Configuration file stanzas for distributed queuing

A description of the stanzas of the queue manager configuration file, qm.ini, related to distributed queuing.

This topic shows the stanzas in the queue manager configuration file that relate to distributed queuing. It applies to the queue manager configuration file for IBM MQ for Multiplatforms. The file is called qm.ini on all platforms.

The stanzas that relate to distributed queuing are:

• CHANNELS
• TCP
• LU62
• NETBIOS
• EXITPATH

Figure 1 shows the values that we can set using these stanzas. When we are defining one of these stanzas, we do not need to start each item on a new line. We can use either a semicolon (;) or a hash character (#) to indicate a comment.

CHANNELS:
  MAXCHANNELS=n        ; Maximum number of channels allowed, the
                       ; default value is 100.
  MAXACTIVECHANNELS=n  ; Maximum number of channels allowed to be active at
                       ; any time, the default is the value of MaxChannels.
  MAXINITIATORS=n      ; Maximum number of initiators allowed, the default
                       ; and maximum value is 3.
  MQIBINDTYPE=type1    ; Whether the binding for applications is to be
                       ; "fastpath" or "standard".
                       ; The default is "standard". 
  ADOPTNEWMCA=chltype  ; Stops previous process if channel fails to start.
                       ; The default is "NO".
  ADOPTNEWMCATIMEOUT=n ; Specifies the amount of time that the new
                       ; process should wait for the old process to end.
                       ; The default is 60.
  ADOPTNEWMCACHECK=    ; Specifies the type checking required.
            typecheck  ; The default is "NAME","ADDRESS", and "QM".
  TCP:                 ; TCP entries
  PORT=n               ; Port number, the default is 1414
  KEEPALIVE=Yes        ; Switch TCP/IP KeepAlive on
  LIBRARY2=DLLName2    ; Used if code is in two libraries
  EXITPATH:2; Location of user exits (MQSeries for AIX
                       ;  only)
  EXITPATHS=           ; String of directory paths.

Note:

1. MQIBINDTYPE applies only to the following platforms:
   • AIX
   • IBM i

2. EXITPATH applies only to the following platforms:
   • AIX

Parent topic: Stanza information

Related information

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• Change configuration information on Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems
• Change configuration information on IBM i