Using a command service object

These examples show how to define a command service object to start a program that writes entries to the operating system's system log when a queue manager is started or stopped.

Before you begin

Note: These examples require you to run the DEFINE SERVICE MQSC command. How you do this varies by platform. See Administering IBM® MQ using MQSC commands.

These examples are written with UNIX style path separator characters.

About this task

In the following examples:

logger is a sample program provided with IBM MQ that can write entries to the operating system's system log.
+QMNAME+ is a token representing the name of the queue manager.

Procedure

Define a command service object to start a program that writes entries to the operating system's system log when a queue manager is started or stopped:

DEFINE SERVICE(S2) +
CONTROL(QMGR) +
SERVTYPE(COMMAND) +
STARTCMD('/usr/bin/logger') +
STARTARG('Queue manager +QMNAME+ starting') +
STOPCMD('/usr/bin/logger') +
STOPARG('Queue manager +QMNAME+ stopping')

Define a command service object to start a program that writes entries to the operating system's system log only when a queue manager is stopped:
```
DEFINE SERVICE(S3) +
CONTROL(QMGR) +
SERVTYPE(COMMAND) +
STOPCMD('/usr/bin/logger') +
STOPARG('Queue manager +QMNAME+ stopping')
```