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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 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

Last updated: 2020-10-04