Customizing a new queue manager on IBM MQ for z/OS

Audience level

Some knowledge of MQ or z/OS

Skillset

z/OS Systems Programming, MQ Administration

Background

This lab walks users through how to upgrade queue managers on z/OS. This lab assumes the SMP/E work has already been done to install the product. In this lab, we will use MQ v.9.4.2 as an example. As such, our high level qualifier is MQ942CD.

Overview of exercise

What needs to be done here: I. Stop queue manager II. OPTIONAL: Re-bind queue sharing group III. Adjust MSTR and CHIN started tasks III. Update early code IV. Restart queue manager

Lab begin

I. Stop queue manager

1. From the ISPF main menu, type 'SDSF' and press Enter. System Display and Search Facility (SDSF) is a utility that allows you to monitor, control, and view the output of jobs in the system.

2. On the SDSF menu, type '/' and press Enter to access the MVS command line via the System Command Extension.

3. On the command line, type 'ZQS1 STOP CHINIT'

4. Next, type 'ZQS1 STOP QMGR'

II. OPTIONAL: Re-bind queue sharing group