Administration reference

Administration reference

Use the links to reference information in this section to help you operate and administer IBM MQ .

Syntax diagrams
The syntax for a command and its options is presented in the form of a syntax diagram called a railroad diagram. Railroad diagrams are a visual format suitable for sighted users. It tells you what options we can supply with the command, how to enter them, indicates relationships between different options, and sometimes different values of an option.
Command sets comparison
The tables in this section compare the facilities available for UNIX, Linux , and Windows from the different administration command sets, and also show whether we can perform each function by using the IBM MQ Explorer or REST API.
IBM MQ control commands reference
Reference information about the IBM MQ control commands.
MQSC reference
Use MQSC commands to manage queue manager objects, including the queue manager itself, queues, process definitions, channels, client connection channels, listeners, services, namelists, clusters, and authentication information objects.
CL commands reference for IBM i
A list of CL commands for IBM i, grouped according to command type.
Programmable command formats reference
Programmable Command Formats (PCFs) define command and reply messages that can be exchanged between a program and any queue manager (that supports PCFs) in a network. PCFs simplify queue manager administration and other network administration.
Administrative REST API reference
Reference information about the administrative REST API.
IBM MQ Administration Interface
Reference information for the IBM MQ Administration Interface (MQAI).
Use the IBM MQ utilities on z/OS
Reference information about the syntax, and usage of the various IBM MQ utility programs.

Related information

Queue names
IBM MQ for IBM i system and default objects