Work with queue managers

We can use control commands to start and stop a queue manager. We can use MQSC commands to display or alter queue manager attributes.

• Starting a queue manager
  When creating a queue manager, we must start it to enable it to process commands or MQI calls.
• Stopping a queue manager
  We can use the endmqm command to stop a queue manager. This command provides four ways to stop a queue manager: a controlled, or quiesced, shutdown, an immediate shutdown, a preemptive shutdown, and a wait shutdown. Alternatively, on Windows and Linux, we can stop a queue manager by using the IBM MQ Explorer.
• Stopping a queue manager manually
  If the standard methods for stopping and removing a queue manager fail, we can try to stop the queue manager manually.
• Restarting a queue manager
  We can use the strmqm command to restart a queue manager, or on Windows and Linux x86-64 systems, we can restart a queue manager from IBM MQ Explorer.
• Display and alter queue manager attributes
  We can use MQSC commands to display or alter queue manager attributes.
• Delete a queue manager
  We can delete a queue manager using the dltmqm command. Alternatively, on Windows and Linux systems, we can use the IBM MQ Explorer to delete a queue manager.

Parent topic: Work with local IBM MQ objects

Related information

• Create queue managers on Multiplatforms