How do I do an MQSeries channel ping?
• For Unix and WindowsNT, use the ‘runmqsc’ command from the command prompt. • ‘runmqsc QMGR’ where QMGR is the name of the queue manager. Case is important. • Ping the channel to see if the queue managers are talking. – ‘ping channel(“channel name”)’ You will receive the message “AMQ8020: Ping MQSeries channel complete.” if the ping is successful. • For MVS, assuming that you have access to the MQ panels in ISPF, navigate to them (ISPF option “MQ”). Once there, ensure that you are accessing the correct queue manager – CSQP – by examining the “Connect to queue manager” value. Change it if necessary by pressing PF6 and overwriting both the “Connect to queue manager” and Target queue manager values with “CSQP” and pressing
