You can display the current status of any object that can be in different states, in
IBM® MQ Explorer. For IBM MQ channels, you can also view the saved status.
Procedure
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[OPTION 1] View the status of an object
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In the Content view, right-click the object, then click
Status...
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If you are viewing a channel definition's status, click Channel Status
to view the current status of the channel, or Saved Status to view the saved
status of the channel.
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The Status dialog for the object opens, displaying the status information
that you requested.
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[OPTION 2] View the status of all objects of a specific type for a selected queue manager
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In the Explorer view, right-click the folder of objects (for example
Queues) for a selected queue manager, then click Status....
A new Content view is displayed in a separate window.
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The status of all the objects in the object-folder are displayed in the new
Content view window.
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[OPTION 3] View the status of multiple instances of the same receiver channel
Different applications can use different instances of the same receiver channel at the same time.
It is possible for these different instances to have different statuses.
There are two ways to view the status of multiple channel instances in the IBM MQ Explorer:
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In the Content view, right-click the channel, then click
Status... You can view the current status of the channel (click
Channel Status) or the saved status of the channel (click Saved
Status).
All the statuses for the individual instances are aggregated into a single status displayed in
the Content view.
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In the Navigator view, right-click the channels folder of your selected
queue manager, then click Status. You can view the current status of the
channel (click Channel Status) or the saved status of the channel (click
Saved Status).
A new Content view is opened in a separate window. The status of all the
objects in the folder are displayed in the new Content view window. All of the
channel instances and the individual statuses are displayed in the Content
view.
The aggregated status displayed is dependent on the number of instances and their
different statuses, as follows:
- There are no channel instances: Status is shown as Inactive.
- There is a single channel instance: Status is shown as the actual status of the channel.
- There are more than 1 instances, all with the same status: Status is shown as the actual status
of the channels.
- There are more than 1 instances, with mixed statuses: Status is shown as
Mixed.