QueueManager stanza of the mqs.ini file

There is one QueueManager stanza for every queue manager. Use the stanza to specify the location of the queue manager directory.

On Windows, UNIX and Linux systems, there is one QueueManager stanza for every queue manager. These attributes specify the queue manager name, and the name of the directory containing the files associated with that queue manager. The name of the directory is based on the queue manager name, but is transformed if the queue manager name is not a valid file name. See, Understand IBM MQ file names for more information about name transformation.

    Name= queue_manager_name
    The name of the queue manager.

    Prefix= prefix
    Where the queue manager files are stored. By default, this value is the same as the value specified on the DefaultPrefix attribute of the All Queue Managers information.

    Directory= name
    The name of the subdirectory under the prefix\QMGRS directory where the queue manager files are stored. This name is based on the queue manager name, but can be transformed if there is a duplicate name or if the queue manager name is not a valid file name.

    DataPath= path
    An explicit data path provided when the queue manager was created, this overrides Prefix and Directory as the path to the queue manager data.

    InstallationName= name
    The name of the IBM MQ installation associated with this queue manager. Commands from this installation must be used when interacting with this queue manager. If no InstallationName value is present, the queue manager is associated with an installation of the product earlier than Version 7.1.

    EphemeralPrefix= name
    Where the queue manager ephemeral data is stored.

    By default, this value is not present, meaning the data is stored under the Prefix location.

    The value is set from the value of the MQ_EPHEMERAL_PREFIX environment variable, or the DefaultEphemeralPrefix attribute of the AllQueueManager stanza in the mqs.ini file, when the queue manager is created.

Parent topic: Attributes for changing IBM MQ configuration information


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