Running and expanding the example for z/OS

Information about starting the channel initiator and listener and suggestions for expanding on this example.

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Once these definitions have been created, you need to:

Start the channel initiator on each queue manager.
Start the listener for each queue manager.

The applications can then send messages to each other. Because the channels are triggered to start by the arrival of the first message on each transmission queue, you do not need to issue the START CHANNEL MQSC command.

You can also expand the example.

Procedure

Start the channel initiator and listener.
See Starting a channel initiator, and Starting a channel listener for details on how to start a channel initiator and listener.
You can expand this example by:
- Adding more queues, and channel definitions to allow other applications to send messages between the two queue managers.
- Adding user exit programs on the channels to allow for link encryption, security checking, or additional message processing.
- Using queue manager aliases and reply-to queue aliases to understand more about how these aliases can be used in the organization of your queue manager network.