NAME
MQSeries::Command - OO interface to the Programmable Commands
SYNOPSIS
use MQSeries;
use MQSeries::Command;
#
# Simplest usage
#
my $command = MQSeries::Command->new
(
QueueManager => 'some.queue.manager',
)
or die("Unable to instantiate command object\n");
@qnames = $command->InquireQueueNames()
or die "Unable to list queue names\n";
foreach my $qname ( @qnames ) {
$attr = $command->InquireQueue
(
QName => $qname,
QAttrs => [qw(
OpenInputCount
OpenOutputCount
CurrentQDepth
)],
) or die "InquireQueue: " . MQReasonToText($command->Reason()) . "\n";
print "QName = $qname\n";
foreach my $key ( %$attr ) {
print "\t$key => $attr->{$key}\n";
}
}
#
# High-level wrapper method: CreateObject
#
$command->CreateObject
(
Attrs =>
{
QName => 'FOO.BAR.REQUEST',
QType => 'Local',
MaxQDepth => '50000',
MaxMsgLength => '20000',
}
) || die "CreateObject: " . MQReasonToText($command->Reason()) . "\n";
$command->CreateObject
(
Clear => 1,
Attrs =>
{
QName => 'FOO.BAR.REPLY',
QType => 'Remote',
RemoteQName => 'FOO.BAR.REPLY',
RemoteQMgrName => 'SAT1',
}
) || die "CreateObject: " . MQReasonToText($command->Reason()) . "\n";DESCRIPTION
The MQSeries::Command class implements an interface to the Programmable Command Format messages documented in the:
"MQSeries Programmable System Management"section of the MQSeries documentation. In particular, this document will primarily explain how to interpret the above documentation, and thus use this particular implementation in perl. Please read and understand the following sections of the above document:
Part 2. Programmable Command Formats
Chapter 8. Definitions of the Programmable Command Formats
Chapter 9. Structures used for commands and responsesThis interface also supports the text-based MQSC format messages used by the queue manager of some platforms, particularly MVS. Using the same interface, either PCF or MQSC command server can be queried, with the results translated into the same format for responses as well. Note that there are limits to how transparent this is (see MQSC NOTES), but the code tries quite hard to hide as many of the differences as possible.
COMMAND ARGUMENTS
Before we discuss the specific arguments and return values of each of the methods supported by the MQSeries::Command module, we must explain how the keys and values used by the interface were chosen, as this will allow the developer to understand how to take advantage of the very complete documentation provided by IBM (which will not be reproduced here).
For each command documented in 'Definitions of the Programmable Command Formats' (there is a specific page listing all of the commands, grouped by type), there is a corresponding method in this class. For example, there is a method named 'InquireQueueManager', for the obvious (I hope) PCF command.
All of these methods take a hash of key/value pairs as an argument, with the keys being those defined in the documentation for each command. When writing C code to produce PCF messages, the parameter names are macros, such as:
MQIACF_Q_MGR_ATTRSto specify a list of queue manager attributes. Rather than use these names directly, the key strings are taken from the IBM documentation. In this example, the string used for this key is:
QMgrAttrsThe values depend on the structure type of the parameter. If the structure is a string (MQCFST) or an integer (MQCFIN) then the value of the key is simply a scalar string or integer in perl. If it either a string list (MQCFSL) or an integer list (MQCFIL), then the value of the key is an array reference (see the InquireQueueManager example in the SYNOPSIS) of scalar strings or integers.
RETURN VALUES
Most of the individual methods map to underlying commands which do not return any data. For all of these, the return value is simply Boolean; true or false. That is, the command either worked or failed.
Only the methods associated with those commands documented as producing data responses:
Escape
Inquire Channel
Inquire Channel Names
Inquire Channel Status
Inquire Cluster Queue Manager
Inquire Namelist
Inquire Namelist Names
Inquire Process
Inquire Process Names
Inquire Queue
Inquire Queue Manager
Inquire Queue Names
Reset Queue Statisticsreturn interesting information. Most of these will return an array of hash references, one for each object matching the query criteria. For example. The specific keys are documented in the section of the IBM documentation which discusses the "Data responses to commands", on the summary page "PCF commands and responses in groups". If you have read the IBM documentation as requested above, you should have found this page.
Note that in an array context, the entire list is returned, but in a scalar context, only the first item in the list is returned.
Four of these commands, however, have a simplified return value. All four of:
Inquire Channel Names
Inquire Namelist Names
Inquire Process Names
Inquire Queue Namessimply return an array of strings, containing the names which matched the query criteria.
METHODS
new
The arguments to the constructor are a hash, with the following key/value pairs:
Key Value
=== =====
QueueManager String or MQSeries::QueueManager object
ProxyQueueManager String or MQSeries::QueueManager object
CommandQueueName String
Type String ("PCF" or "MQCS")
Expiry Numeric
Wait Numeric
ReplyToQMgr String
Carp CODE Reference
CompCode Reference to Scalar Variable
Reason Reference to Scalar Variable- QueueManager
-
The name of the QueueManager (or alternatively, a previously instantiated MQSeries::QueueManager object) to which commands are to be sent.
This can be omitted, in which case the "default queue manager" is therefore assumed.
- ProxyQueueManager
-
The name of the queue manager to which to MQCONN(), and submit messages on the QueueManagers behalf. This is to be used if a direct connection to the QueueManager is not possible, for example MVS queue managers with support for direct client access.
The messages will be put to what is assumed to be a remote queue definition which routes to the command queue on the desired QueueManager.
In order to specify the "default" queue manager as the ProxyQueueManager, an empty string must be explicitly given.
- CommandQueueName
-
This specifies the queue to which the command messages will be put. The defaults are usually reasonable, and depend on the command message Type (PCF or MQSC).
PCF => SYSTEM.ADMIN.COMMAND.QUEUE MQSC => SYSTEM.COMMAND.INPUTIf the ProxyQueueManager has been specified, then we assume the messages are being written to a remote queue definition, and the defaults are then:
PCF => SYSTEM.ADMIN.COMMAND.QUEUE."QueueManager" MQSC => SYSTEM.COMMAND.INPUT."QueueManager"See "MQSC NOTES" for some examples of how to use this in practice.
- Type
-
This argument indicates whether the command server on the QueueManager supports either PCF or MQSC messages. The default is PCF. See the section "MQSC NOTES" for the Ugly Truth about the MQSC support.
- Expiry
-
This value is used as the MQMD.Expiry field on all requests sent to the command server. The value is passed to the MQSeries::Message constructor, and should specify the time in tenths of a second. The default is 600, or 60 seconds.
- Wait
-
This value is used as the Wait argument to the MQSeries::Queue->Get() method call made against the ReplyToQ (a dynamic reply queue). and should be a time specified in milliseconds. The default is 60000, or 60 seconds.
NOTE: Both the Expiry and Wait defaults may be too for slow or heavily loaded queue managers. Tune them appropriately.
- ReplyToQMgr
-
The ReplyToQMgr normally defaults to the QueueManager, but it can be overridden, perhaps as a means of specifying an alternate return path over a specific channel. For example, the author uses special channels for SYSTEM related traffic, over which we forward MQSeries events from one queue manager to another, and also over which we wish the command server queries to flow.
The "default" path between QMA and QMB flows over a channel called QMA.QMB, but this traffic is application data, not administrative system data. The system queries flow over QMA.QMB.SYSTEM, and we need to ensure that replies to queries follow a similar reverse path. Specifying the ReplyToQMgr as "QMB.SYSTEM" accomplishes this.
- Carp
-
This key specifies a code reference to a routine to replace all of the carp() calls in the API, allowing the user of the API to trap and handle all of the error message generated internally, or simply redirect how they get logged.
For example, one might want everything to be logged via syslog:
sub MyLogger { my $message = @_; foreach my $line ( split(/\n+/,$message) ) { syslog("err",$message); } }Then, one tells the object to use this routine:
my $command = MQSeries::Command->new( QueueManager => 'some.queue.manager', Carp => \&MyLogger, ) or die("Unable to connect to queue manager.\n");The default, as one might guess, is Carp::carp();
- CompCode
-
Normally the CompCode and Reason are access via the methods of the same name. However, that obviously is not possible if the constructor fails. If you want to perform special handling of the error codes in this case, you will have tell the constructor where to write the CompCode and Reason, by providing a SCALAR reference.
For example:
my $CompCode = MQCC_FAILED; my $Reason = MQRC_NONE; my $command = MQSeries::Command->new ( QueueManager => 'some.queue.manager', CompCode => \$CompCode, Reason => \$Reason, );Now, the CompCode and Reason are available, even if the constructor fails, in which case it would normally return nothing.
- Reason
-
See CompCode above.
CompCode
This method will return the MQI CompCode for the most recent MQI call made by the API.
Reason
This method will return the MQI Reason for the most recent MQI call made by the API.
Response
Normally, the data of interest is returned from the method in question, but the individual responses are available via this method. This returns a list of MQSeries::Command::Response objects, one for each individual message recieved.
CreateObject
This is a generic "wrapper" method for creating any generic MQSeries object. The arguments to this method are a hash, with the following key/value pairs:
Key Value
=== =====
Attrs HASH reference
Verify Boolean
Clear Boolean
Quiet BooleanThe key/value pairs in the Attrs argument are passed directly to the corresponding CreateQueue(), CreateChannel(), or CreateProcess() method. However, there is more to this than just creating the object. For clarity, this discussion will use creation of a queue as an example.
First, InquireQueue is called to see if the object already exists. If it does not exist, then the object is simply created, with the specified attributes.
If it does exist, and the QType matches, then the actual object attributes are compared against those passed to the CreateObject method, and if they match, then no action is taken, and the object is not modified.
If it does exist, but of a different QType, then the existing object is deleted, and the new object created as requested.
The idea here is to match the modification of the object conditional on the need for modifying the object. If the same CreateObject method call, with the same arguments, is called twice, then the second method invocation should be a noop, as far as the actual MQSeries object is concerned.
- Attrs
-
As discussed above, this is a HASH reference, whose key/value pairs are used to determine what type of object is being created or updated, and those key/value pairs are passed as-is to the appropriate Create* method call for the specified MQSeries object type.
- Verify
-
If this key has a true value, then no changes will actually be implemented. They will merely be reported via test messages on stdout.
- Quiet
-
CreateObject is by default rather chatty about what it is doing, but all of the messages, other than errors, can be suppressed if this key has a true value.
- Clear
-
Normally, when a Local queue is being replaced with another QType (eg. Remote or Alias), then the Local queue is not cleared before being deleted. If there are messages on the queue, this will cause an error. If the queue needs to be cleared, then this key must be passed with a true value.
This is a seperate option due to the inherit danger of destroying data accidentally. If you really want to clear the queues before recreating them as another QType, you will have to be explicitl about it.
COMMAND REQUESTS
This section is NOT intended to replace the IBM "MQSeries Programmable System Management" documentation, and it merely serves to document the specific keys and values used by the perl implementation of the API.
In all cases, the keys which can be passed to the command are identical to the strings found in the documentation. However, some of the values also have more convenient string mapping as well, as these are not easily intuited by reading IBMs docs, thus these are clarified here.
The IBM docs list the possible values for each key as a list of MQSeries C macros (eg. MQCHT_SENDER), and if given, these will be respected. It will be faster to use the strings given, since these map directly to the actual macro values via a hash lookup, rather than a function call (all of the various C macros are implemented as function calls via an AUTOLOAD). Also, the author finds the replacement strings far more readable. YMMV.
For each key shown, the format of value is one of the following:
- (string)
-
The value given must be a scalar value, interpretable as a text string.
- (string list)
-
The value must be an ARRAY reference of scalar values, all of which must be interpretable as strings.
NOTE: Some of the parameters (for example, the MsgExit parameter for the various Channel commands) can take either a string or string list. In this case, the API will be forgiving, and try to determine what you meant automatically. If you pass a reference, it will create a string list parameter, and if you pass a plain scalar, it will create a string.
ANOTHER NOTE: if you pass a simple scalar string where a string list is explicitly required (as opposed to optional), then the API will create a list of one string for you.
- (integer)
-
The value given must be a scalar value, interpretable as an integer. In some cases, a table will show a mapping from more readable text strings to the macros documented in the IBM manuals.
- (integer list)
-
The value must be an ARRAY reference of scalar values, all of which must be interpretable as integers. As with the integer format, in some cases, a table will show a mapping from more readable text strings to the macros documented in the IBM manuals.
- (Boolean)
-
The value given need only be 0 or 1. This was done for some of the integer types which are documented to take a pair of macros, whose values were simply zero or one, and when the true/false nature of the key was considered to be intiuitive. For example, "DataConversion" is either on (true) or off (false).
In order to reduce needless redundancy, only the keys which have special value mappings, or which have Boolean values will be listed here. For all others, the IBM documentation is sufficient.
Channel Commands
Subsets of the these keys are applicable to the following commands. See the documentation for each of the for the specific list.
Change Channel
Copy Channel
Create Channel
Delete Channel
Inquire Channel
Inquire Channel Names
Inquire Channel Status
Ping Channel
Reset Channel
Resolve Channel
Start Channel
Start Channel Initiator
Start Channel Listener
Stop ChannelThe following keys have special value mappings:
- ChannelType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Clntconn MQCHT_CLNTCONN ClusterReceiver MQCHT_CLUSRCVR ClusterSender MQCHT_CLUSSDR Receiver MQCHT_RECEIVER Requester MQCHT_REQUESTER Sender MQCHT_SENDER Server MQCHT_SERVER Svrconn MQCHT_SVRCONN - TransportType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== DECnet MQXPT_DECNET LU62 MQXPT_LU62 NetBIOS MQXPT_NETBIOS SPX MQXPT_SPX TCP MQXPT_TCP UDP MQXPT_UDP - PutAuthority (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Context MQPA_CONTEXT Default MQPA_DEFAULT - MCAType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Process MQMCAT_PROCESS Thread MQMCAT_THREAD - NonPersistentMsgSpeed (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Normal MQNPMS_NORMAL Fast MQNPMS_FAST - ChannelTable (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Clntconn MQCHTAB_CLNTCONN QMgr MQCHTAB_Q_MGR - ChannelInstanceAttrs (integer list)
-
Same as ChannelAttrs:
- ChannelAttrs (integer list)
-
Key Macro === ===== All MQIACF_ALL AlterationDate MQCA_ALTERATION_DATE AlterationTime MQCA_ALTERATION_TIME BatchInterval MQIACH_BATCH_INTERVAL BatchSize MQIACH_BATCH_SIZE Batches MQIACH_BATCHES BuffersReceived MQIACH_BUFFERS_RCVD BuffersSent MQIACH_BUFFERS_SENT BytesReceived MQIACH_BYTES_RCVD BytesSent MQIACH_BYTES_SENT ChannelDesc MQCACH_DESC ChannelInstanceType MQIACH_CHANNEL_INSTANCE_TYPE ChannelName MQCACH_CHANNEL_NAME ChannelNames MQCACH_CHANNEL_NAMES ChannelStartDate MQCACH_CHANNEL_START_DATE ChannelStartTime MQCACH_CHANNEL_START_TIME ChannelStatus MQIACH_CHANNEL_STATUS ChannelType MQIACH_CHANNEL_TYPE ClusterName MQCA_CLUSTER_NAME ClusterNamelist MQCA_CLUSTER_NAMELIST ConnectionName MQCACH_CONNECTION_NAME CurrentLUWID MQCACH_CURRENT_LUWID CurrentMsgs MQIACH_CURRENT_MSGS CurrentSequenceNumber MQIACH_CURRENT_SEQ_NUMBER DataConversion MQIACH_DATA_CONVERSION DiscInterval MQIACH_DISC_INTERVAL HeartbeatInterval MQIACH_HB_INTERVAL InDoubtStatus MQIACH_INDOUBT_STATUS LastLUWID MQCACH_LAST_LUWID LastMsgDate MQCACH_LAST_MSG_DATE LastMsgTime MQCACH_LAST_MSG_TIME LastSequenceNumber MQIACH_LAST_SEQ_NUMBER LongRetriesLeft MQIACH_LONG_RETRIES_LEFT LongRetryCount MQIACH_LONG_RETRY LongRetryInterval MQIACH_LONG_TIMER MCAJobName MQCACH_MCA_JOB_NAME MCAName MQCACH_MCA_NAME MCAStatus MQIACH_MCA_STATUS MCAType MQIACH_MCA_TYPE MCAUserIdentifier MQCACH_MCA_USER_ID MaxMsgLength MQIACH_MAX_MSG_LENGTH ModeName MQCACH_MODE_NAME MsgExit MQCACH_MSG_EXIT_NAME MsgRetryCount MQIACH_MR_COUNT MsgRetryExit MQCACH_MR_EXIT_NAME MsgRetryInterval MQIACH_MR_INTERVAL MsgRetryUserData MQCACH_MR_EXIT_USER_DATA MsgUserData MQCACH_MSG_EXIT_USER_DATA Msgs MQIACH_MSGS NetworkPriority MQIACH_NETWORK_PRIORITY NonPersistentMsgSpeed MQIACH_NPM_SPEED Password MQCACH_PASSWORD PutAuthority MQIACH_PUT_AUTHORITY QMgrName MQCA_Q_MGR_NAME ReceiveExit MQCACH_RCV_EXIT_NAME ReceiveUserData MQCACH_RCV_EXIT_USER_DATA SecurityExit MQCACH_SEC_EXIT_NAME SecurityUserData MQCACH_SEC_EXIT_USER_DATA SendExit MQCACH_SEND_EXIT_NAME SendUserData MQCACH_SEND_EXIT_USER_DATA SeqNumberWrap MQIACH_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_WRAP ShortRetriesLeft MQIACH_SHORT_RETRIES_LEFT ShortRetryCount MQIACH_SHORT_RETRY ShortRetryInterval MQIACH_SHORT_TIMER StopRequested MQIACH_STOP_REQUESTED TpName MQCACH_TP_NAME TransportType MQIACH_XMIT_PROTOCOL_TYPE UserIdentifier MQCACH_USER_ID XmitQName MQCACH_XMIT_Q_NAME - ChannelInstanceType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Current MQOT_CURRENT_CHANNEL Saved MQOT_SAVED_CHANNEL - InDoubt (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Backout MQIDO_BACKOUT Commit MQIDO_COMMIT
The following keys have Boolean values:
- Replace
- DataConversion
- Quiesce
Namelist Commands
Subsets of the these keys are applicable to the following commands. See the documentation for each of the for the specific list.
Change Namelist
Copy Namelist
Create Namelist
Delete Namelist
Inquire Namelist
Inquire Namelist NamesThe following keys have special value mappings:
- NamelistAttrs (integer list)
-
Key Macro === ===== AlterationDate MQCA_ALTERATION_DATE AlterationTime MQCA_ALTERATION_TIME NamelistDesc MQCA_NAMELIST_DESC NamelistName MQCA_NAMELIST_NAME Names MQCA_NAMES
The following keys have Boolean values:
- Replace
Process Commands
Subsets of the these keys are applicable to the following commands. See the documentation for each of the for the specific list.
Change Process
Copy Process
Create Process
Delete Process
Inquire Process
Inquire ProcessNamesThe following keys have special value mappings:
- ApplType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== AIX MQAT_AIX CICS MQAT_CICS DOS MQAT_DOS Default MQAT_UNIX IMS MQAT_IMS MVS MQAT_MVS NSK MQAT_NSK OS2 MQAT_OS2 OS400 MQAT_OS400 UNIX MQAT_UNIX VMS MQAT_VMS Win16 MQAT_WINDOWS Win32 MQAT_WINDOWS_NT - ProcessAttrs (interger list)
-
Key Macro === ===== All MQIACF_ALL AlterationDate MQCA_ALTERATION_DATE AlterationTime MQCA_ALTERATION_TIME ApplId MQCA_APPL_ID ApplType MQIA_APPL_TYPE EnvData MQCA_ENV_DATA ProcessDesc MQCA_PROCESS_DESC ProcessName MQCA_PROCESS_NAME ProcessNames MQCACF_PROCESS_NAMES UserData MQCA_USER_DATA
The following keys have Boolean values:
- Replace
Queue Commands
Subsets of the these keys are applicable to the following commands. See the documentation for each of the for the specific list.
Change Queue
Clear Queue
Copy Queue
Create Queue
Delete Queue
Inquire Queue
Inquire Queue Names
Reset Queue StatisticsThe following keys have special value mappings:
- DefBind (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== OnOpen MQBND_BIND_ON_OPEN NotFixed MQBND_BIND_NOT_FIXED - DefinitionType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Permanent MQQDT_PERMANENT_DYNAMIC Temporary MQQDT_TEMPORARY_DYNAMIC - DefInputOpenOption (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Exclusive MQOO_INPUT_EXCLUSIVE Shared MQOO_INPUT_SHARED - MsgDeliverySequence (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== FIFO MQMDS_FIFO Priority MQMDS_PRIORITY - QAttrs (integer list)
-
Key Macro === ===== All MQIACF_ALL AlterationDate MQCA_ALTERATION_DATE AlterationTime MQCA_ALTERATION_TIME BackoutRequeueName MQCA_BACKOUT_REQ_Q_NAME BackoutThreshold MQIA_BACKOUT_THRESHOLD BaseQName MQCA_BASE_Q_NAME ClusterDate MQCA_CLUSTER_DATE ClusterName MQCA_CLUSTER_NAME ClusterNamelist MQCA_CLUSTER_NAMELIST ClusterQType MQIA_CLUSTER_Q_TYPE ClusterTime MQCA_CLUSTER_TIME CreationDate MQCA_CREATION_DATE CreationTime MQCA_CREATION_TIME CurrentQDepth MQIA_CURRENT_Q_DEPTH DefBind MQIA_DEF_BIND DefInputOpenOption MQIA_DEF_INPUT_OPEN_OPTION DefPersistence MQIA_DEF_PERSISTENCE DefPriority MQIA_DEF_PRIORITY DefinitionType MQIA_DEFINITION_TYPE DistLists MQIA_DIST_LISTS HardenGetBackout MQIA_HARDEN_GET_BACKOUT HighQDepth MQIA_HIGH_Q_DEPTH InhibitGet MQIA_INHIBIT_GET InhibitPut MQIA_INHIBIT_PUT InitiationQName MQCA_INITIATION_Q_NAME MaxMsgLength MQIA_MAX_MSG_LENGTH MaxQDepth MQIA_MAX_Q_DEPTH MsgDeliverySequence MQIA_MSG_DELIVERY_SEQUENCE MsgDeqCount MQIA_MSG_DEQ_COUNT MsgEnqCount MQIA_MSG_ENQ_COUNT OpenInputCount MQIA_OPEN_INPUT_COUNT OpenOutputCount MQIA_OPEN_OUTPUT_COUNT ProcessName MQCA_PROCESS_NAME QDepthHighEvent MQIA_Q_DEPTH_HIGH_EVENT QDepthHighLimit MQIA_Q_DEPTH_HIGH_LIMIT QDepthLowEvent MQIA_Q_DEPTH_LOW_EVENT QDepthLowLimit MQIA_Q_DEPTH_LOW_LIMIT QDepthMaxEvent MQIA_Q_DEPTH_MAX_EVENT QDesc MQCA_Q_DESC QMgrIdentifier MQCA_Q_MGR_IDENTIFIER QMgrName MQCA_CLUSTER_Q_MGR_NAME QName MQCA_Q_NAME QNames MQCACF_Q_NAMES QServiceInterval MQIA_Q_SERVICE_INTERVAL QServiceIntervalEvent MQIA_Q_SERVICE_INTERVAL_EVENT QType MQIA_Q_TYPE RemoteQMgrName MQCA_REMOTE_Q_MGR_NAME RemoteQName MQCA_REMOTE_Q_NAME RetentionInterval MQIA_RETENTION_INTERVAL Scope MQIA_SCOPE Shareability MQIA_SHAREABILITY TimeSinceReset MQIA_TIME_SINCE_RESET TriggerControl MQIA_TRIGGER_CONTROL TriggerData MQCA_TRIGGER_DATA TriggerDepth MQIA_TRIGGER_DEPTH TriggerMsgPriority MQIA_TRIGGER_MSG_PRIORITY TriggerType MQIA_TRIGGER_TYPE Usage MQIA_USAGE XmitQName MQCA_XMIT_Q_NAME - QServiceIntervalEvent (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== High MQQSIE_HIGH None MQQSIE_NONE OK MQQSIE_OK - QType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Alias MQQT_ALIAS All MQQT_ALL Cluster MQQT_CLUSTER Local MQQT_LOCAL Model MQQT_MODEL Remote MQQT_REMOTE - Scope (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Cell MQSCO_CELL QMgr MQSCO_Q_MGR - TriggerType (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Depth MQTT_DEPTH Every MQTT_EVERY First MQTT_FIRST None MQTT_NONE - Usage (integer)
-
Key Macro === ===== Normal MQUS_NORMAL XMITQ MQUS_TRANSMISSION
The following keys have Boolean values:
- Replace
- Force
- InhibitPut
- DefPersistence
- InhibitGet
- HardenGetBackout
- DistLists
- TriggerControl
- QDepthMaxEvent
- QDepthHighEvent
- QDepthLowEvent
- Purge
Queue Manager Commands
Subsets of the these keys are applicable to the following commands. See the documentation for each of the for the specific list.
Change Queue Manager
Inquire Queue Manager
Ping Queue ManagerThe following keys have special value mappings:
- QMgrAttrs (integer list)
-
Key Macro === ===== All MQIACF_ALL AlterationDate MQCA_ALTERATION_DATE AlterationTime MQCA_ALTERATION_TIME AuthorityEvent MQIA_AUTHORITY_EVENT ChannelAutoDef MQIA_CHANNEL_AUTO_DEF ChannelAutoDefEvent MQIA_CHANNEL_AUTO_DEF_EVENT ChannelAutoDefExit MQCA_CHANNEL_AUTO_DEF_EXIT ClusterWorkLoadData MQCA_CLUSTER_WORKLOAD_DATA ClusterWorkLoadExit MQCA_CLUSTER_WORKLOAD_EXIT ClusterWorkLoadLength MQIA_CLUSTER_WORKLOAD_LENGTH CodedCharSetId MQIA_CODED_CHAR_SET_ID CommandInputQName MQCA_COMMAND_INPUT_Q_NAME CommandLevel MQIA_COMMAND_LEVEL DeadLetterQName MQCA_DEAD_LETTER_Q_NAME DefXmitQName MQCA_DEF_XMIT_Q_NAME DistLists MQIA_DIST_LISTS InhibitEvent MQIA_INHIBIT_EVENT LocalEvent MQIA_LOCAL_EVENT MaxHandles MQIA_MAX_HANDLES MaxMsgLength MQIA_MAX_MSG_LENGTH MaxPriority MQIA_MAX_PRIORITY MaxUncommittedMsgs MQIA_MAX_UNCOMMITTED_MSGS PerformanceEvent MQIA_PERFORMANCE_EVENT Platform MQIA_PLATFORM QMgrDesc MQCA_Q_MGR_DESC QMgrIdentifier MQCA_Q_MGR_IDENTIFIER QMgrName MQCA_Q_MGR_NAME RemoteEvent MQIA_REMOTE_EVENT RepositoryName MQCA_REPOSITORY_NAME RepositoryNamelist MQCA_REPOSITORY_NAMELIST StartStopEvent MQIA_START_STOP_EVENT SyncPoint MQIA_SYNCPOINT TriggerInterval MQIA_TRIGGER_INTERVAL
The following keys have Boolean values:
- Force
- AuthorityEvent
- InhibitEvent
- LocalEvent
- RemoteEvent
- StartStopEvent
- PerformanceEvent
- ChannelAutoDef
- ChannelAutoDefEvent
Cluster Commands
Subsets of the these keys are applicable to the following commands. See the documentation for each of the for the specific list.
Inquire Cluster Queue Manager
Refresh Cluster
Reset Cluster
Resume Queue Manager Cluster
Suspend Queue Manager ClusterThe following keys have special value mappings:
- ClusterQMgrAttrs (integer list)
-
Key Macro === ===== AlterationDate MQCA_ALTERATION_DATE AlterationTime MQCA_ALTERATION_TIME BatchInterval MQIACH_BATCH_INTERVAL BatchSize MQIACH_BATCH_SIZE ChannelStatus MQIACH_CHANNEL_STATUS ClusterDate MQCA_CLUSTER_DATE ClusterName MQCA_CLUSTER_NAME ClusterTime MQCA_CLUSTER_TIME ConnectionName MQCACH_CONNECTION_NAME DataConversion MQIACH_DATA_CONVERSION Description MQCACH_DESC DiscInterval MQIACH_DISC_INTERVAL HeartbeatInterval MQIACH_HB_INTERVAL LongRetryCount MQIACH_LONG_RETRY LongRetryInterval MQIACH_LONG_TIMER MCAName MQCACH_MCA_NAME MCAType MQIACH_MCA_TYPE MCAUserIdentifier MQCACH_MCA_USER_ID MaxMsgLength MQIACH_MAX_MSG_LENGTH ModeName MQCACH_MODE_NAME MsgExit MQCACH_MSG_EXIT_NAME MsgRetryCount MQIACH_MR_COUNT MsgRetryExit MQCACH_MR_EXIT_NAME MsgRetryInterval MQIACH_MR_INTERVAL MsgRetryUserData MQCACH_MR_EXIT_USER_DATA MsgUserData MQCACH_MSG_EXIT_USER_DATA NetworkPriority MQIACH_NETWORK_PRIORITY NonPersistentMsgSpeed MQIACH_NPM_SPEED Password MQCACH_PASSWORD PutAuthority MQIACH_PUT_AUTHORITY QMgrDefinitionType MQIACF_Q_MGR_DEFINITION_TYPE QMgrIdentifier MQCA_Q_MGR_IDENTIFIER QMgrType MQIACF_Q_MGR_TYPE ReceiveExit MQCACH_RCV_EXIT_NAME ReceiveUserData MQCACH_RCV_EXIT_USER_DATA SecurityExit MQCACH_SEC_EXIT_NAME SecurityUserData MQCACH_SEC_EXIT_USER_DATA SendExit MQCACH_SEND_EXIT_NAME SendUserData MQCACH_SEND_EXIT_USER_DATA SeqNumberWrap MQIACH_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_WRAP ShortRetryCount MQIACH_SHORT_RETRY ShortRetryInterval MQIACH_SHORT_TIMER Suspend MQIACF_SUSPEND TpName MQCACH_TP_NAME TransportType MQIACH_XMIT_PROTOCOL_TYPE UserIdentifier MQCACH_USER_ID XmitQName MQCACH_XMIT_Q_NAME - Action (integer)
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Key Macro === ===== ForceRemove MQACT_FORCE_REMOVE
The following keys have Boolean values:
- Quiesce
Escape Command
This command is not really part of a grouping, so its all by itself here.
The following keys have special value mappings:
COMMAND RESPONSES
There are several commands which return data. The return value of the actual command methods depends on the specific command. All of the "Inquire*Names" commands return a list of the actual names returned, which greatly simplifies the parsing of the return value.
The commands which return a list of names are:
Inquire Channel Names
Inquire Namelist Names
Inquire Process Names
Inquire Queue NamesFor example:
@qnames = $command->InquireQueueNames( QName => 'FOO.*' );will result in @qnames containing a list of strings of all of the queue names starting with FOO.
The rest of the commands return a list of Parameters HASH references, extracted from each of the messages sent back from the command server. In a scalar context, only the first Parameters HASH reference is returned. This applies to all of the following commands:
Escape
Inquire Channel
Inquire Channel Status
Inquire Cluster Queue Manager
Inquire Namelist
Inquire Process
Inquire Queue
Inquire Queue Manager
Reset Queue StatisticsFor example:
@queues = $command->InquireQueue( QName => 'FOO.*', QAttrs => 'All' );will result in @queues containing a list of HASH references, each of which has key/value pairs for the attributes of one of the queues starting with FOO.
The keys in the Parameters HASH references are mapped from the numeric macro values back into the same strings described above for simplifying the input Parameters.
However, there are a few keys in the responses which are not supported as keys in the inquiry. In general, the return values are left unmolested, with the exception of the keys documented above for each command type, as well as the following:
Inquire Channel Status Response
The following keys have special value mappings:
- ChannelStatus (integer)
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Macro Key ===== === MQCHS_BINDING Binding MQCHS_INACTIVE Inactive MQCHS_INITIALIZING Initializing MQCHS_PAUSED Paused MQCHS_REQUESTING Requesting MQCHS_RETRYING Retrying MQCHS_RUNNING Running MQCHS_STARTING Starting MQCHS_STOPPED Stopped MQCHS_STOPPING Stopping - MCAStatus (integer)
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Macro Key ===== === MQMCAS_RUNNING Running MQMCAS_STOPPED Stopped
The following keys can be interpreted in a Boolean context:
- InDoubtStatus
- StopRequested
Inquire Cluster Queue Manager Response
The following keys have special value mappings:
- QMgrDefinitionType (integer)
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Macro Key ===== === MQQMDT_AUTO_CLUSTER_SENDER AutoClusterSender MQQMDT_AUTO_EXP_CLUSTER_SENDER AutoExplicitClusterSender MQQMDT_CLUSTER_RECEIVER ClusterReceiver MQQMDT_EXPLICIT_CLUSTER_SENDER ExplicitClusterSender - QMgrType (integer)
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Macro Key ===== === MQQMT_NORMAL Normal MQQMT_REPOSITORY Repository - ChannelStatus (integer)
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Macro Key ===== === MQCHS_BINDING Binding MQCHS_INACTIVE Inactive MQCHS_INITIALIZING Initializing MQCHS_PAUSED Paused MQCHS_REQUESTING Requesting MQCHS_RETRYING Retrying MQCHS_RUNNING Running MQCHS_STARTING Starting MQCHS_STOPPED Stopped MQCHS_STOPPING Stopping
The following keys can be interpreted in a Boolean context:
- Suspend
Inquire Queue Response
The following keys have special value mappings:
- ClusterQType (integer)
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Macro Key ===== === MQCQT_ALIAS_Q Alias MQCQT_LOCAL_Q Local MQCQT_Q_MGR_ALIAS QMgrAlias MQCQT_REMOTE_Q Remote
Inquire Queue Manager Response
The following keys have special value mappings:
- Platform (integer)
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Macro Key ===== === MQPL_MVS MVS MQPL_NSK NSK MQPL_OS2 OS2 MQPL_OS400 OS400 MQPL_UNIX UNIX MQPL_WINDOWS Win16 MQPL_WINDOWS_NT Win32
The following keys can be interpreted in a Boolean context:
- DistLists
- SyncPoint
SEE ALSO
MQSeries(3), MQSeries::Queue(3), MQSeries::Message(3), MQSeries::Command::Request(3), MQSeries::Command::Response(3)
In addition, the MQSeries documentation is the primary source of documentation for the commands and their arguments, especially the following sections.
"MQSeries Programmable System Management"
Part 2. Programmable Command Formats
Chapter 8. Definitions of the Programmable Command Formats
Chapter 9. Structures used for commands and responses