Work with MQ Listeners (WRKMQMLSR)

Where allowed to run
All environments (*ALL)
Threadsafe
Yes

The Work with MQ Listener objects (WRKMQMLSR) command allows you to work with listener objects which are defined on the local queue manager.

This enables you to change, copy, create, delete, start, stop & display listener objects display and change authority to an MQ listener object.

This command also enables you to view the current status of all running listeners on the current system.

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
OPTION Option *STATUS, *OBJECT Optional, Positional 1
LSRNAME Listener name Character value, *ALL Optional, Positional 2
MQMNAME Message Queue Manager name Character value, *DFT Optional, Positional 3
WHERE Filter command Single values: *NONE Other values: Element list Optional, Positional 4
Element 1: Filter keyword *ALTDATE, *ALTTIME, *BACKLOG, *CONTROL, *IPADDR, *PORT, *TEXT
Element 2: Filter operator *GT, *LT, *EQ, *NE, *GE, *LE, *LK, *NL, *CT, *EX, *CTG, *EXG
Element 3: Filter value Character value

Option (OPTION)

This option enables you to select whether you want to information on listener status or listener object definitions.

The possible values are:

*STATUS
Listener status information is displayed.

The parameters LSRNAME and WHERE are ignored. If MQMNAME is specified only the status of listeners running on the specified queue manager are displayed.

*OBJECT
Listener object information is displayed.

Listener name (LSRNAME)

The name or names of the listener objects.

The possible values are:

*ALL or *
All listener objects are selected.
generic-listener-name
The generic name of the listener objects. A generic name is a character string followed by an asterisk (*), for example ABC*, and it selects all listener objects having names that start with the character string.

You are recommended to specify the name required within quotation marks. Using this format ensures that your selection is precisely what you entered.

You cannot select all the uppercase and lowercase versions of a generic name on a single panel, without requesting all the names.

listener-name
Specify the name of a single listener object.

Message Queue Manager name (MQMNAME)

Specifies the name of the queue manager.

The possible values are:

*DFT
Use the default queue manager.
queue-manager-name
The name of a message queue manager.

Filter command (WHERE)

This parameter can be used to selectively display only those listener objects with particular listener attributes.

The parameter takes three arguments, a keyword, an operator and a value.

Generic strings are allowed for values which are names.

The operator can take one of the following values:

*GT
Greater than.

Applicable to integer and non-generic string values.

*LT
Less than.

Applicable to integer and non-generic string values

*EQ
Equal to.

Applicable to integer and non-generic string values.

*NE
Not equal to.

Applicable to integer and non-generic string values.

*GE
Greater than or equal to.

Applicable to integer and non-generic string values.

*LE
Less than or equal to.

Applicable to integer and non-generic string values.

*LK
Like.

Applicable to generic string values.

*NL
Not like.

Applicable to generic string values.

*CT
Contains.

Applicable to non-generic list values.

*EX
Excludes.

Applicable to non-generic list values.

*CTG
Contains generic.

Applicable to generic list values.

*EXG
Excludes generic.

Applicable to generic list values.

The keyword can take one of the following values:

*ALTDATE
The date on which the definition or information was last altered.

The filter value is the date in the form yyyy-mm-dd.

*ALTTIME
The time at which the definition or information was last altered.

The filter value is the time in the form hh:mm:ss.

*BACKLOG
The number of concurrent connection requests supported.

The filter value is the integer backlog value.

*CONTROL
Whether the listener is started and stopped with the queue manager.

The filter value is one of the following:

*MANUAL
The listener is not automatically started or stopped.
*QMGR
The listener is started and stopped as the queue manager is started and stopped.
*STARTONLY
The listener is started as the queue manager is started, but is not requested to stop when the queue manager is stopped.
*IPADDR
The local IP Address to be used by the listener.

The filter value is the IP Address.

*PORT
The port number to be used by the listener.

The filter value is the integer port value.

*TEXT
Descriptive comment.

The filter value is the text description of the listener.

Examples

None

Error messages

Unknown