Enabling Remote Administration of Queue Managers (QMGR)

Enabling Remote Administration of Queue Managers (QMGR)

Is it possible to connect QMGR remotely ?

Yes, It is possible to connect to a remote queue manager using a different transport protocol but the connection must go through another queue manager to which WebSphere MQ Explorer is connected.

To remotely administrate a queue manager, the queue manager must be running and flow the further procedure:

Step 1:

          Ensure that there is a running command server.

"strmqcsv <QMGR_Name>" Start command server

"endmqcsv" End a command server

"dspmqcsv" Display the status of a command server

Step 2:

1. Create a server-connection channel to allow remote administration of the queue 
2. manager over TCP/IP.
3. runmqsc <QMGR_Name>
4. define chl(Server_connection_Channel_Name) chltype(svrconn)

Step 3:

1. Create a MQ TCP listener to accept incoming network connections.
2. (Ensure that the listener is running)

Any TCP/IP listener and any server-connection channel can be used for this administration.

If you are planning to administer a WebSphere MQ Version 6 (V6) (or later) queue manager from a WebSphere MQ Version 5.3 computer, you must enable the V6 (or later) queue manager for remote administration using the default SYSTEM.ADMIN.SVRCONN server connection channel. This is because WebSphere MQ Version 5.3 must use the SYSTEM.ADMIN.SVRCONN server connection channel to connect to a remote queue manager.

If you are planning to administer a V6 (or later) queue manager from a WebSphere MQ Version 6 (or later) computer, you can either enable the V6 (or later) queue manager for remote administration using the default SYSTEM.ADMIN.SVRCONN server connection channel, or specify a different server connection channel when the remote computer connects to the queue manager.

You can enable remote administration on a queue manager on Windows or Linux (x86 and x86-64 platforms) computers using WebSphere MQ Explorer. On other platforms, you must configure the queue manager from the command line.