Sharing a queue in a cluster

A queue manager that belongs to a cluster can share one or more of its queues with all the other members of the cluster.

Before we can share a queue in a cluster:

• The queue manager that owns the queue must be a member of the cluster.
• The queue manager's membership of the cluster must not be suspended.

To share a queue in a cluster, complete the following steps.

Procedure

1. In the Navigator view, click the queue manager's Queues folder. The queue manager's queues are displayed in the Content view.
2. In the Content view, right-click the queue that we want to share, then click Properties... The queue's Properties dialog opens.
3. On the Cluster page of the Properties dialog, click Shared in cluster, then type the name of the cluster in which we want to share the queue. If the queue is already shared in a cluster or if we want to share the queue in more than one cluster, click Shared in a list of clusters, then type the name of the namelist that contains the list of clusters.
4. Click OK to apply the changes.

Results

The queue is now available to all the queue managers in the cluster or clusters in which the queue is shared.

Related concepts

• Namelists
• Queue manager clusters

Related tasks

• Create a queue manager cluster
• Adding a queue manager to a cluster
• Resuming the cluster membership of a queue manager