Websphere MQ Cluster Issues 5: Applications get rc= 2189 MQRC_CLUSTER_RESOLUTION_ERROR when trying to open a queue in the cluster.

Cause

The queue is being opened for the first time and the queue manager cannot make contact with any full repositories. Make sure that the CLUSSDR channels to the full repositories are not in retry state.

1 : display clusqmgr(*) qmtype status

AMQ8441: Display Cluster Queue Manager details.

CLUSQMGR(QM1) CLUSTER(DEMO)

CHANNEL(TO.QM1) QMTYPE(NORMAL)

AMQ8441: Display Cluster Queue Manager details.

CLUSQMGR(QM2) CLUSTER(DEMO)

CHANNEL(TO.QM2) QMTYPE(REPOS)

STATUS(RUNNING)

AMQ8441: Display Cluster Queue Manager details.

CLUSQMGR(QM3) CLUSTER(DEMO)

CHANNEL(TO.QM3) QMTYPE(REPOS)

STATUS(RUNNING)

If the queue is correctly in the cluster check that you have used appropriate open options. You cannot GET from a remote cluster queue so make sure that the open options are for output only.