WebSphere MQ naming restrictions

The naming restrictions for WebSphere MQ queues, queue managers, and queue-sharing groups are more restrictive than those that apply to equivalent objects in WAS. Use this information to help you administer the WAS objects, so that the names of these objects can be passed successfully to and from WebSphere MQ.

 

Rules for naming WebSphere MQ objects

• A WebSphere MQ object cannot have the same name as any other object of the same type.

• Names in WebSphere MQ are case sensitive.

• The names of queues, queue managers or (WebSphere MQ for z/OS) queue-sharing groups can have up to 48 characters.

• The character set to use for naming all WebSphere MQ objects is as follows:

  • Uppercase A-Z

  • Lowercase a-z (but there are restrictions on the use of lowercase letters for z/OS console support)

  • Numerics 0-9

  • Period (.)

  • Forward slash (⁄).

  • Underscore (_)

  • Percent sign (%).

• Leading or embedded blanks are not allowed.

• Any structure to the names (for example, the use of the period or underscore) is not significant to the queue manager.

For further details, see the WebSphere MQ library.    

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Last updated Nov 10, 2010 8:23:07 PM CST