Create and configure a queue manager set

Queue manager sets enable you to group queue managers in folders, and enable you to make actions to all the queue managers in the set. This enables you to subdivide your queue managers, for example into 'test' and 'production' sets, or into sets based on the operating system of the platform.

About this task

Grouping queue managers is particularly useful if you administer large numbers of queue managers using IBM MQ Explorer, because queue managers belonging to particular applications, departments, or companies can be grouped together.

The following topics describe how to create queue manager sets in IBM MQ Explorer:

• Display queue manager sets
• Defining manual sets
• Defining automatic sets

The following topics describe how to configure existing queue manager sets in IBM MQ Explorer:

• Manage filters for automatic sets
• Adding and removing queue managers manually
• Adding and removing queue managers automatically
• Copy an existing set
• Delete a set
• Copy queue managers to a set
• Dragging queue managers
• Importing and exporting queue manager sets

The following topics describe the various attributes of the properties pages for queue manager sets in IBM MQ Explorer:

• Editing the properties of an automatic set
• Properties of manual sets
• Properties of automatic sets
• Editing the properties of a manual set
• Manage Sets properties

• Display queue manager sets
  Before we can work with queue manager sets, we must first display the sets in IBM MQ Explorer. Although the queue manager sets still exist when the sets are hidden, we are unable to manage them.
• Defining manual sets
  We can define manual queue manager sets that do not contain any queue managers, and add queue managers when required.
• Defining automatic sets
  We can define queue manager sets that automatically include relevant queue managers.
• Manage filters for automatic sets
  You use filters to define which queue managers are grouped in a set. We can add, edit, copy and delete filters to configure automatic queue manager sets.
• Adding and removing queue managers manually
  When you have created a manual queue manager set, we can manually add and remove queue managers.
• Adding and removing queue managers automatically
  We can define filters to automatically manage the membership of our queue manager sets.
• Properties of automatic sets
  An automatic queue manager set has several properties that we can edit.
• Properties of manual sets
  A manual queue manager set has only one property that we can edit.
• Editing the properties of an automatic set
  We can edit the properties of an existing automatic set.
• Editing the properties of a manual set
  We can edit the properties of an existing manual set.
• Manage Sets properties
  You manage set properties through the Manage Sets dialog.
• Copy an existing set
  Copy an existing set to create a new queue manager set with the same configuration.
• Delete a set
  Deleting a queue manager set deletes the set itself, but not the queue managers within the set.
• Copy queue managers to a set
  Copying queue managers from one set to another is an easy way to add a queue manager to a selection of sets quickly, without the need to having to add the queue manager to each set individually for example.
• Dragging queue managers
  Queue managers can be dragged into sets, as well as dragged out of sets.
• Importing and exporting queue manager sets
  We can export your queue manager sets from IBM MQ Explorer for backup purposes, or to transfer and import the queue manager sets into another instance of IBM MQ Explorer.

Parent topic: Configure IBM MQ Explorer