Monitoring options
WebSphere® MQ Monitoring agent provides monitoring options that you can modify to suit the needs of your environment. The monitoring options are defined in a command file, which is referred to as the monitoring file. When the WebSphere MQ Monitoring agent is started, the parameter values in the monitoring file are read and the commands in it are issued. The actual file name and location varies by operating system. After reading the following descriptions of monitoring options, see Monitoring options for information about how to change monitoring options on different operating systems and the rules for correctly specifying and changing monitoring options.
For example, you can configure the following settings by editing
the monitoring file:
- Define the queue managers, queues, and channels that you want to monitor
- Specify the interval for collecting WebSphere MQ data
- Manage the disposal of event messages from an event queue
- Specify whether you want to collect historical monitoring data and how long you want the data to be available
By default, the WebSphere MQ Monitoring agent monitors the following objects:
- On a z/OS® system:
- all predefined queues
- all channels for all queue managers
- On a UNIX, Linux, Windows,
or i5/OS™ system:
- all predefined queues
- all channels on a single default queue manager