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| Albator |
 Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:30 am Post subject: monitoring a queue manager |
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Hello everyone!
I am using a monitoring tool to check if there is a tcp/ip connection available on port 1414 every minute. The problem is that I get an error generated in the event log every minute (which make sense since QM does not know how to handle that connection<--my assumption). Is there any way i can monitor the queue manager without generating an error? For instance, when you try to make a normal web tcp/ip connection, the web browser expects an action (such as GET). Anything I can do so the queue manager discards the connection or request gracefully?
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| csmith28 |
| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Exactly what is this monitoring tool doing to "check if there is a tcp/ip connection available on port 1414"?
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| Is there any way i can monitor the queue manager without generating an error? |
Yes there are a number of home grown, free/shareware scripts/utilities and licensed products available but to be more specific it would help to know OS this MQManager running on?
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| Albator |
| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:42 am Post subject: |
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OS: Win2k Adv. server, Hardware Clustered.
MQ version: 5.3
The the tool verifies if a tcp/ip connection can be done, which mean the three way handshake is established and the connection is terminated because there is no request.
Any specific tools you recommend? |
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| bower5932 |
| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| Checking that you can get to port 1414 won't guarantee that the qmgr is available. It only tells you that you have a listener running. If you are trying to see if the qmgr is available, you probably need to write a program that MQCONNs/MQDISCs to confirm that the qmgr is truly available. |
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| csmith28 |
| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:27 am Post subject: |
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bower is right, you may also want to consider creating a .BAT that will use the dspmq command. Something simple.
Does your company already have a network monitoring tool in place like HP/Openview, CA-Unicenter or Tivoli?
Those, among others can be set up to monitor your Even Viewer Application Log for certain WebSphere MQ Events.
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| Keka |
| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:33 am Post subject: |
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You can write a java program using PCF commands and make a connection to the queue manager.. We use this one as this confirms the queue manager & command sever being up for the queue manager. But again this is only if you need the command server check also. We use this to check channels and queue depths on xmit queues for all the queue managers from one place..
ofcource you can go for tools like contact admin, BMC petrol or QPASA..You will end up paying a lot of money for simple checking that you needed..
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| Albator |
| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you all for your replies. I will try the .bat solution as a first step... |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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On windows use amqmdain -status and sift through the output.
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