Namelists

A namelist is a WebSphere MQ object that contains a list of other WebSphere MQ objects. Typically, namelists are used by applications such as trigger monitors, where they are used to identify a group of queues. The advantage of using a namelist is that it is maintained independently of applications; that is, it can be updated without stopping any of the applications that use it. Also, if one application fails, the namelist is not affected and other applications can continue using it.

Namelists are also used with queue manager clusters so that we can maintain a list of clusters referenced by more than one WebSphere MQ object.

Use the WebSphere MQ for iSeries CRTMQMNL CL command, the MQSC command DEFINE NAMELIST, or the PCF command Create Namelist to create a namelist definition.