Deleting a broker on z/OS

To delete a broker:

  1. Remove the broker from the broker domain, in the workbench. Refer to Removing a broker from a broker domain.
  2. Stop the broker, by stopping the started task.
  3. Customize and submit the following delete jobs in your component PDSE to delete WebSphere MQ and DB2 definitions:
    Delete jobs Description
    Start of changeBIPDLBKEnd of change Start of changeDelete component including WebSphere MQ broker queues and channels and rows in the DB2 databaseEnd of change
    Start of changeBIPDLDBEnd of change Start of changeDrop the broker DB2 databaseEnd of change

    Note that not all files are deleted from the component directory in the file system.

Related concepts
Brokers
Broker domains
Related tasks
Removing a broker from a broker domain
Creating a broker on z/OS
Modifying a broker on z/OS
Related reference
mqsideletebroker command
mqsicreatebroker command