Working with Commands in WebSphere MQ series
Command to lists the Queue Manager name and statusIn order to list all Queue manager with there current status use command dspmq
Command to lists the MQ Series version
In order to view MQ Series version Type dspmqver
Command to create Queue Manager
Syntax : crtmqm <QueueManager Name>
Example : crtmqm Excercise1QM
By using MQ explorer, once Queue Manager is created, a listener will be created automatically, but in case of command, you have to create listener explicitly (optional).
Command to create listener given below
Syntax: DEF LISTENER(listener name)
Command to start, stop, & delete Queue Manager
To start: Syntax : strmqm <QueueManager Name> Example : strmqm Excercise1QM
To stop: Syntax : endmqm <QueueManager Name> Example : endmqm Excercise1QM
To delete: Syntax : dltmqm <QueueManager Name> Example : dltmqm Excercise1QM RUNMQSC
Command to create queue manager objects.
Syntax : runmqsc <QueueManager Name> Example : runmqsc Excercise1QM
Command to create local queue (MQSC command)
Syntax : define qlocal or ql <(QueueName)> Example : define qlocal (Excercise1QL1)
Command to put test messages onto a queue
Syntax : amqsput <QueueName> <QueueManager Name> Example : amqsput Excercise1QL1 Excercise1QM
Command to browse message onto a queue
Syntax : amqsbcg or amqsgbr <QueueName> <QueueManager Name> Example : amqsbcg Excercise1QL1 Excercise1QM
Command to delete/get message from a queue
Syntax : amqsput <QueueName> <QueueManager Name> Example : amqsput Excercise1QL1 Excercise1QM
MQSC Command to display & alter properties or list queue manager objects
Display all queues of the queue manager
DISPLAY or DIS Q(*)
Display all local queues of the queue manager
DIS QL(*)
Command to create Alias Queue
DEF QA (Queue Name) TARGQ(Queue Name),
Example: DEF QA (Excercise1QA1) TARGETQ(Excercise1QL1)
Command to display Alias Queue
DIS QA( Excercise1QA1) DIS QA(*) : Will display all Alias queues of the queue manager
Command to create Remote Queue
DEF QR (Queue Name)
Example : DEF QR (Excercise1QR1) Ó Command to display Remote queue DIS QR( Excercise1QR1) DIS QR(*) : Will display all Remote queues of the queue manager
Command to create Model Queue
DEF QM (Queue Name)
Example : DEF QM (Excercise1QM1)
Command to display Model Queue
DIS QM( Excercise1QM1) DIS QM(*) : Will display properties of the all Model queue
Display properties of the queue manager
DIS QMGR
DIS is the command to “display” the properties of the QueueManager like Trigger Interval, Max Handles, Max message length,TCP port etc.
Delete queue
DELETE QL(Queue Name) --> Throw an error if queue is not empty, so first clear the queue, then delete.
CLEAR QL(Queue Name)
Display properties of the system queue
DIS QL(SYSTEM*)
Display CURDEPTH & MAXDEPTH property of the queue
DIS QL(Queue Name) CURDEPTH MAXDEPTH
CURDEPTH stands for Current depth of the particular queue and MAXDEPTH stands for Maximum depth of the particular queue
Working with Persistent queue
ALT QL(Queue Name) DEFPSIST(YES)
The above command is to Alter the localqueue along with Persistence
DIS QL(Queue Name) DEFPSIST The above command is to Display the local queue along with Persistence
Note : Put some messages using amqsput command and re-start queue manager Messages will be present
Working with Dead Letter queue
- To create normal local queue.
- DEF QL(Excercise1DLQ1) DEFPSIST(YES) MAXDEPTH(1000000) MAXMSGL(41943040)
- Assign DLQ to queue manager ALT QMGR DEADQ(Excercise1DLQ1)
-To display DLQ DIS QMGR DEADQ
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