Websphere MQ
Channel status is shown as STOPPED even after the channel is restarted
Below are the behaviours of IBM Websphere MQ and Applications Manager : If a channel is started, the status of the channel is not changed to RUNNING. It will be in INACTIVE state until a connection is made to the channel and a get / put is ...
I am getting "Unable to connect via SSL" error. What could be the reason ?
Please check if you have followed the prerequisites for adding IBM Websphere MQ monitor via SSL. "Unable to connect via SSL" error could occur due to following reasons : SSL is enabled for the channel, but SSL Enabled option is not selected in ...
Prerequisites for adding IBM MQ monitor via SSL
To add the IBM monitor via SSL, please follow the required steps given below with respect to authentication type: SSL Authentication is optional (One-way SSL) If SSL Authentication is optional (One-way SSL), you need to load the MQ server's CA ...
Queues and channels data are not collected in IBM Websphere MQ monitor
Check if monitoring parameter is enabled for Queues and Channels. Run the following command to get the status of queues and channels, DISPLAY QSTATUS(<QUEUE_NAME>) ALL DISPLAY CHSTATUS(<CHANNEL_NAME>) ALL From the output, check ...
The health of the IBM Websphere MQ monitor is not affected by default, if the listener status is stopped.
The health of the listener will not be affected unless the threshold is configured for the status attribute under Listener monitoring. You have to configure a threshold for status manually so that the health status of the listener is affected. To ...
I'm getting "MQRC_NOT_AUTHORIZED" error in IBM WebSphere MQ. What could be the reason ?
The reason could be any one of the following : Authentication is enabled in the MQ Queue Manager, but the user details are not provided in the add monitor page of WebSphere MQ monitor. The user provided is not authorised to connect to MQ. Password ...
Inactive channels are not getting listed in IBM Websphere MQ monitor
Inactive channels are not displayed in the IBM Websphere MQ monitor page by default. You can configure them by following the below steps : In the monitor home page, go to Monitor Options -> Edit Monitor. In the Edit Monitor page, enable the Filter ...
I'm getting "mqrc_host_not_available" error in IBM MQ monitoring. What could be the reason ?
The reasons could be any of the following : The listener has not been started on the remote system. The connection name in the client channel definition is incorrect. The network is currently unavailable. A firewall blocking the port, or ...
The channel state is changed to inactive in IBM MQ, but the alert is not triggered by Applications Manager
Alert won't get triggered by default unless threshold is configured for 'Status' attribute under Channel monitoring. To trigger an alert, configure a threshold such that the severity is 'Critical' if status changes to "STOPPED".
I'm getting "Couldn't establish connection. Reason code:2018(MQRC_HCONN_ERROR)" while connecting to IBM MQ. What could be the reason ?
This error usually comes together with 2009 error code ( MQRC_CONNECTION_BROKEN ). Refer the IBM documentation to fix this.
Why am I getting "MQRC_UNKNOWN_CHANNEL_NAME" error when I try to add IBM MQ monitor ?
This error occurs when the channel name provided while adding the monitor is wrong or the user doesn't have permission to access the channel. Make sure you have provided the channel name in exact case. Make sure that the user you have provided has ...
I have added all jars file required for IBM MQ monitoring. But still I am getting "required jars are missing" error
Please cross-check if the required jar files are present under <Applications Manager Home>\working\jre\lib\ext directory. <Applications Manager Home> is the Application Manager installation directory. For IBM Websphere MQ Series version 5.x/6.x: ...