How you configure the Coordination queue manager to coordinate file
transfers.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have full connectivity between the queue managers you set up for this scenario.
About this task
This task sets up the coordination queue manager MFT5, and the instructions in this section
assume that you are working with one IBM® MQ
installation.
If you have multiple installations, you must set the IBM MQ path to the version of IBM MQ required, by using the setmqenv command, before you start
any of the configuration tasks.
Procedure
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Log in as the Managed File Transfer administrator.
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Issue the following command to identify the coordination queue manager and set up the
configuration directory structure:
fteSetupCoordination -coordinationQMgr MFT5
- Coordination queue manager directory
C:\data\mqft\config\MFT5- coordination.properties file
C:\data\mqft\config\MFT5\coordination.properties
The command also produces an MQSC command file that you must run against your coordination queue
manager C:\data\mqft\config\MFT5\MFT5.mqsc:
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Change to the
C:\data\mqft\config\MFT5 directory.
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Configure the queue manager, to act as the coordination queue manager, by running the following
command.
You need to provide the MQSC command file, produced by the command you issued in Step
2:
runmqsc MFT5 < MFT5.mqsc > mft5.txt
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Open the
mft5.txt results file with your preferred editor. and ensure that the
definitions have been created successfully.
What to do next
Set up the command queue manager.