Starting a queue manager

When you create a queue manager, you must start it to enable it to process commands or MQI calls.

About this task

You can start a queue manager by using the strmqm command. For a description of the strmqm command and its options, see strmqm.

[Windows] [Linux] Alternatively, on Windows and Linux® (x86 and x86-64 platforms) systems, you can start a queue manager by using the IBM® MQ Explorer.

[Windows] On Windows you can start a queue manager automatically when the system starts using the IBM MQ Explorer. For more information, see Administration using the IBM MQ Explorer.

Procedure

To start a queue manager by using the strmqm command, enter the command followed by the name of the queue manager that you want to start.
For example, to start a queue manager called QMB, enter the following command:
```
strmqm QMB
```
Note: You must use the strmqm command from the installation associated with the queue manager that you are working with. You can find out which installation a queue manager is associated with using the dspmq -o installation command.
The strmqm command does not return control until the queue manager has started and is ready to accept connection requests.
To start a queue manager by using the IBM MQ Explorer, complete the following steps:
1. Open the IBM MQ Explorer.
2. In the Navigator view, select the queue manager.
3. Click Start.

Results

The queue manager starts.

If the queue manager start-up takes more than a few seconds IBM MQ issues information messages intermittently detailing the start-up progress.