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WebSphere MQ supports client-server configurations for its applications.

A WebSphere MQ client is a component that allows an application running on a system to issue MQI calls to a queue manager running on another system. The output from the call is sent back to the client, which passes it back to the application.

A WebSphere MQ server is a queue manager that provides queuing services to one or more clients. All the WebSphere MQ objects, for example queues, exist only on the queue manager machine (the WebSphere MQ server machine), and not on the client. A WebSphere MQ server can also support local WebSphere MQ applications.

The difference between a WebSphere MQ server and an ordinary queue manager is that a server has a dedicated communications link with each client. For more information about creating channels for clients and servers, see WebSphere MQ Intercommunications.

For information about client support in general, see WebSphere MQ Clients.

• WebSphere MQ applications in a client-server environment
  

 

Parent topic:

Introduction to WebSphere MQ

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