Note: To use the operations and control panels, we must have the correct security authorization; see Administer IBM MQ for z/OS and sub topics for more information. Figure 1 shows the panel that is displayed when you start a panel session. The text after the panel explains the actions you perform in this panel.
Figure 1. The operations and controls initial panel
IBM MQ for z/OS - Main Menu
Complete fields. Then press Enter.
Action . . . . . . . . . . 1 0. List with filter 4. Manage
1. List or Display 5. Perform
2. Define like 6. Start
3. Alter 7. Stop
8. Command
Object type . . . . . . . . CHANNEL +
Name . . . . . . . . . . . *
Disposition . . . . . . . . A Q=Qmgr, C=Copy, P=Private, G=Group,
S=Shared, A=All
Connect name . . . . . . . MQ25 - local queue manager or group
Target queue manager . . . MQ25
- connected or remote queue manager for command input
Action queue manager . . . MQ25 - command scope in group
Response wait time . . . . 10 5 - 999 seconds
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Command ===> ________________________________________________________________
F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=Prompt F9=SwapNext F10=Messages
F12=Cancel
From this panel, we can:
Select the action we want to perform by typing in the appropriate number in the Action field.
Specify the object type that we want to work with. Press F4 for a list of object types if we are not sure what they are.
Display a list of objects of the type specified. Type in an asterisk (*) in the Name field and press enter to display a list of objects (of the type specified) that have already been defined on this subsystem. We can then select one or more objects to work with in sequence. Figure 2 shows a list of channels produced in this way.
Specify the disposition in the queue sharing group of the objects we want to work with in the Disposition field. The disposition determines where the object is kept and how the object behaves.
Choose the local queue manager, or queue sharing group to which we want to connect in the Connect name field. If we want the commands to be issued on a remote queue manager, choose either the Target queue manager field or the Action queue manager field, depending upon whether the remote queue manager is not or is a member of a queue sharing group. If the remote queue manager is not a member of a queue sharing group, choose the Target queue manager field. If the remote queue manager is a member of a queue sharing group, choose the Action queue manager field.
Choose the wait time for responses to be received in the Response wait time field.
Figure 2. Listing channels
List Channels - MQ25 Row 1 of 8
Type action codes, then press Enter. Press F11 to display connection status.
1=Display 2=Define like 3=Alter 4=Manage 5=Perform
6=Start 7=Stop
Name Type Disposition Status
<> * CHANNEL ALL MQ25
_ SYSTEM.DEF.CLNTCONN CLNTCONN QMGR MQ25
_ SYSTEM.DEF.CLUSRCVR CLUSRCVR QMGR MQ25 INACTIVE
_ SYSTEM.DEF.CLUSSDR CLUSSDR QMGR MQ25 INACTIVE
_ SYSTEM.DEF.RECEIVER RECEIVER QMGR MQ25 INACTIVE
_ SYSTEM.DEF.REQUESTER REQUESTER QMGR MQ25 INACTIVE
_ SYSTEM.DEF.SENDER SENDER QMGR MQ25 INACTIVE
_ SYSTEM.DEF.SERVER SERVER QMGR MQ25 INACTIVE
_ SYSTEM.DEF.SVRCONN SVRCONN QMGR MQ25 INACTIVE
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Command ===> ________________________________________________________________
F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=Filter F5=Refresh F7=Bkwd
F8=Fwd F9=SwapNext F10=Messages F11=Status F12=Cancel