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Monitor queues

Use this page to view tasks that help you to resolve a problem with a queue and the application that services that queue. Various monitoring options are available to determine the problem

Frequently, the first sign of a problem with a queue that is being serviced is that the number of messages on the queue (CURDEPTH) increases. If you expect an increase at certain times of day or under certain workloads, an increasing number of messages might not indicate a problem. However, if you have no explanation for the increasing number of messages, you might want to investigate the cause.

We might have an application queue where there is a problem with the application, or a transmission queue where there is a problem with the channel. Additional monitoring options are available when the application that services the queue is a channel.

The following examples investigate problems with a particular queue, called Q1, and describe the fields that you look at in the output of various commands:

Parent topic: Real-time monitoring

Last updated: 2020-10-04