Operations and control panels

When using the operations and control panels, the WebSphere MQ libraries you use in ISPF must be compatible with those of the queue manager you are working with.

Table 12. Compatibility of queue manager versions with operations and control panels versions
Panel level Version 6 queue manager Version 5.3.1 queue manager Version 5.3 queue manager
Version 6 X Xwith restrictions and warnings Xwith restrictions and warnings
Version 5.3.1 Xwith warning, if migration & coexistence PTF applied X X
Version 5.3 X with warning, if migration & coexistence PTF applied X with warning X

The panels at Version 6 level work with Version 6 queue managers. They also work, with some restrictions, with Version 5.3 or 5.3.1 queue managers, or with a queue-sharing group containing a mixture of queue managers. If you are using the panels with a queue manager earlier than Version 6, messages warn you about the restrictions. The Version 6 panels do not work with other levels of queue manager. If you have applied the migration & coexistence PTF, panels at the Version 5.3 or 5.3.1 level work as for Version 6; if they are used with a Version 6 queue manager they will give a warning, which can be ignored. If you have not applied the PTF, they will not work with a Version 6.0 queue manager. This is summarized in Table 12.