Set up a common queue for trace-route reply messages

To determine the locations of the trace-route reply messages related to a specific message when the reports are delivered to the local system queue, it is more efficient to use a common queue on a single node

Before starting

Set the ROUTEREC parameter to enable the queue manager for trace-route messaging and to specify that any trace-route reply messages generated are delivered to the local system queue SYSTEM.ADMIN.TRACE.ROUTE.QUEUE.

About this task

If a number of queue managers in a queue manager network are set to deliver trace-route reply messages to the local system queue, it can be time consuming to determine the locations of the trace-route reply messages related to a specific message. Alternatively, use a single node, which is a queue manager that hosts a common queue. All the queue managers in a queue manager network can deliver trace-route reply messages to this common queue. The benefit of using a common queue is that queue managers do not have to deliver trace-route reply messages to the reply-to queue specified in a message and, when determining the locations of the trace-route reply messages related to a message, you query one queue only.

To set up a common queue, perform the following steps:

Procedure

1. Select or define a queue manager as the single node
2. On the single node, select or define a queue for use as the common queue
3. On all queue managers that forward trace-route reply messages to the common queue, redefine the local system queue SYSTEM.ADMIN.TRACE.ROUTE.QUEUE as a remote queue definition
   1. Specify the name of the single node as the remote queue manager name
   2. Specify the name of the common queue as the remote queue name

Parent topic: Trace-route messaging