MQExplorer (launch IBM MQ Explorer)

Start IBM MQ Explorer (Windows and Linux x86-64 platforms only).


Purpose

We can start IBM MQ Explorer by using the MQExplorer command in the installation directory. The location of the MQExplorer command depends on how you installed IBM MQ Explorer.

On Linux:

  • If we are running the IBM MQ Explorer that was installed as part of a full IBM MQ server installation, the MQExplorer command is stored in MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/bin, where MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH is the IBM MQ installation path.
  • If we installed the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer (MS0T SupportPac), MQExplorer is in MQ_EXPLORER_INSTALLATION_PATH, where MQ_EXPLORER_INSTALLATION_PATH is the IBM MQ Explorer (MS0T SupportPac) installation path.

On Windows:

  • If we are running the IBM MQ Explorer that was installed as part of a full IBM MQ server installation, the MQExplorer.exe command is stored in MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/bin64, where MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH is the IBM MQ installation path.
  • If we installed the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer (MS0T SupportPac), MQExplorer.exe is in MQ_EXPLORER_INSTALLATION_PATH, where MQ_EXPLORER_INSTALLATION_PATH is the IBM MQ Explorer (MS0T SupportPac) installation path.

We can also launch IBM MQ Explorer by using the system menu on Linux, or the start menu on Windows. In both cases, we must left-click the installation that we want to launch.

On Linux, the system menu entry for IBM MQ Explorer is added to the Development category. Where it appears within the system menu is dependent on the Linux distribution (SUSE or Red Hat), and your desktop environment (GNOME or KDE).

  • On SUSE

    • Left-click Computer > More Applications..., and find the installation of IBM MQ Explorer that we want to launch under the Development category.

  • On Red Hat

    • The installation of IBM MQ Explorer that we want to launch can be found under Applications> Programming.

On Windows, open the start menu, and select the IBM MQ Explorer installation entry under the IBM MQ folder that corresponds to the installation that we want to launch. Each instance of IBM MQ Explorer listed is identified by the name that you chose for its installation.


Syntax

MQExplorer.exe (the MQExplorer command) supports standard Eclipse runtime options. The syntax of this command is as follows: MQExplorer  -clean  -initialize


Optional parameters

    -clean
    Is passed to Eclipse. This parameter causes Eclipse to delete any cached data used by the Eclipse runtime.

    -initialize
    Is passed to Eclipse. This parameter causes Eclipse to discard configuration information used by the Eclipse runtime.

    The graphical user interface (GUI) does not start.

Parent topic: IBM MQ control commands reference


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