You can stop the sender channel on a WebSphere® MQ link while leaving the link itself running.
You might want to tell the WebSphere MQ network administrator that you are about to stop a channel.
When you stop the sender channel on a WebSphere MQ link, communication with the target WebSphere MQ network on that channel is stopped for both point-to-point messaging and publishing and subscribing. Messages are held at their transmission locations.
Target state | Quiesce stop mode | Force stop mode |
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Inactive | The sender channel becomes inactive either when it has finished processing its current batch, or when it reaches a heartbeat interval. | The sender channel immediately becomes inactive. |
Stopped | The sender channel becomes stopped either when it has finished processing its current batch, or when it reaches a heartbeat interval. | The sender channel immediately becomes stopped. |
For more information about stopped states of the WebSphere MQ link and its channels, see States of the WebSphere MQ link and its channels.