Restarting after an abnormal termination

WebSphere MQ automatically detects whether restart follows a normal shutdown or an abnormal termination.

Starting the queue manager after it has terminated abnormally is different to starting it after the STOP QMGR command has been issued. If the queue manager terminates abnormally, it terminates without being able to finish its work or take a termination checkpoint.

To restart the queue manager, issue the START QMGR command as described in Starting and stopping a queue manager. When you restart a queue manager after an abnormal termination, it refreshes its knowledge of its status at termination using information in the log, and notifies you of the status of various tasks.

Normally, the restart process resolves all inconsistent states. But, in some cases, take specific steps to resolve inconsistencies. This is described in Recovering units of work manually.