Activity trace configuration file, mqat.ini

The activity trace configuration file, mqat.ini, is used to configure activity trace behavior. This file is used to define the level and frequency of reporting activity trace data. The file also provides a way to define rules to enable and disable activity trace based on the name of an application.

The mqat.ini file follows the same stanza key and parameter-value pair format as the mqs.ini and qm.ini files. The file consists of a single stanza, AllActivityTrace, which is used to configure the level and frequency of reporting activity trace data by default for all activity trace. The file can also contain multiple ApplicationTrace stanzas. Each one of these stanzas defines a rule for the trace behavior for one or more connections, based on matching the application name of the connections to the rule. For more information, see Application activity trace and Configuring activity trace behavior using mqat.ini.

The queue manager applies a number of rules to determine which stanzas settings to use for a connection. Optionally, you can override the global trace level and frequency settings under the AllActivityTrace stanza for those connections that match an ApplicationTrace stanza. For more information, see Configuring activity trace behavior using mqat.ini.

Directory locations

[UNIX] [IBM i] [Linux] On UNIX and Linux® and IBM® i systems, mqat.ini is located in the queue manager data directory, which is the same location as the qm.ini file.

[Windows] On Windows systems, mqat.ini is located in the queue manager data directory C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\qmgrs\queue_manager_name. Users running applications to be traced need permission to read this file.