IBM MQ link sender channel [Collection]

This pane displays the sender channel that sends messages to the gateway queue manager. The sender channel communicates with an IBM MQ receiver channel on the gateway queue manager, and converts service integration bus messages to MQ format messages.

To view this page in the console, click the following path:

Service integration -> Buses -> bus_name -> [Topology] Messaging engines -> engine_name -> [Additional properties] IBM MQ links -> link_name -> [Additional Properties] Sender channel.

To browse or change the properties of a listed item, select its name in the list.

To act on one or more of the listed items, select the check boxes next to the names of the items to act on, then use the buttons provided.

To change which entries are listed, or to change the level of detail displayed for those entries, use the Filter settings.

IBM MQ link sender channel name

The name of the sender channel for the IBM MQ link, used to send messages from the bus to IBM MQ.

Host name

The hostname or TCP/IP IP address for the gateway queue manager used to connect into the IBM MQ network.

Port

The TCP/IP port number on which the gateway queue manager is listening for the IBM MQ link.

Status

The runtime status of the sender channel.

Buttons

Button	Description
Reset	Reset a selected channel sequence number to 1. If the channel is running, the reset request will take effect only when the channel has been stopped and restarted. This button does not work if the selected IBM MQ link is running on an application server on which IBM MQ has been disabled. See Disable IBM MQ functionality in WAS.
Start	Start selected items. This button does not work if the selected IBM MQ link is running on an application server on which IBM MQ has been disabled. See Disable IBM MQ functionality in WAS.
Stop	Stop a selected channel on this link. We must first have selected the channel to be stopped. We can choose the mode of stop action and the required state when the channel has been stopped: Stop mode: Force Stop the channel immediately. We should only use this mode if a quiesce action does not work. Quiesce Stop the channel in a controlled manner. Target state: Inactive Stop the channel and set its state to Inactive. If an application tries to use the link, the channel is started again. Stopped Stop the channel and set its state to Stopped. The channel can only be started again by administrator action. This button does not work if the selected IBM MQ link is running on an application server on which IBM MQ has been disabled. See Disable IBM MQ functionality in WAS.