Enabling MFT agents to connect to remote z/OS queue managers

Subject to entitlement, an MFT agent on z/OS® can use a client connection to connect to a z/OS queue manager. This can lead to simpler IBM® MQ topologies.

If an MFT agent on z/OS is associated with the product identifier (PID) of either IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS VUE or IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, then the agent can use a client connection to connect to a queue manager on z/OS.

For information on the different PIDs, see IBM MQ product identifiers and export information. For information on how to set the PID associated with an MFT installation, see fteSetProductId.

The PID under which the agent is running is displayed in the log at agent startup.

An MFT agent on z/OS, running under any other PID, can connect only to a local queue manager using a bindings mode connection.

If an agent attempts to connect to a queue manager that is not running on z/OS, the BFGQM1044E message is issued, and agent start-up is ended.