IBM MQ Explorer Navigator view

The Navigator view in IBM MQ Explorer displays all of the IBM MQ objects that we can administer and monitor in IBM MQ Explorer.

The types of objects that we can administer and monitor in the Navigator view include objects that are on other computers and on other platforms, such as AIX, Linux, and z/OS .

Objects and folders in the Navigator view

The Navigator view contains a hierarchy of objects and folders that contain the queue managers and their objects. The following table contains descriptions of the objects and folders that are shown in the Navigator view.

Object or folder	Purpose of the object or folder	Tasks that we can perform	Links to more information
IBM MQ	The IBM MQ object is the root of the folder hierarchy and represents the installation of IBM MQ on the computer.	Right-click the IBM MQ object to perform tasks that affect the whole of IBM MQ on the local computer, such as configuring IBM MQ properties, starting trace, or managing TLS certificates.	Configure IBM MQ
Queue Managers	The Queue Managers folder contains all of the queue managers that are on the local computer unless you have hidden them. We can also add remote queue managers, including z/OS queue managers. We can administer and monitor any queue manager using IBM MQ as long as it is shown in the Queue Managers folder.	Click the Queue Managers folder to list the queue managers, and their attributes, in the Content view. Right-click the Queue Managers folder to perform tasks such as creating a new queue manager, or adding a remote queue manager to IBM MQ Explorer.	Queue managers
A queue manager	Each queue manager that is shown in the Queue Managers folder is represented by a queue manager object icon in the hierarchy. The objects that belong to a queue manager are organized in folders under that queue manager.	Click the queue manager to display an overview of the queue manager's attributes in the Content view. Right-click the queue manager to perform tasks such as starting and stopping the queue manager, or configuring the queue manager's properties. Expand the queue manager to display the folders that contain the queue manager's objects.	Queue managers
Queues	The Queues folder contains all of the queues that are defined on the queue manager.	Click the Queues folder to list the queue manager's queues in the Content view. Right-click the Queues folder to perform tasks such as creating a new queue.	Queues
Channels	The Channels folder contains all of the channels that are defined on the queue manager except for the client-connection channels.	Click the Channels folder to list the queue manager's channels in the Content view. Right-click the Channels folder to perform tasks such as creating new channels.	Channels
Client Connections	The Client Connections folder contains all of the client-connection channels that are defined on the queue manager.	Click the Client Connections folder to list the queue manager's client-connection channels in the Content view. Right-click the Client Connections folder to perform tasks such as creating a new client-connection channel.	Channels
Listeners	The Listeners folder contains all of the listener objects that defined on the queue manager. If you start a listener service from the command line, that listener is not shown in the Listeners folder. The Listeners folder is not available on z/OS queue managers.	Click the Listeners folder to list the queue manager's listener objects in the Content view. Right-click the Listeners folder to perform tasks such as creating a new listener object.	Listeners
Services	The Services folder contains all of the custom services that defined on the queue manager. The Services folder is not available on z/OS queue managers.	Click the Services folder to list the queue manager's custom services in the Content view. Right-click the Services folder to perform tasks such as creating a new custom service.	Services
Process Definitions	The Process Definitions folder contains all of the process definitions that are defined on the queue manager. A process definition contains the details of an application that starts in response to a trigger event on a queue manager.	Click the Process Definitions folder to list the process definitions in the Content view. Right-click the Process Definitions folder to perform tasks such as creating a new process definition.	Process definitions
Namelists	The Namelists folder contains all of the namelists that are defined on the queue manager. A namelist is a list of the names of other MQ objects.	Click the Namelists folder to list the namelists in the Content view. Right-click the Namelists folder to perform tasks such as creating a new namelist.	Namelists
Authentication Information	The Authentication Information folder contains all of the authentication information objects that are defined on the queue manager. There are two types of authentication objects: CRL LDAP authentication object contains the authentication information that is used to connect to LDAP servers that hold Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). The queue manager connects to the CRL LDAP servers when transporting data that is encrypted using TLS. On UNIX and Windows systems, IBM MQ TLS support can check for revoked certificates using OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol). OCSP is the preferred method. IBM MQ classes for Java and IBM MQ classes for Java cannot use the OCSP information in a client channel definition table file. However, we can configure OCSP as described in Clustering: Using REFRESH CLUSTER best practices.	Click the Authentication Information folder to list the authentication information objects in the Content view. Right-click the Authentication Information folder to perform tasks such as creating a new authentication object.	Authentication information
Storage Class	The Storage Class folder contains all of the storage classes that are on the queue manager. The messages that are on queues that are not shared are stored on page sets. Storage classes map the queues to page sets. The Storage Class folder is available only on z/OS queue managers.	Click the Storage Class folder to list the storage classes in the Content view. Right-click the Storage Class folder to perform tasks such as creating a new storage class.	Storage class
Queue sharing groups	The Queue Sharing Groups folder contains all of the queue sharing groups that are defined on the queue manager. The Queue Sharing Groups folder is available only on z/OS queue managers.	Click the Queue Sharing Groups folder to list the queue sharing groups in the Content view. Expand the Queue Sharing Groups folder to display the queue sharing groups that it contains.	Queue sharing groups
A queue sharing group	Each queue sharing group that is shown in the Queue Sharing Groups folder is represented by a node in the hierarchy. Objects in a queue sharing group are available to all of the queue managers that belong to the queue sharing group. The objects that are in the queue sharing group are organized in folders under that queue sharing group. Queue sharing groups are available only on z/OS queue managers.	Click the queue sharing group to display an overview of the queue sharing group's attributes in the Content view. Right-click the queue sharing group to perform tasks such as deleting the queue sharing group, or viewing the queue sharing group's properties. Expand the queue sharing group to display the folders that contain the objects that are available to all of the queue managers in the queue sharing group.	Queue sharing groups
Shared Queues	The Shared Queues folder contains all of the queues that have the disposition Shared in the queue sharing group. All of the queue managers in the queue sharing group can put and get from the shared queues without needing channels. The Shared Queues folder is available only on z/OS queue managers.	Click the Shared Queues folder to list the shared queues in the Content view. Right-click the Shared Queues folder to perform tasks such as creating a new shared queue.	IBM MQ queues
Coupling Facility Structures	The Coupling Facility Structures folder contains all of the coupling facility structure objects that are available in the queue sharing group. Coupling facility objects represent physical coupling facility structures, which store the messages that are on shared queues so that any queue manager in the queue sharing group can get the messages. The Coupling Facility Structures folder is available only on z/OS queue managers.	Click the Coupling Facility Structures folder to list the coupling facility objects in the Content view. Right-click the Coupling Facility Structures folder to perform tasks such as creating a new coupling facility object to represent a physical coupling facility structure.	Coupling facility structures
Group Definitions	The Group Definitions folder does not directly contain any MQ objects. The Group Definitions folder contains other folders that contain MQ objects in the queue sharing group that have the disposition Group, which means that all the queue managers in the queue sharing group have a copy of the objects. The objects that are in folders in the Group Definitions folder are a subset of the objects that belong to the z/OS queue manager. We cannot hide the Group Definitions folder. The Group Definitions folder is available only on z/OS queue managers.	Expand the Group Definitions folder to display the object folders that it contains.	Queue sharing groups
Queue Manager Clusters	The Queue Manager Clusters folder contains all of the clusters that IBM MQ Explorer knows about. IBM MQ Explorer knows about clusters that belong to queue managers in the Queue Managers folder. The Queue Manager Clusters folder is available only when a queue manager in the Queue Managers folder belongs to a cluster.	Click the Queue Manager Clusters folder to list the clusters in the Content view. Right-click the Queue Manager Clusters folder to perform tasks such as creating a new queue manager cluster.	Queue manager clusters
A cluster	Each queue manager cluster that is shown in the Queue Manager Clusters folder is represented by a node in the hierarchy. The queue managers that belong to the cluster are shown in folders in the Queue Manager Clusters folder. Queue manager clusters are available to administer in IBM MQ Explorer only when a queue manager in the Queue Managers folder belongs to a cluster.	Click the queue manager cluster to view information about it. Right-click the queue manager cluster to perform tasks such as adding queue managers to it.	Queue manager clusters
Full Repositories	The Full Repositories folder contains all of the queue managers that host full repositories of the cluster. The queue managers in the Full Repositories folder store a complete, up-to-date set of information about the cluster. The Full Repositories folder is available only when a queue manager in the Queue Managers folder belongs to a cluster.	Click the Full Repositories folder to list the queue managers that host full repositories for the cluster in the Content view. Right-click the Full Repositories folder to add another queue manager that hosts a full repository to the cluster.	Queue manager clusters
A queue manager that hosts a full repository	Each queue manager that hosts a full repository for the cluster is represented by a node in the hierarchy. The queue managers in the Full Repositories folder store a complete, up-to-date set of information about the cluster.	Click the queue manager to list the cluster queues and cluster channels that are available on the queue managers. Right-click the queue manager to perform tasks such as removing the queue manager from the cluster, or share the queue manager's queues in the cluster.	Queue manager clusters
Partial Repositories	The Partial Repositories folder contains all of the queue managers that host partial repositories of the cluster. The queue managers in the Partial Repositories folder store only information about objects in the cluster that those queue managers need to used.	Click the Partial Repositories folder to list the queue managers that host partial repositories for the cluster in the Content view. Right-click the Partial Repositories folder to add another queue manager that hosts a partial repository to the cluster.	Queue manager clusters
A queue manager that hosts a partial repository	Each queue manager that hosts a partial repository for the cluster is represented by a node in the hierarchy. The queue managers in the Partial Repositories folder store only information about objects in the cluster that those queue managers need to used.	Click the queue manager to list the cluster queues and cluster channels that are available on the queue managers. Right-click the queue manager to perform tasks such as removing the queue manager from the cluster, or share the queue manager's queues in the cluster.	Queue manager clusters

Depending on which other plug-ins you have installed and enabled for IBM MQ Explorer, the Navigator view might contain other folders and objects.

Parent topic: Views in IBM MQ Explorer

Related tasks

• Show or hide a queue manager
• Enable installed plug-ins

Related reference

• Icons in IBM MQ Explorer
• Views in IBM MQ Explorer