Connecting brokers in a collective

A collective is a set of brokers that are fully interconnected and form part of a multi-broker network for publish/subscribe applications.

To connect brokers in a collective, do the following:

  1. Define the WebSphere MQ channels between the queue managers of each pair of the brokers in the collective; use the standard WebSphere MQ facilities (for example, WebSphere MQ Explorer).
  2. Assign the brokers as members of the collective using the Broker Topology editor in the workbench; they do not have to be connected together using the connect function.
Tip: Compare the use of collectives with the use of WebSphere MQ cluster queues, as described in Developing applications using the CMP.
Related concepts
Brokers
Collectives
Publish/subscribe topologies
Related tasks
Connecting a broker to a collective
Using WebSphere MQ cluster queues for input and output
Related reference
Broker Topology editor
Related information
WebSphere Message Brokers Configuration Manager Proxy API