Stopping a CICS-MQ connection through the CICS CEMT transaction

You can stop the connection to IBM® MQ by issuing the SET MQCONN command in the CICS® CEMT transaction.

About this task

For details of how to start and use the CEMT transaction, see CEMT - main terminal.

Procedure

  1. On the CICS command line, enter the command CEMT SET MQCONN.
    You obtain a display that lists the current status of the connection and the default connection values, which are taken from the installed MQCONN resource definition for the CICS region.
  2. To stop the connection, overtype the value Connected to select the type of shutdown as follows:
    1. If you want a quiesced shutdown, type Notconnected.
    2. If you want a forced shutdown, type Forcenotcon.
  3. Press Enter.
    CICS stops the connection.