How to clear queue

[bourrelo]

I'm just learning about Websphere MQ and I need assistance. We have an auto-email function that uses SMTP in our WS application (v 5.0.2). The email function has been down for several weeks and I have a fix I would like to try... but before patching the fix, I would like to clear any unsent messages in the queue that may have been sitting there for a couple of months. How can I clear/delete the queue? I don't know where to start.

Thanks in advance,
Louise

 

[kevinf2349]

Try

CLEAR QLOCAL (your queue)

read the System Admin guide for further details.

 

[bourrelo]

Right... so I'm assuming there's an area where I can go to enter the command. The only experience I have with Websphere is using the Administrative Console to un-install and re-install the application I now support so when I said I didn't know where to start, that was literal.
I'll look for the System Admin guide you referred to for assistance and see what I can come up with.

 

[danshelb]

bourrelo,
You can use runmqsc <QMGR Name> to enter the UNIX MQ command shell. From there you can do your CLEAR QLOCAL command.

HTH,
Dan

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