Using the WebSphere MQ Taskbar application (Windows only)

On Windows, the WebSphere MQ icon is in the system tray on the server and is overlaid with a color-coded status symbol, which can have one of the following meanings:

Green
Healthy; no alerts at present
Blue
Indeterminate; WebSphere MQ is starting up or shutting down
Yellow
Alert; one or more services are failing or have already failed

When you click on the icon with your right mouse button, a context menu is displayed. From this menu, select the WebSphere MQ Explorer option to bring up the WebSphere MQ Explorer.

Using the WebSphere MQ alert monitor application (Windows only)

The WebSphere MQ alert monitor is an error detection tool that identifies and records problems with WebSphere MQ on a local machine. The alert monitor displays information about the current status of the local installation of a WebSphere MQ server.

From the WebSphere MQ alert monitor, you can: