Remote Queue Manager Field Descriptions

Field

Description

General Tab

Connection Manager Instance name

Enter the instance name.  REMOTE_QMGRS is the default.

Queue Manager name

Enter the name of the queue manager to which your new remote queue manager will be linked.  QMGR_NAME is the default.

Project name

Input disabled.

User ID

Specify a user identifier/name to connect to the queue manager using security parameters (available in WMQ v.8.0 and later) or leave it empty if user authentication is not required.  User IDs may be case-sensitive, especially on z/OS.  Check with your security/RACF administrator to be sure.

Password

Enter the user’s password.  Passwords may be case-sensitive, especially on z/OS.  Check with your security/RACF administrator to be sure.

Communication tab

Connection name

Enter the IP address(es) or host name(s) and IP port (in parentheses) as shown below to specify a name for the new connection.
In version 11 and onwards, the Connection name supports multiple comma-separated URLs. If the connection between the connection manager and the remote connection is lost, the connection manager will automatically attempt to reconnect using the primary (first) followed by the subsequent URLs if multiple servers are added.

Example:

server1(1414)

or, for replicated data queue managers:

server1(1414),server2(1414),server3(1414)

Command queue name

Select the name for the command queue from the drop-down menu.  SYSTEM.ADMIN.COMMAND.QUEUE is the default.

Channel name

Enter the name of the server-connection (svrconn) channel to be used for connecting to the remote queue manager.  SYSTEM.DEF.SVRCONN is the default.

Security Exit Name

Specifies the descriptive name of the channel security exit; this is a parameter of the MQCD channel definition structure which controls channel execution.  It is passed to a channel that is called from a Message Channel Agent (MCA).

Click the ellipses button  to add a security exit name or edit / delete existing exit strings.

Security Exit Data

Specifies the Exit user area.  It is specific to the expected data by channel security exit.  This is a field that is available for the exit to use.  Click the ellipses button  to add new or edit / delete existing exit strings.

Command conversion (zOS systems)

Select if this is a connection to a z/OS queue manager, earlier than version 8.

SSL tab

Key repository

Specify the key repository.

SSL certificate key

Specify the SSL certificate key.

Cipher specification

Select the cipher specification from the drop-down menu.

Cryptographic hardware

The applied encryption hardware is noted in the Cryptographic hardware field.  Click the Settings button to specify cryptographic hardware settings.

SSH tab