel also displays a list of all visible queue managers. We can use this panel to hide queue managers from the navigation view.

If the IBM MQ Explorer displays a queue manager that is a member of a cluster, the cluster is detected, and displayed automatically.

To export the list of remote queue managers from this panel:

1. Close the Show/Hide Queue Managers panel.
2. Right-click the highest IBM MQ tree node in the Navigation pane of the IBM MQ Explorer, then select Export IBM MQ Explorer Settings
3. Click IBM MQ Explorer > IBM MQ Explorer Settings
4. Select Connection Information > Remote queue managers.
5. Select a file to store the exported settings in.
6. Finally, click Finish to export the remote queue manager connection information to the specified file.

To import a list of remote queue managers:

1. Right-click the highest IBM MQ tree node in the Navigation pane of the IBM MQ Explorer, then select Import IBM MQ Explorer Settings
2. Click IBM MQ Explorer > IBM MQ Explorer Settings
3. Click Browse, and navigate to the path of the file that contains the remote queue manager connection information.
4. Click Open. If the file contains a list of remote queue managers, the Connection Information > Remote queue managers box is selected.
5. Finally, click Finish to import the remote queue manager connection information into the IBM MQ Explorer.

Parent topic: Set up the IBM MQ Explorer