What happens when a Cluster Repository Fails?

Cluster information is carried to repositories (whether full or partial) on a local queue called SYSTEM.CLUSTER.COMMAND.QUEUE. If this queue fills up, perhaps because the queue manager has stopped working, the cluster-information messages are routed to the dead-letter queue. If you observe that this is happening, from the messages on your queue-manager log or z/OS system console, you need to run an application to retrieve the messages from the dead-letter queue and reroute them to the correct destination.
If errors occur on a repository queue manager, messages tell you what error has occurred and how long the queue manager will wait before trying to restart. On WebSphere MQ for z/OS theSYSTEM.CLUSTER.COMMAND.QUEUE is get-disabled. When you have identified and resolved the error, get-enable the SYSTEM.CLUSTER.COMMAND.QUEUE so that the queue manager can restart successfully.
In the unlikely event of a queue manager’s repository running out of storage, storage allocation errors appear on your queue-manager log or z/OS system console. If this happens, stop and then restart the queue manager. When the queue manager is restarted, more storage is automatically allocated to hold all the repository information.

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