Showing and hiding queue managers and clusters

The WebSphere MQ Explorer can display more than one queue manager at a time. The Show/Hide Queue Manager panel (selectable from the context menu for the Queue Managers tree node) allows you to choose whether you display information on another (remote) machine. Local queue managers are detected automatically.

To show a remote queue manager:

  1. Right-click the Queue Managers tree node, then select Show/Hide Queue Managers....
  2. Click Add.... The Show/Hide Queue Managers panel is displayed.
  3. Fill in the name of the remote queue manager and the host name or IP address in the fields provided.

    The host name or IP address is used to establish a client connection to the remote queue manager using either its default server connection channel, SYSTEM.ADMIN.SVRCONN, or a user defined server connection channel.

  4. Click Finish.

The Show/Hide Queue Managers panel also displays a list of all visible queue managers, and allows you to hide queue managers from the navigation view.

If the WebSphere MQ Explorer displays a queue manager that is a member of a cluster, the cluster is detected, and displayed automatically.