Remote Queue Manager

[chandika]

Is it possible to create a connection to a remote queue manager through an adapter command?

For example I can pverride an input card by using -IMMQS1 -QMN <queue manager> -QN <queue>
Is it possible to connect to a remote queue manager in a similar way?

On a related note, what is the difference between the IBM Websphere MQ (Server) and (client) adaptors?

Thanks!

Chandika

 

[pgrivell]

MQ has two different ways of connecting, server and client connections (see your MQ documentation on the differences between these types of connections). Mercator simply has 2 different adapters to cater for this.

Assuming you have a set of channels between your local and remote queue managers, you can access a remote queue manager using a server connection by connecting to your local queue manager using -QMN <local queue manager> -QN <name of the local queue on the remote queue manager> -XQN <queue manager alias for the remote queue manager as defined on your local queue manager>. A queue manager alias is simply a remote queue without a queue name.

You can also use an MQ client connection, although I've never used client connections through Mercator I assume its simply a question of setting your MQSERVER or MQCHLLIB environment variables (see MQ docs) and using the same QMN and QN parameters.

Regards,

Philip