Authority to administer IBM MQ

IBM MQ administrators need authority to perform various functions. This authority is obtained in different ways on different platforms.

• Issue commands to administer IBM MQ.
• Use the IBM MQ Explorer.
• Use the operations and control panels on z/OS .
• Use the IBM MQ utility program, CSQUTIL, on z/OS.
• Access the queue manager data sets on z/OS.

For more information, see the topic appropriate to your operating system.

• Authority to administer IBM MQ on UNIX and Windows systems
  An IBM MQ administrator is a member of the mqm group. This group has access to all IBM MQ resources and can issue IBM MQ control commands. An administrator can grant specific authorities to other users.
• Authority to administer IBM MQ on IBM i
  
• Authority to administer IBM MQ on z/OS
  This collection of topics describes various aspects of the authority we need to administer IBM MQ for z/OS.

Parent topic: Plan authorization