MFT system queues and the system topic

Managed File Transfer has a number of system queues and one system topic that are for internal use only.

Any queues with a name beginning SYSTEM.FTE are internal system queues for Managed File Transfer (MFT). Do not delete these queues, as doing so prevents IBM® MQ MFT from working correctly. Table 1 shows which type of message is on each queue:
Table 1. Queue names, type and usage
Queue name Queue type Usage
SYSTEM.FTE.AUTHAGT1.agent_name Authority Queue for configuring authority for sending and receiving transfer requests.
SYSTEM.FTE.AUTHTRN1.agent_name Authority Queue for configuring authority to start and cancel managed transfers. Also to start managed calls.
SYSTEM.FTE.AUTHMON1.agent_name Authority Queue for configuring authority to allow a user to create or delete resource monitors that were created by the same user.
SYSTEM.FTE.AUTHOPS1.agent_name Authority Queue for configuring authority to delete resource monitors and scheduled transfers that were created by another user.
SYSTEM.FTE.AUTHSCH1.agent_name Authority Queue for configuring authority to create or delete scheduled transfers that were created by the same user.
SYSTEM.FTE.AUTHADM1.agent_name Authority Queue for configuring authority to shut down the agent, using the -m option on the fteStopAgent command.
SYSTEM.FTE.COMMAND.agent_name Operation Queue for sending command requests to an agent.
SYSTEM.FTE.DATA.agent_name Operation Queue used by a destination agent for holding data sent by a source agent.
SYSTEM.FTE.REPLY.agent_name Operation Queue for receiving replies from a destination agent.
SYSTEM.FTE.STATE.agent_name Operation Queue for holding the status of a transfer request.
SYSTEM.FTE.EVENT.agent_name Operation Queue for holding resource monitor history.
SYSTEM.FTE.HA.agent_name Operation Queue used as a lock by highly available agent instances.
If an agent is participating in message-to-file or file-to-message transfers, the definition of the SYSTEM.FTE.STATE.agent_name queue might need to be modified to allow these managed transfers to take place. For more information on this, see Guidance for setting MQ attributes and MFT properties associated with message size.
Attention: You should not change the definitions of the other system queues.

Also, do not modify or delete the SYSTEM.FTE topic as this is also for internal use only.

Temporary queues

Managed File Transfer creates temporary queues for a number of purposes. The name of each queue starts with WMQFTE. by default. (The period is part of the default prefix.) If you want to change this prefix, you can use the dynamicQueuePrefix property in the command.properties file or the coordination.properties file or both. The property in the command.properties file is used to set the prefix of temporary queues that are created for responses to commands that require a response from the agent. The property in the coordination.properties file is used to set the prefix of temporary queues that are created for other purposes; for example, the WMQFTE.FTE.TIMECHCK.QUEUE, where WMQFTE. is the value defined by the dynamicQueuePrefix property.