Distributed Queue Management

Distributed queuing means sending messages from one queue manager to another queue manager which can exist on same system or some other system.

Consider you are sending a message from QM1 to QM2 on your local machine where QM1 is running on 1415 and QM2 on 1416 ports.

  1. Create QM1 and start QM1 using the below commands
crtmqm QM1

strmqm QM1

runmqsc QM1
  1. Create a remote queue, transmission queue and sender channel in QM1

Remote queue:

DEFINE QREMOTE ('TEST.QR') +
       DESCR('remote Q to send message to QL') +
       PUT(ENABLED) +
       DEFPRTY(0) +
       DEFPSIST(YES) +
       SCOPE(QMGR) +
       RQMNAME(QM2) +
       RNAME('TEST.QL') +
       XMITQ(XMITQ)

Transmission queue:

DEFINE QLOCAL('XMITQ') USAGE(XMITQ)

Sender channel:

DEFINE CHANNEL ('QM1.QM2') CHLTYPE(SDR) DESCR('QM1 to QM2') TRPTYPE(TCP) XMITQ(XMITQ) CONNAME('localhost(1416)')
  1. Start the queue managers using below command.
crtmqm QM2

strmqm QM2

runmqsc QM2

Local Queue:

DEFINE QLOCAL('TEST.QL')

Receiver channel:

DEFINE CHANNEL ('QM1.QM2') CHLTYPE(RCVR) DESCR('QM1 to QM2')

Now if you send a message to the remote queue TEST.QR, you should receive it on TEST.QL.

How to Test?

  • Place a message by using the below command in command prompt.
./amqsput TEST.QR QM1
  • Browse the local Queue to check if the message is reached.
./amqsbcg TEST.QL QM2