Customizing the broker

This is part of the larger task of creating a broker on z/OS.

Before you start

Before starting this step, you must have completed Editing the Customization Input File (mqsicompcif) for a broker.

Change to the root directory of your broker and use mqsicustomize. For example:
cd /var/wmqi/MQP1BRK
mqsicustomize

The mqsicustomize command might take a few minutes to complete, depending on your system. If you find that INPUT is displayed at the bottom right corner of the screen, press ENTER.

The following is an example of output from mqsicustomize:
:>mqsicustomize
BIP9205I: Processing Job Card Section.
BIP9205I: Processing SED command file replace.sed.
BIP9205I: Processing Common Jobs.
BIP9205I: Processing Broker Jobs.
BIP9205I: Processing Environment Variable Section.
BIP9203I: Creating registry for component MQP1BRK.
BIP9209I: Registry for component MQP1BRK created successfully.
BIP9212I: Copying /var/wmqi/MQP1BRK/cntl/bip$db01 to MQM.MQP1BRK.CNTL(BIP$DB01).
..
..
BIP9212I: Copying /var/wmqi/MQP1BRK/cntl/bipdcpy to MQM.MQP1BRK.CNTL(BIPDCPY).
BIP9212I: Copying /usr/lpp/mqsi/template/data/bipslib to
MQM.MQP1BRK.CNTL(BIPSLIB).
BIP9214I: mqsicopytopds ended successfully.
BIP9217I: mqsicustomize for component MQP1BRK ended successfully.
                                 
You can browse the customization log by using the command:
obrowse output/Customizelog

A common problem when copying to the PDSE is that someone has the component PDSE open: this prevents the customization working.

If you get any messages beginning with Could not find message, refer to Setting up your OMVS user ID.

If you find that you have specified parameters in mqsicompcif incorrectly, change the mqsicompcif file and repeat this step of customizing the broker. Do not edit any of the files produced during customization because any changes are lost when you recustomize. You can run mqsicustomize many times; in fact, if you need to change parameters in the CIF, you need to rerun mqsicustomize to pick up the changes.

Related concepts
Brokers
Broker domains
Related tasks
Creating a broker on z/OS
Editing the Customization Input File (mqsicompcif) for a broker
Creating the STEPLIB_NAME member for a broker
Setting up your OMVS user ID