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Connecting to a z/OS Configuration Manager through an intermediate queue manager

This procedure enables you to connect a Message Brokers Toolkit to a z/OS Configuration Manager without the need for the WebSphere MQ Client Attach feature.

You do this by using an intermediate queue manager on another platform, for example, Windows.

When carrying out this task, see your WebSphere MQ documentation for more information.

Before you start

Before starting this task, you must have set up your system components as described in Creating WebSphere Event Broker components on z/OS

  1. Set up the connections between the Message Brokers Toolkit and the Configuration Manager by carrying out the following tasks:
    1. Verify that your queue manager and channel initiator are running and that the channel initiator is listening on the appropriate port.

      For more information see your WebSphere MQ documentation.

    2. Ensure that your user ID has been given the appropriate authorization on the z/OS Configuration Manager.
      In SDSF, grant FULL domain access to user Id test1. For all machines enter:
      '/F WMQxCFG CA U=test1,A=YES,P=YES,X=F' 
      To grant access to a specific machine for user test1, enter:
      '/F WMQxCFG CA U=test1,M=mymachine,P=YES,X=F' 
  2. Connect the Windows queue manager to the z/OS queue manager using WebSphere MQ channels and a transmission queue. The connection must be bidirectional.
  3. Ensure that you have started all the channels.
  4. Create a server connection on the Windows queue manager called SYSTEM.BKR.CONFIG for the WebSphere Event Broker client connection. The Message Brokers Toolkit connects to a server connection of this name on the identified queue manager.
  5. Start the Configuration Manager on z/OS; see Starting and stopping a Configuration Manager on z/OS.
  6. Start the Message Brokers Toolkit on Windows.
  7. Create a new domain connection ; see Creating a domain connection.
  8. Enter the following connection parameters for the domain connection :
    hostname = (windows machine name, for example, localhost) 
    port = (listener port for Windows queue manager, for example, 1414) 
    queue manager = (z/OS queue manager, for example, MQ05)
  9. Right click on Domain and select Connect to connect the Message Brokers Toolkit to the z/OS Configuration Manager.
Related concepts
Configuration Manager
Related tasks
Creating WebSphere Event Broker components on z/OS
Creating a Configuration Manager on z/OS
Starting and stopping a Configuration Manager on z/OS
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