Starting and stopping a listener

Each listener object in IBM® MQ Explorer represents a listener process; when you start the listener object in IBM MQ Explorer, the listener process starts.

About this task

For a queue manager to receive messages from channels, it must have a running listener that is correctly configured for its transport type. The listener will then start the receiving end of the channel when it detects that an application has started the sending end of the channel.

To start or stop a listener, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. In the Navigator view, click the Listeners folder to display the listeners in the Content view.
  2. In the Content view, right-click the listener, then click Start or Stop.

Results

The listener starts or stops as appropriate.

[z/OS]Listeners on the z/OS® platform are not listener objects and do not behave in the same way as listener objects. When listeners on the z/OS platform are stopped, they are no longer associated with the z/OS queue manager.