Using the WebSphere MQ Explorer

The platforms and levels of WebSphere MQ that can be administered using the WebSphere MQ Explorer are described in Prerequisite software.

Using the online guidance, we can:

• Define and control various resources including queue managers, queues, channels, process definitions, client connection channels, listeners, services, namelists, and clusters.

• Start or stop a queue manager and its associated processes.

• View queue managers and their associated objects on your workstation or from other workstations.

• Check the status of queue managers, clusters, and channels.

We can invoke the WebSphere MQ Explorer from the First Steps application, or from the Windows Start prompt.

The configuration steps perform on remote WebSphere MQ queue managers to allow the WebSphere MQ Explorer to administer them are outlined in Required definitions for administration.

This section contains the following topics:

• What we can do with the WebSphere MQ Explorer

• Prerequisite software

• Required definitions for administration