DEFINE QUEUEMANAGER: Identifying a WebSphere MQ queue manager

DEFINE QUEUEMANAGER: Identifying a WebSphere MQ queue manager

Privileges

System manager and User 0

Function

Identifies a z/OS-WebSphere MQ queue manager that you want to connect to from Model 204. The queue manager must have been previously defined by the z/OS-WebSphere MQ administrator.

Syntax

DEFINE {QUEUEMANAGER | QM} name [LIKE previousname] WITH SCOPE=SYSTEM [{QUEUEMANAGERNAME | QMNAME}=externalqmanname]

Where

• name identifies the queue manager referred to in the Online. name must be:
  • unique or an error is issued
  • 1-48 characters long and begin with a letter, followed by letters, numbers, periods, or underscores
• Use the optional QUEUEMANAGERNAME (or QMNAME) clause if the external name of the queue manager (as defined to WebSphere MQ) differs from the name you refer to in the Online. If you omit QUEUEMANAGERNAME (or QMNAME), the external name of the queue manager is assumed to be name.

Usage

The external name of the queue manager is validated when a system manager or User 0 issues a START QUEUEMANAGER command. The queue manager has system scope.

You must define a queue manager before you define a queue.