Stopping the sender channel on a WebSphere MQ link
You can stop the sender channel on a WebSphere® MQ link while leaving the link itself running.
Before you begin
You might want to tell the IBM MQ network administrator that you are about to stop a channel.
About this task
When you stop the sender channel on a WebSphere MQ link, communication with the target IBM MQ network on that channel is stopped for both point-to-point messaging and publishing and subscribing. Messages are held at their transmission locations.
Procedure
- Start the administrative console.
- In the navigation pane, click .
- Select the check box next to the channel you want to stop.
- In the Stop mode list, select Quiesce or Force.
- In the Target state list, select Inactive or Stopped.
- Click Stop.
Results
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 Estados do Link do WebSphere MQ e seus Canais.