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Use storage type 'persistent', and not 'ephemeral', for Production IBM MQ queue managers

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Question

You create an IBM MQ queue manager in a container, such as in OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), using the most basic storage type of "ephemeral".
You are able to define queues and put messages in the queues, including persistent messages.
So far, so good.
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Then there was a problem with the container system and the pod of the queue manager was deleted and the Kurbenettes function of the container system recreated the pod for the queue manager and the queue manager is recreated and restarted.
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Then you notice that all the queues that you previously defined (before the deletion of the pod) are GONE!
Is this a bug?
If it is not a bug, why the queues were gone?
 

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28 April 2025

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