Starting and stopping a queue manager

You can start or stop an individual queue manager, or start or stop all the queue managers in a queue manager set.

About this task

Before you can create IBM® MQ objects to be hosted by a queue manager, and before you can start any of the IBM MQ objects that are hosted by the queue manager, you must start the queue manager.

In some circumstances, such as if you have changed the attributes of the queue manager, if you want to apply a fix pack to IBM MQ, or if you want to stop the queue manager participating in a messaging network, you must stop the queue manager.

To start or stop a queue manager in IBM MQ Explorer, complete either of the following steps:
  1. Start or stop an individual queue manager
  2. Start or stop all the queue managers in a queue manager set

Procedure

  • [OPTION 1] Start or stop an individual queue manager
    1. In the Navigator view, expand the Queue Managers folder.
    2. Right-click the name of the queue manager, then click Start or Stop.
    3. If you chose to stop the queue manager, select Controlled or Immediate.
    4. Click OK.

    The icon next to the queue manager name changes to indicate that the queue manager has started or stopped as appropriate.

  • [OPTION 2] Start or stop all the queue managers in a queue manager set
    Before you start or stop all the queue managers in a set, you must take the following steps:
    1. In the Navigator view, expand the Queue Managers folder.
    2. Right-click the name of the set to open the menu. Click Start Local Queue Managers or Stop Local Queue Managers.

    The icon next to the queue manager's name changes to indicate that the queue managers in the set have started or stopped as appropriate.