WebSphere MQ resources for the Configuration Manager

The Configuration Manager depends on a number of WebSphere MQ resources: some must be available, others depend on the broker domain setup:
  1. The Configuration Manager must be associated with a queue manager to host its services. Specify a queue manager name when you create the Configuration Manager. If this queue manager does not exist, it is created for you. The Configuration Manager can share a queue manager with a component (broker, or the User Name Server, or both) if they are on Windows platforms.
  2. The Configuration Manager must have a number of fixed-name queues on its queue manager. These allow it to exchange information with other components in the broker domain. These queues are defined for you when the Configuration Manager is created.
  3. The Configuration Manager must communicate with every broker in the broker domain. Define transmission queues and channels to support two-way communications between the Configuration Manager and every broker, except the one (if defined) that shares its queue manager.
  4. If you have included a User Name Server in your broker domain, the Configuration Manager must communicate with it. If the Configuration Manager and the User Name Server do not share a queue manager, you must define transmission queues and channels to support two-way communications between the two queue managers.
  5. The Configuration Manager's queue manager must have a listener to receive messages from the workbench, and from other components and clients that do not share its queue manager. You must create a listener for every protocol used for the intercomponent connections. If the connection is TCP/IP, you must also decide which port the listener must listen on; no other listener must be active on this port.
  6. The Configuration Manager's queue manager must have a server connection. This is defined for you when the Configuration Manager is created. Every workbench client can use this single definition.
Related concepts
Broker domains
Related tasks
Creating a broker
Related reference
Designing the WebSphere MQ infrastructure
WebSphere MQ resources for brokers
WebSphere MQ resources for the User Name Server