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Determining if messages are being processed

For queue managers that have collection of online monitoring data turned on for the MONQ parameter, the following fields are available in the MainView for MQ QPDC view.

This information can help determine if messages are being processed.

  • Current Depth
  • Committed Depth
  • Oldest Msg Age

If these field values exceed site-determined values, the queue might not be receiving adequate service.

>W1 =QPDC==============MTQ7=====*========DDMMMYYYY==05:42:06====MVMQS====D====1====================================================
  Current Data.........                              API Calls.....                                                                
   Queue............... BBSMVMQS.REPLY.MTQ7                                                                                        
   Queue Manager....... MTQ7                          MQOPEN Date..                                                  
   Current Depth.......          4                    MQOPEN Time..                                                   
   Uncommitted Messages          0                    MQPUT Date...                                                    
   Oldest Msg Age......        N/A                    MQPUT Time...                                                   
                                                      MQGET Date...     

These fields can be used with MainView Alarm Management to cause an alarm to be issued when site-determined thresholds have been exceeded (for more information, see the MainView Alarm Management Guide). The QMMVSD view can be used to display and modify the monitoring.

To monitor a IBM MQ queue for adequate servicing

  1. Determine that application TRANPROG is the primary user of a queue named TEST.TRANSFER.QUEUE.Application TRANPROG expects messages to be processed within 10 seconds and never expects to have more than 100 residual messages at any one time.

  2. Confirm that monitoring has been enabled for the queue manager by using the QMMVSD view.

    W1 =QMMVSD============CSQ4=====*========DDMMMYYYY==13:46:12====MVMQS====D====1
      Alteration Time............. 13.31.06       Message Length........       100
                                                                        
      Monitors....................              Repository Management...
       Channel.................... HIGH           Cluster Name.......... (None)
       Queue...................... LOW            Cluster Namelist...... (None)
       Auto Cluster Sender channel QMGR                                  
                                                Secure Socket Layer.....
      Accounting..................                Tasks.................         0
       Queue...................... ON             CRL Namelist.......... (None)
                                                  Key Repository........ (None)
                                                   (cont)...............
                                                   (cont)...............
  3. Use the information in the MainView Alarm Management Guide to set an alarm on the QPDC view if the Oldest Message Age field value exceeds 10 seconds or if the Current Depth field value exceeds 100.

 

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