Use WebSphere MQ objects

 

The MQI uses the following types of object:

• Queue managers

• Queues

• Namelists

• Services

• Listeners

• Process definitions

• Channels

• Storage classes (WebSphere MQ for z/OS only)

• Authentication information objects

These objects, and queue-sharing groups (which are only supported on WebSphere MQ for z/OS and which are not strictly objects), are discussed in WebSphere MQ objects.

With the exception of dynamic queues, these objects must be defined to the queue manager before we can work with them.

You define objects using:

• The PCF commands described in WebSphere MQ Programmable Command Formats and Administration Interface (not on z/OS)

• The MQSC commands described in WebSphere MQ Script (MQSC) Command Reference

• The WebSphere MQ for z/OS operations and control panels, described in the WebSphere MQ for z/OS System Administration Guide

• The WebSphere MQ Explorer (Windows, UNIX, and Linux for Intel systems only)

We can also display or alter the attributes of objects, or delete the objects.

Alternatively, for sequences of WebSphere MQ for z/OS commands that you use regularly, we can write administration programs that create messages containing commands and that put these messages on the system-command input queue. The queue manager processes the messages on this queue in the same way that it processes commands entered from the command line or from the operations and control panels. This technique is described in the z/OS System Administration Guide, and demonstrated in the Mail Manager sample application delivered with WebSphere MQ for z/OS. For a description of this sample, see Sample programs for WebSphere MQ for z/OS.

For sequences of WebSphere MQ for iSeries commands that you use regularly we can write CL programs.

For sequences of WebSphere MQ commands on Windows systems and UNIX systems, we can use the MQSC facility to run a series of commands held in a file. For information on how to do this, see the WebSphere MQ Script (MQSC) Command Reference.

 

Parent topic:

Overview of application design

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