Icons in IBM MQ Explorer

IBM MQ Explorer uses icons to represent the different objects, such as queue managers, queues, and channels.

IBM MQ Explorer alters the icons slightly to indicate the status of the objects, for example, running or stopped.

The tables on this page list the following types of icons:

• Status
• Queue managers
• Queues
• Channels
• Other IBM MQ objects
• Queue manager clusters
• Queue sharing groups
• API exits
• JMS objects

Status icons in IBM MQ Explorer

The following table lists the status icons that are superimposed on to IBM MQ object icons in IBM MQ Explorer to indicate the status of the object. To investigate the cause of an object being in an Alert or Warning state, look at the status of the current object.

Icon	Meaning
	Up. The object is running.
	Down. The object is not running.
	Alert. The status of the object is indeterminate; for example, the object is in the process of stopping or starting.
	Warning. The object is having problems connecting. On queue managers in the Full Repository and Partial Repository folders, this icon means that the queue manager is suspended from the cluster.

Queue managers

The following table lists the icons that are used in IBM MQ Explorer to represent queue managers.

The queue manager icon is yellow when IBM MQ Explorer is connected to a queue manager; when it is not connected, the icon is gray. Local queue managers are marked with an Up or Down icon to show whether the queue manager is running or stopped.

Remote queue managers are distinct because their icons do not indicate whether they are running or not; they indicate only whether they are connected to IBM MQ Explorer. A remote queue manager must be running for IBM MQ Explorer to connect to it; if IBM MQ Explorer is disconnected from a remote queue manager, it is not possible for IBM MQ Explorer to detect whether the remote queue manager is running.

Icon	Queue manager local or remote to Explorer?	Explorer connected?	Queue manager status
	Local	Yes	Running
	Local	No	Running
	Local	No	Running as standby
	Local	No	Stopped
	Remote	Yes	Running
	Remote	No	Unknown

Queue manager instances

Display queue manager instance status by selecting a remote queue manager in the navigator and clicking Connection details > Manage instances.

Icon	Connection status text	Explanation
	Connected	The IBM MQ Explorer is connected and the queue manager is running.
	Not connected	The IBM MQ Explorer has not attempted to connect to the queue manager instance. Click Test connections to update the status of the connection.
	Not connection	The instance is running as a standby.
	Not available	One of three reasons: Unknown host name or IP address. The queue manager is not listening on the port address. The IBM MQ Explorer has timed out waiting for a response from the queue manager instance.
	Different name	The queue manager instance listening on the IP address configured for the connection has a different queue manager name.
	Different UUID	The queue manager instance listening on this IP address has a different UUID. The problem might be because the listener is connected to a different queue manager with the same name, rather than another instance of the same queue manager. It might also be because the remote queue manager has been deleted and re-created with the same name. It is no longer the same queue manager.

Queues

The following table lists the icons that are use in IBM MQ Explorer to represent queues.

Icon	Meaning
	Local
	Local queue that is shared in a cluster
	Model
	Remote queue definition
	Remote queue definition of a queue that is shared in a cluster
	Alias
	Alias queue that is shared in a cluster
	Transmission

Channels

The following table lists the icons that are used in IBM MQ Explorer to represent channels.

Icon	Meaning
	Sender
	Server
	Receiver
	Requester
	Server-connection
	Client-connection
	Cluster-sender
	Cluster-receiver

Other IBM MQ objects

The following table lists the icons that are used in IBM MQ Explorer to represent other IBM MQ objects.

Custom services can be in either running, stopped, alert, or warning states.

Icon	Meaning
	Topic
	Subscription
	Listener
	Authentication information object
	Namelist
	Process definition
	Message
	Custom service
	Application connection

Queue manager clusters

The following table lists the icons that are used in IBM MQ Explorer to represent clusters.

Icon	Meaning
	Cluster
	Cluster without a source provider
	Full repository
	Full repository suspended from the cluster
	Full repository disconnected
	Partial repository
	Partial repository suspended from the cluster
	Partial repository disconnected
	Cluster-receiver channel
	Cluster-sender channel
	Local queue that is shared in a cluster
	Remote queue definition of a queue that is shared in a cluster
	The number indicates the number of cluster queues in the cluster.
	The number indicates the number of instances of cluster-sender channels between the two queue managers.
	The number indicates the number of instances of cluster-receiver channels on the queue manager.

Queue sharing groups

The following table lists the icons that are used in IBM MQ Explorer to represent queue sharing groups. The channels can be in either running, stopped, alert, or warning states.

Icon	Meaning
	Queue sharing group
	QSG authentication information object
	QSG local queue
	QSG model queue
	QSG namelist
	QSG process definition
	QSG alias queue
	QSG receiver channel
	QSG remote queue definition
	QSG requester channel
	QSG sender channel
	QSG server channel
	QSG server-connection channel
	QSG transmission queue

API Exits

The following table lists the icons that are used in IBM MQ Explorer to represent API exits.

Icon	Meaning
	Common
	Template
	Local

JMS objects

The following table lists the icons that are used in IBM MQ Explorer to represent JMS objects in the JNDI namespace.

Header	Header
	Initial context; connected
	Initial context; disconnected
	Connection factory for MQ connections
	Connection factory for realtime connections
	Destination object for a queue
	Destination object for a topic
	Subcontext; connected
	Subcontext; disconnected
	Corrupted JNDI object

Parent topic: Reference