Setting up an MQMONITOR for the CICS-MQ bridge

Optionally, you can define and install an MQMONITOR resource for controlling the CICS®-MQ bridge. Using an MQMONITOR resource allows the bridge to automatically restart when the connection to the IBM® MQ manager is established. This is one of the recommended methods of controlling the CICS-MQ bridge.

Important: When you use an MQMONITOR to control the CICS-MQ bridge, the attributes needed by the CICS-MQ bridge must be specified in the MONDATA attribute of the MQMONITOR.

Procedure

  1. Define an MQMONITOR resource with the following attributes:
    Table 1. MQMONITOR resource attributes for controlling the CICS-MQ bridge
    Attribute Required / Optional Default Description
    AUTOSTART Optional YES This attribute controls auto-restart of the MQ monitor:
    AUTOSTART(YES)
    Enables the bridge to restart automatically when the connection to the IBM MQ queue manager is established.
    AUTOSTART(NO)
    The MQ monitor is not started automatically. After the connection to the IBM MQ queue manager is established, you have to manually start the MQ monitor.
    MONDATA Required for passing parameters to the bridge - Specify the parameters to be passed to the CKBR transaction.
    MONUSERID Required - Specify the user ID to be associated with CKBR.

    This attribute is only effective when security checking is active (that is, the SEC system initialization parameter is set to YES).
    STATUS Optional ENABLED This attribute makes the resource available for use in the region.
    TRANSACTION Required CKBR Specifies the 4-character transaction ID of the CICS-MQ bridge.
    Note: AUTOSTART(YES) and STATUS(ENABLED) enable the bridge to start automatically when the connection to the MQ manager is established.
  2. Install the MQMONITOR resource.