Working with queue managers

You can use control commands to start and stop a queue manager. You can use MQSC commands to display or alter queue manager attributes.

Starting a queue manager
When you create a queue manager, you must start it to enable it to process commands or MQI calls.
Stopping a queue manager
You can use the endmqm command to stop a queue manager. This command provides four ways to stop a queue manager: a controlled, or quiesced, shutdown, an immediate shutdown, a preemptive shutdown, and a wait shutdown. Alternatively, on Windows and Linux®, you can stop a queue manager by using the IBM MQ Explorer.
Stopping a queue manager manually
If the standard methods for stopping and removing a queue manager fail, you can try to stop the queue manager manually.
Restarting a queue manager
You can use the strmqm command to restart a queue manager, or on Windows and Linux x86-64 systems, you can restart a queue manager from IBM MQ Explorer.
Displaying and altering queue manager attributes
Use the DISPLAY QMGR MQSC command to display the queue manager parameters for a queue manager. Use the ALTER QMGR MQSC command to alter the queue manager parameters for a local queue manager.
Deleting a queue manager
You can delete a queue manager using the dltmqm control command. Alternatively, on Windows and Linux systems, you can use the IBM MQ Explorer to delete a queue manager.

Parent topic: Working with local IBM MQ objects

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Creating queue managers on Multiplatforms