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Setting up communications with other queue managers on z/OS
This section describes the IBM® MQ for z/OS® preparations you need to make before you can start to use distributed queuing.
About this task
To define your distributed-queuing requirements, you need to define the following items:
- The channel initiator procedures and data sets
- The channel definitions
- The queues and other objects
- Access security
If you are using queue sharing groups, see Distributed queuing and queue sharing groups.
For additional points to consider when you are preparing to set up distributed queuing with IBM MQ for z/OS, see Considerations for using distributed queuing on z/OS.
Procedure
To enable distributed queuing, complete the following steps:
- Customize the distributed queuing facility and define the IBM MQ objects required as described in Defining system objects and Preparing to customize queue managers on z/OS.
- Define access security as described in Security considerations for the channel initiator on z/OS .
- Set up your communications as described in Setting up communication for z/OS.