Getting started

Use these commands and panels to:

1. Define message channels and associated objects
2. Monitor and control message channels

By using the F4=Prompt key, you can specify the relevant queue manager. If you do not use the prompt, the default queue manager is assumed. With F4=Prompt, an additional panel is displayed where you may enter the relevant queue manager name and sometimes other data.

The objects you need to define with the panels are:

• Transmission queues
• Remote queue definitions
• Queue manager alias definitions
• Reply-to queue alias definitions
• Reply-to local queues
• Processes for triggering (MCAs)
• Message channel definitions

See Chapter 2, Making your applications communicate for more discussion on the concepts involved in the use of these objects.

Channels must be completely defined, and their associated objects must exist and be available for use, before a channel can be started. This chapter shows you how to do this.

In addition, the particular communication link for each channel must be defined and available before a channel can be run. For a description of how LU 6.2 and TCP/IP links are defined, see the particular communication guide for your installation.