Message monitoring
An introduction to message monitoringActivities and operationsHow activities are usedHow to determine a message routeComparing activity recording and trace-route messagingThe WebSphere MQ display route applicationApproaches to message monitoringMessage route completenessHow activity information is storedActivity recordingAn introduction to activity recordingWhat activity reports are used forActivity report formatControlling activity recordingRequesting activity reports for a messageControlling queue managers for activity recordingEnabling applications for activity recordingUsing a common queue for activity reportsUsing activity reportsRetrieving further activity reportsCircumstances where activity information is not acquiredTrace-route messagingAn introduction to trace-route messagingWhat trace-route messaging is used forHow activity information is recordedHow recorded activity information is acquiredControlling trace-route messagingControlling queue managers for trace-route messagingEnabling applications for trace-route messagingConfiguring and generating a trace-route messageMimicking a messageUsing the WebSphere MQ display route applicationManual generationThe TraceRoute PCF groupUsing a common queue for trace-route reply messagesAcquiring and using recorded informationTrace-route reply messagesTrace-route messagesActivity reportsCircumstances where activity information is not acquiredRecording additional informationExamples of recording additional informationExample 1Example 2WebSphere MQ display route applicationAn introduction to the WebSphere MQ display route applicationUsing the WebSphere MQ display route applicationGenerating trace-route messagesConnecting to a queue managerThe target queueMimicking a messageAccumulating activity informationHow the trace-route message is handledDisplaying activity informationDisplaying additional informationExamples of using the WebSphere MQ display route applicationExample 1 - Requesting activity reportsExample 2 - Requesting a trace-route reply messageExample 3 - Delivering activity reports to the system queueExample 4 - Diagnosing a channel problemActivity report referenceActivity report formatActivity report MQMD (message descriptor)Activity report MQEPH (Embedded PCF header)Activity report MQCFH (PCF header)Activity report message dataOperation-specific activity report message dataGet/Browse (MQOPER_GET/MQOPER_BROWSE)Discard (MQOPER_DISCARD)Put/Put Reply/Put Report (MQOPER_PUT/MQOPER_PUT_REPLY /MQOPER_PUT_REPORT)