Configuring an activation specification for the WebSphere MQ messaging provider

Configure a JMS activation specification to enable a message-driven bean to communicate with the WebSphere® MQ messaging provider.

About this task

To view or change the configuration of an activation specification for use with WebSphere MQ, use the administrative console to complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, click Resources > JMS > Activation specifications . A list of existing activation specifications, with a summary of their properties, is displayed in an Activation specification collection form.
  2. Select the Scope setting corresponding to the scope of the activation specifications that you want to view or change.
  3. Select the name of the activation specification that you want to view or change. Configuration details for the activation specification are displayed in an WebSphere MQ messaging provider activation specification settings form.
  4. Under General Properties make modifications as necessary.
    For information about each of the available fields, see the WebSphere MQ messaging provider activation specification settings form.
    Note: There are four other WebSphere MQ connection properties that affect the activation specification:
    • maxConnections
    • connectionConcurrency
    • reconnectionRetryCount
    • reconnectionRetryInterval
    Although these properties control the behavior of the WebSphere MQ activation specification, they are configured as custom properties of the WebSphere MQ messaging provider. For more information about these four connection properties, and how to configure them, see Configuring custom properties for the WebSphere MQ messaging provider.
    Restriction: Before Fix Pack 5, if this activation specification is used to connect to a queue manager or queue-sharing group on a WebSphere MQ for z/OS system, enter the value 6.0.0.0 in the Provider version property. The connection factory must use this provider version value regardless of the version of WebSphere MQ for z/OS to which it connects. The Provider version property is in the Advanced section of the General Properties.

    [Fix Pack 5 or later] For Fix Pack 5 or later, if this activation specification is used to connect to a queue manager or queue-sharing group on a WebSphere MQ for z/OS Version 7 system, enter the value 6.0.0.0 in the Provider version property.

    [Fix Pack 7 or later] For Fix Pack 7 or later, the restriction on the provider version is lifted.

  5. Click Apply to save the configuration.
  6. Optional: Click Advanced properties to display or change the list of advanced properties of your activation specification.
  7. Optional: Click Broker properties to display or change the list of broker properties of your activation specification.
  8. Optional: Click Custom properties to display or change the list of custom properties of your activation specification, such as the WAS_EndpointInitialState property.
  9. Optional: Click Client transport properties to display or change the list of client transport properties of your activation specification. This link is only present on the explicitly-defined variation of this panel, where you enter all information required to connect to WebSphere MQ. This link does not appear for the CCDT-based variation.
  10. Click OK.
  11. Save your changes to the master configuration.
  12. [z/OS] If you use activation specifications with WebSphere MQ message-driven beans on the z/OS® platform, you must enable the control region adjunct (CRA) process of the application server. Use either the WebSphere MQ CRA settings panel or the manageWMQ command to include starting the CRA as part of the process for starting an application server.
  13. To have the changed configuration take effect, stop then restart the application server.



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