Viewing the status of objects

You can display the current status of any object that can be in different states, in IBM® MQ Explorer. For IBM MQ channels, you can also view the saved status.

About this task

To view the status of an object in IBM MQ Explorer, complete the following steps.

Procedure

In the Content view, right-click the object, then click Status...
If you are viewing a channel definition's status, you can view the current status of the channel (click Channel Status) or the saved status of the channel (click Saved Status).

Results

The Status dialog for the object opens displaying the status information that you requested.

To view the status of all the objects of a specific type, for a selected queue manager:

In the Explorer view, right-click the folder of objects (for example Queues) for a selected queue manager, then click Status.... A new Content view will be opened in a separate window. The status of all the objects in the object-folder are displayed in the new Content view window.

Viewing the status of multiple instances of the same receiver channel

About this task

Different applications can use different instances of the same receiver channel at the same time. It is possible for these different instances to have different statuses.
There are two ways to view the status of multiple channel instances in the IBM MQ Explorer. The first way is:
  • In the Content view, right-click the channel, then click Status... You can view the current status of the channel (click Channel Status) or the saved status of the channel (click Saved Status). All the statuses for the individual instances are aggregated into a single status displayed in the Content view.
The second way is:
  • In the Navigator view, right-click the channels folder of your selected queue manager, then click Status. You can view the current status of the channel (click Channel Status) or the saved status of the channel (click Saved Status). A new Content view will be opened in a separate window. The status of all the objects in the folder are displayed in the new Content view window. All of the channel instances and the individual statuses are displayed in the Content view.

Results

The aggregated status displayed is dependant on the number of instances and their different statuses, as described in the following points:
  • There are no channel instances: Status shown as Inactive.
  • There is a single channel instance: Status shown as the actual status of the channel.
  • There are more than 1 instances, all with the same status: Status shown as the actual status of the channels.
  • There are more than 1 instances, with mixed statuses: Status shown as Mixed.