Intercommunication

Functions available

Table 9 shows the full list of WebSphere MQ functions that you may need when setting up and controlling channels. The channel functions are explained in this chapter.

For more details of the control commands that you issue at the command line, see the WebSphere MQ System Administration Guide book for WebSphere MQ for AIX, iSeries, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows systems, and MQSeries V5.1 for Compaq Tru64 UNIX, and OS/2 Warp.

The MQSC commands are fully described in the WebSphere MQ Script (MQSC) Command Reference book.

Table 9. Functions available in OS/2, Windows systems, Compaq OpenVMS Alpha, Compaq NonStop Kernel, and UNIX systems

Function	Control commands	MQSC	WebSphere MQ Explorer equivalent?	WebSphere MQ Service snap-in equivalent?
Queue manager functions
Change queue manager		ALTER QMGR	Yes	No
Create queue manager	crtmqm		Yes	Yes
Delete queue manager	dltmqm		Yes	Yes
Display queue manager		DISPLAY QMGR	Yes	No
End queue manager	endmqm		Yes	Yes
Ping queue manager		PING QMGR	No	No
Start queue manager	strmqm		Yes	Yes
Add a queue manager to Windows systems Service Control Manager			No	Yes
Command server functions
Display command server	dspmqcsv		No	Yes
End command server	endmqcsv		No	Yes
Start command server	strmqcsv		No	Yes
Queue functions
Change queue		ALTER QALIAS ALTER QLOCAL ALTER QMODEL ALTER QREMOTE	Yes	No
Clear queue		CLEAR QLOCAL CLEAR QUEUE	Yes	No
Create queue		DEFINE QALIAS DEFINE QLOCAL DEFINE QMODEL DEFINE QREMOTE	Yes	No
Delete queue		DELETE QALIAS DELETE QLOCAL DELETE QMODEL DELETE QREMOTE	Yes	No
Display queue		DISPLAY QUEUE	Yes	No
Process functions
Change process		ALTER PROCESS	Yes	No
Create process		DEFINE PROCESS	Yes	No
Delete process		DELETE PROCESS	Yes	No
Display process		DISPLAY PROCESS	Yes	No
Channel functions
Change channel		ALTER CHANNEL	Yes	No
Create channel		DEFINE CHANNEL	Yes	No
Delete channel		DELETE CHANNEL	Yes	No
Display channel		DISPLAY CHANNEL	Yes	No
Display channel status		DISPLAY CHSTATUS	Yes	No
End channel		STOP CHANNEL	Yes	Yes
Ping channel		PING CHANNEL	Yes	No
Reset channel		RESET CHANNEL	Yes	No
Resolve channel		RESOLVE CHANNEL	Yes	No
Run channel	runmqchl	START CHANNEL	Yes	Yes
Run channel initiator	runmqchi	START CHINIT (not Compaq NonStop Kernel)	No	Yes
Run listener	runmqlsr (not AT&T GIS UNIX and Compaq Tru64 UNIX)	START LISTENER (not Compaq NonStop Kernel)	No	Yes
End listener	endmqlsr (OS/2, Windows systems, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and SINIX and DC/OSx only)		No	Yes