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| saurabh25281 |
 Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:15 pm Post subject: Unable to run DLQ-Handler as a service |
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Hi All,
We are using MQv9.1 and trying to setup a DLQ handler as a MQ service on RHEL platform.
Below is my service definition
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DEFINE SERVICE(DLQH) +
SERVTYPE(SERVER) +
CONTROL(QMGR) +
STARTCMD('+MQ_INSTALL_PATH+bin/runmqdlq') +
DESCR('dlqhandler service') +
STARTARG('+QMNAME+.DLQ +QMNAME+ </home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul') +
STOPCMD('+MQ_INSTALL_PATH+bin/amqsstop') +
STOPARG('-m +QMNAME+ -p +MQ_SERVER_PID+') +
STDOUT('/var/mqm/qmgrs/+QMNAME+/errors/dlqh.log') +
STDERR('/var/mqm/qmgrs/+QMNAME+/errors/dlqh.err') +
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However, when I start the service i get the below error in the dlqh.err log.
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AMQ8758E: 1 errors detected in input to runmqdlq.
AMQ8709I: Dead-letter queue handler ending. |
As someone suggested in the link, that the above error is due to missing end-of-line in the rule table, I verified the .rul file and it had the end-of-line character.
To make sure that the rule file was not the culprit, I ran the DLQ handler directly on the server as below and it worked fine.
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/opt/mqm/bin/runmqdlq MYQMGR.DLQ MYQMGR < /home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul
AMQ8708I: Dead-letter queue handler started to process INPUTQ(MYQMGR.DLQ). |
Attaching my mq-dlh.rul file
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inputqm(' ') inputq(' ')
DESTQ(INITQ.*) FORMAT('MQTRIG ') +
REASON(MQRC_Q_FULL) ACTION(DISCARD) RETRY(5)
REASON(MQRC_Q_FULL) ACTION(RETRY) RETRY(5)
REASON(MQRC_PUT_INHIBITED) ACTION(RETRY) RETRY(5)
MSGTYPE(MQMT_REQUEST) REPLYQM(AAAA.*) +
ACTION(FWD) FWDQ(DEADQ) FWDQM(&REPLYQM)
DESTQM(bbbb.1) +
action(fwd) fwdq(&DESTQ) fwdqm(bbbb.2) header(no)
REPLYQM(CCCC.*) +
ACTION(FWD) FWDQ(ALARM) FWDQM(CCCC.SYSTEM)
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Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.
Thanks
Saurabh |
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| exerk |
| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Look hard at the service definition and what you entered on the command line:
'</home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul' is different to '< /home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul'
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| saurabh25281 |
| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| exerk wrote: |
Look hard at the service definition and what you entered on the command line:
'</home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul' is different to '< /home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul' |
The space after '<' doesn't make any difference to the outcome i.e.
1. If i remove the space after < in command line, it still works.
2. If i add a space in the service definition after <, it still doesn't work.
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| gbaddeley |
| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| STARTARG('+QMNAME+.DLQ +QMNAME+ </home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul') + |
Does startarg actually support a stdin specification???
We don't invoke 'runmqdlq' directly, its inside a wrapper script.
Also, we use a process object rather than service object, which is triggered by first msg on the DLQ. It waits 60 secs for new msgs then terminates.
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| HubertKleinmanns |
| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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In the past on Windows the rule table required an empty line after the last rule at the end of the file. I don't know if this is still necessary.
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| exerk |
| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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gbaddeley, good point! Like you I use a wrapper script and have used a triggered DLQ in the past. Depending on customer requirement/request/mandate, I now use either, or manual intervention.
saurabh25281, if you wish it to be a Service definition, try:
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STARTCMD('/home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.sh') +
STARTARG('+QMNAME+.QUEUE +QMNAME+ /home/mqm/mq-dlh/mq-dlh.rul') |
The content of the script can be as simple as:
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#!/bin/bash
echo $1 $2 $3
echo Started `date '+%Y%m%d %H%M%S'`
runmqdlq $1 $2 < $3 |
And in the rules file:
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* Control Information
RETRYINT(30) WAIT(YES)
* Specific Rules
(Your rules here) |
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| exerk |
| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| HubertKleinmanns wrote: |
| In the past on Windows the rule table required an empty line after the last rule at the end of the file. I don't know if this is still necessary. |
According to THIS, yes. For portability I always include a blank line in Unix-based rules files too as it doesn't seem to make any difference to its operation.
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| exerk wrote: |
| HubertKleinmanns wrote: |
| In the past on Windows the rule table required an empty line after the last rule at the end of the file. I don't know if this is still necessary. |
According to THIS, yes. For portability I always include a blank line in Unix-based rules files too as it doesn't seem to make any difference to its operation. |
The (platfiorm-specific) requirement was for an and-of-line CR/LF (or equivalent) on the last line.
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| HubertKleinmanns |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| bruce2359 wrote: |
| exerk wrote: |
| HubertKleinmanns wrote: |
| In the past on Windows the rule table required an empty line after the last rule at the end of the file. I don't know if this is still necessary. |
According to THIS, yes. For portability I always include a blank line in Unix-based rules files too as it doesn't seem to make any difference to its operation. |
The (platfiorm-specific) requirement was for an and-of-line CR/LF (or equivalent) on the last line. |
That's what IBM writes in the knowledge center:
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| On Windows systems, the last rule in the table must end with a carriage return/line feed character. You can achieve this by ensuring that you press the Enter key at the end of the rule, so that the last line of the table is a blank line. |
So an empty line doesn't hurt  .
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| saurabh25281 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:59 am Post subject: |
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1. I tried creating the MQ service in my Windows machine with startarg and it worked perfectly fine. So I guess it should work Linux too.
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SERVICE(S1) CONTROL(MANUAL)
SERVTYPE(SERVER)
STARTCMD(C:\Users\myuser\Documents\runmqdlq\mqdlqh.bat)
STARTARG(DLQ QM2 <C:\Users\myuser\Documents\runmqdlq\dlh.rul)
STOPCMD(+MQ_INSTALL_PATH+bin64\amqsstop)
STOPARG(-m +QMNAME+ -p +MQ_SERVER_PID+) |
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| runmqdlq.exe %1 %2 %3 |
2. We want to trigger the runmqdlq directly, not as a wrapper, because we want to configure the stop service as well.
If we use a wrapper, the stop services is passed with the process id of the wrapper script which the MQ queue manager service amqsstop can't stop.
3. Most of the blogs or knowledge articles I have seen use services for invoking the DLQ-Handler. Below are few of them.
https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/333874/how-do-i-configure-the-dead-letter-queue-handler-r/
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/1204_gupta/1204_gupta.html
Again, we chose this option, because we don't want the Handler triggered, but always running as a service.
4. Like I said, i ensured that the end-of-line character is present in the .rul file, but it didnt make any difference and the service would not start. Even though my platform is Linux, i added the end of line and it should not make any difference. |
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| HubertKleinmanns |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:36 am Post subject: |
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On Linux you should replace the backslashes ("\") by slashes ("/")
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| HubertKleinmanns |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:37 am Post subject: |
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And I guess you won't have a directory starting with "C:" ...
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| saurabh25281 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| HubertKleinmanns wrote: |
And I guess you won't have a directory starting with "C:" ...
On Linux you should replace the backslashes ("\") by slashes ("/") |
Please check my initial post. All the Linux/platform based consideration are taken care off.
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| tczielke |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:49 am Post subject: |
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If you do the following:
1) strmqtrc -m qmgr -t all -p runmqdlq
2) cause runmqdlq to run
3) endmqtrc -a
4) dspmqtrc - for your trace file
you may get a trace that has more details as to why the AMQ8758E is being reported.
If you use the od command (octal dump) on your mq-dlh.rul file to print the bytes of the file, it might show some helpful diagnostic information, too.
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:55 am Post subject: |
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you did not specify what the access to the rule file was... 
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