You can administer WebSphere MQ Everyplace resources using specialized messages called administration messages (admin messages). Using these messages allows you to administer resources locally or remotely. The native codebase, if configured with an administration queue (admin queue) responds to admin messages. However, it does not provide helper functions to create admin messages. For more information on this, refer to Administration using the administrator API. Java(TM) is administered by admin messages. C can be, but has an administration interface for local administration.
Figure 1. WebSphere MQ Everyplace administration using administration messages
The sequence of steps required in administering a resource using administration messages is as follows: