DELETE PROCESS (delete a process definition)

Use the MQSC command DELETE PROCESS to delete a process definition.

Using MQSC commands

For information on how you use MQSC commands, see Performing local administration tasks using MQSC commands.

[z/OS]You can issue this command from sources 2CR. For an explanation of the source symbols, see Sources from which you can issue MQSC commands on z/OS®.

Synonym: DELETE PRO

DELETE PROCESS

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram DELETE PROCESS ( process-name ) CMDSCOPE(' ')CMDSCOPE(qmgr-name)1CMDSCOPE(*)12QSGDISP(QMGR)QSGDISP(COPY)QSGDISP(GROUP)12IGNSTATE(NO)3IGNSTATE(YES)
Notes:
  • 1 Valid only on z/OS when the queue manager is a member of a queue sharing group.
  • 2 Valid only on z/OS.
  • 3 Valid only on AIX®, Linux®, and Windows.

Parameter descriptions for DELETE PROCESS

You must specify which process definition you want to delete.
(process-name)
The name of the process definition to be deleted. The name must be defined to the local queue manager.

If an application has this process open, the command fails.

[z/OS]CMDSCOPE
This parameter applies to z/OS only and specifies how the command runs when the queue manager is a member of a queue sharing group.
CMDSCOPE must be blank, or the local queue manager, if QSGDISP is set to GROUP.
' '
The command runs on the queue manager on which it was entered. This is the default value.
qmgr-name
The command runs on the queue manager you specify, providing the queue manager is active within the queue sharing group.

You can specify a queue manager name, other than the queue manager on which the command was entered, only if you are using a queue sharing group environment and if the command server is enabled.

*
The command runs on the local queue manager and is also passed to every active queue manager in the queue sharing group. The effect of this is the same as entering the command on every queue manager in the queue sharing group.
[z/OS]QSGDISP
This parameter applies to z/OS only.
Specifies the disposition of the object to which you are applying the command (that is, where it is defined and how it behaves).
COPY
The object definition resides on the page set of the queue manager that executes the command. The object was defined using a command that had the parameters QSGDISP(COPY). Any object residing in the shared repository, or any object defined using a command that had the parameters QSGDISP(QMGR), is not affected by this command.
GROUP
The object definition resides in the shared repository. The object was defined using a command that had the parameters QSGDISP(GROUP). Any object residing on the page set of the queue manager that executes the command (except a local copy of the object) is not affected by this command.
If the command is successful, the following command is generated and sent to all active queue managers in the queue sharing group to delete local copies on page set zero: 

DELETE PROCESS(process-name) QSGDISP(COPY)
The deletion of the group object takes effect even if the generated command with QSGDISP(COPY) fails.
QMGR
The object definition resides on the page set of the queue manager that executes the command. The object was defined using a command that had the parameters QSGDISP(QMGR). Any object residing in the shared repository, or any local copy of such an object, is not affected by this command.

This is the default value.

[MQ 9.2.1 Dec 2020][AIX, Linux, Windows]IGNSTATE
This parameter allows you to specify whether you want the command to return an error code if the object is already in the state the command moves it to.
A value of YES means the return code and message are the same as if the MQSC object has not been deleted.

A value of NO means that the return code is zero, even if the object has been deleted. This is the default value.