The Windows performance monitor
Administrators of WebSphere MQ for Windows can monitor the performance of local queues using the Windows performance monitor.
The performance monitor displays an object type called MQSeries Queues in which performance data for local queues is stored.
Active local queues defined in running queue managers are displayed as...
QueueName:QMName
...in the performance monitor instance list when you select the MQSeries Queues object type QMName denotes the name of the queue manager owning the queue, and
QueueName denotes the name of the local queue.
For each queue, we can view information relating to the following:
- Current queue depth
- Queue depth as a percentage of the maximum queue depth
- Number of messages being placed on the queue each second
- Number of messages being removed from the queue each second
For messages sent to a distribution list, the performance monitor counts the number of messages being put onto each queue.
In the case of segmented messages, the performance monitor counts the appropriate number of segments.
Performance data is obtained from statistical data maintained by the WebSphere MQ queue managers for each local queue. However, performance data is available only for queues that are accessed after the performance monitor has started.
We can monitor the performance of queues on computers other than that on which the performance monitor is running, by selecting your target computer from the performance monitor, which works using the Windows Network Neighborhood hierarchy.