The basic administration reply message

Once an administration request has been processed, a reply, if requested, is sent to the reply-to queue manager queue. The reply message has the same basic format as the request message with some additional fields.

Figure 3. Administration reply message

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A reply is made up of:

  1. Base administration fields. These are copied from the request message.
  2. Administration fields that are specific to the resource being managed.
  3. Optional fields to assist with the processing of administration messages. These are copied from the request message.
  4. Administration fields detailing outcome of request.
  5. Administration fields providing detailed results of the request that are specific to the resource being managed.
  6. Administration fields detailing errors that are specific to the resource being managed.

The first three items are describe in The basic administration request message. The reply specific fields are described in the following sections.



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