Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Administer applications and their environment > Administer Messaging resources > Manage messaging with the default messaging provider > Interoperating with a WebSphere MQ network > Use WebSphere MQ links to connect a bus to a WebSphere MQ network
Administer an existing WebSphere MQ link
The WebSphere MQ link enables the exchange of point-to-point and publish/subscribe messages with a WebSphere MQ network. After we have created a WebSphere MQ link you can undertake various administrative actions on the link.
The WebSphere MQ link connects a WAS and a WebSphere MQ network. Because these two systems are working together, their functions must be in step so that each is aware of the status of the other. Administrative actions on the WebSphere MQ link and its functions include the following:
Procedure
- Modify individual functions of the WebSphere MQ link .
We can modify the link itself, add or modify the sender channel and receiver channel, or define a broker profile and associated topic mappings.
- Modify security for a WebSphere MQ link.
- View the status of a WebSphere MQ link and its components. We can view the status of a WebSphere MQ link and its sender and receiver channels, and you can view the status of subscriptions for a WebSphere MQ link publish/subscribe broker profile.
- Start a WebSphere MQ link.
- Stop a WebSphere MQ link.
When you stop the link, all its functions are stopped too. For example, stopping a WebSphere MQ link with broker profiles on it might leave a message broker in the WebSphere MQ network with a backlog of messages. See Stop a WebSphere MQ link, Stop the sender channel on a WebSphere MQ link and Stop the receiver channel on a WebSphere MQ link.
- Delete a WebSphere MQ link or one of its components. When you remove a foreign bus connection between a service integration bus and a WebSphere MQ network, you also delete the associated WebSphere MQ link along with any publish/subscribe broker profiles and topic mappings. We can also delete a WebSphere MQ link publish/subscribe broker profile or delete a topic mapping from a WebSphere MQ link.
Prepare to remove a foreign bus connection between a service integration bus and a WebSphere MQ network
Remove a foreign bus connection from a bus
WebSphere MQ links [Collection]
WebSphere MQ link [Settings]
WebSphere MQ link routing properties [Settings]