Channel termination and failure conditions

When MQIPT detects closure (either normal or abnormal) of an IBM MQ channel, it propagates the channel closure. If you close a route by using MQIPT, all channels going through that route are closed.

MQIPT provides an optional idle-timeout facility. If MQIPT detects that a channel has been idle for a period of time exceeding the timeout, it performs an immediate shutdown on the two connections in question.

The IBM MQ systems at either end of the channel observe these abnormal shutdown conditions either as network failures or as termination of the channel by their partner. The channel is then able to restart and recover (if the failure happens during a protocol in-doubt period) as if MQIPT was not being used.

Parent topic: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru