Starting and stopping the Configuration Manager

Before you start:

Ensure that your user ID has the correct authorizations to perform the task. Refer to Security requirements for administrative tasks.

You start and stop a Configuration Manager on Windows platforms only. Use the mqsistart and mqsistop commands from the command line.

The following steps show you how to start and stop aConfiguration Manager.

  1. To start aConfiguration Manager:
    1. Enter the following command:
      mqsistart configmgr
      The Configuration Manager and its associated queue manager are started. The command initiates the startup of the Configuration Manager's Windows service. Check the Application Log of the Windows Event Viewer to ensure that the Configuration Manager has initialized successfully.

      You can also request that the Configuration Manager's queue manager is started as a Windows service. Refer to Starting a WebSphere MQ queue manager as a Windows service.

  2. To stop a Configuration Manager enter the following command on the command line:
    mqsistop configmgr

    You can also request that the Configuration Manager's queue manager is stopped by this command. Refer to Stopping a WebSphere MQ queue manager when you stop a component.

Related concepts
Configuration Manager

Related tasks
Creating a Configuration Manager
Starting a WebSphere MQ queue manager as a Windows service
Stopping a WebSphere MQ queue manager when you stop a component
Windows: Viewing the local error log

Related reference
Security requirements for administrative tasks
mqsistart command
mqsistop command