MQ

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.

Hi Luc-Michel, 

MQ Binaries does exist on 9.1 onwards in "/QIBM/Proddata/mqm/bin"

You may find the mqrc there for example. 

IBMi normally follows AIX binaries (in this case my assumption here is that they do enable it via PASE) . 

Give that a try and let me know. 

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.

Hi Marius,

MQ on IBM i does provide symlinks in the IFS filesystem from /QIBM/ProdData/mqm/bin to *PGM objects in the QMQM library in the QSYS filesystem - to avoid needing to use /QSYS.LIB/QMQM.LIB/xxxx.PGM style qualification when calling from QShell.

IBM i (or OS/400 as it was back then) was one of the very first MQ platforms and it has always integrated closely with OS features like commit control and journals. Whilst MQ Advanced Message Security does link out to call into OpenSSL libraries in PASE, all other MQ binaries (*PGM and *SRVPGM) continue to run natively.

Hi Luc-Michel, 

MQ Binaries does exist on 9.1 onwards in "/QIBM/Proddata/mqm/bin"

You may find the mqrc there for example. 

IBMi normally follows AIX binaries (in this case my assumption here is that they do enable it via PASE) . 

Give that a try and let me know. 

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.

Hi Jonathan, 

I then stand corrected by your explanation and this makes sense. 

( I also confirmed by looking at what you described). 

Thanks for that clarification.

Hi Marius,

MQ on IBM i does provide symlinks in the IFS filesystem from /QIBM/ProdData/mqm/bin to *PGM objects in the QMQM library in the QSYS filesystem - to avoid needing to use /QSYS.LIB/QMQM.LIB/xxxx.PGM style qualification when calling from QShell.

IBM i (or OS/400 as it was back then) was one of the very first MQ platforms and it has always integrated closely with OS features like commit control and journals. Whilst MQ Advanced Message Security does link out to call into OpenSSL libraries in PASE, all other MQ binaries (*PGM and *SRVPGM) continue to run natively.

Hi Luc-Michel, 

MQ Binaries does exist on 9.1 onwards in "/QIBM/Proddata/mqm/bin"

You may find the mqrc there for example. 

IBMi normally follows AIX binaries (in this case my assumption here is that they do enable it via PASE) . 

Give that a try and let me know. 

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.

Hello Jonathan, hello Marius,
Thank you for your answers, it reassures me to know that somewhere there are experts who practice MQ on the IBM i. 

Here in France I have quite a few MQ customers on the IBM i, and I sometimes feel a bit alone, especially when faced with documentation that is VERY ALW-oriented!

Hi Jonathan, 

I then stand corrected by your explanation and this makes sense. 

( I also confirmed by looking at what you described). 

Thanks for that clarification.

Hi Marius,

MQ on IBM i does provide symlinks in the IFS filesystem from /QIBM/ProdData/mqm/bin to *PGM objects in the QMQM library in the QSYS filesystem - to avoid needing to use /QSYS.LIB/QMQM.LIB/xxxx.PGM style qualification when calling from QShell.

IBM i (or OS/400 as it was back then) was one of the very first MQ platforms and it has always integrated closely with OS features like commit control and journals. Whilst MQ Advanced Message Security does link out to call into OpenSSL libraries in PASE, all other MQ binaries (*PGM and *SRVPGM) continue to run natively.

Hi Luc-Michel, 

MQ Binaries does exist on 9.1 onwards in "/QIBM/Proddata/mqm/bin"

You may find the mqrc there for example. 

IBMi normally follows AIX binaries (in this case my assumption here is that they do enable it via PASE) . 

Give that a try and let me know. 

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.

There are plenty of folks using MQ on IBM i.

This question should open things up quite a bit.  Those symlinks in /QIBM/ProdData/mqm/bin include most of the commands that the documentation refers to, so many of the examples run with minimal or no modification.  Just put /QIBM/ProdData/mqm/bin in your path.

Personally, my favorite is piping commands into runmqsc and processing the results with grep and sed.

There are IBM i equivalent commands for many of these commands as well that work with IBM i specific object types and processes.

For example, you can use the DMPMQCFG from CL to dump a QM config to a source file with:

DMPMQMCFG MQMNAME(MYQM)         
          TOFILE(SRCLIB/SRCFILE)
          TOMBR(SRCMBR)         

or you can dump it to a IFS stream file with:

dmpmqcfg -m MYQM

You have the option to choose the one that works for your use case.

Hello Jonathan, hello Marius,
Thank you for your answers, it reassures me to know that somewhere there are experts who practice MQ on the IBM i. 

Here in France I have quite a few MQ customers on the IBM i, and I sometimes feel a bit alone, especially when faced with documentation that is VERY ALW-oriented!

Hi Jonathan, 

I then stand corrected by your explanation and this makes sense. 

( I also confirmed by looking at what you described). 

Thanks for that clarification.

Hi Marius,

MQ on IBM i does provide symlinks in the IFS filesystem from /QIBM/ProdData/mqm/bin to *PGM objects in the QMQM library in the QSYS filesystem - to avoid needing to use /QSYS.LIB/QMQM.LIB/xxxx.PGM style qualification when calling from QShell.

IBM i (or OS/400 as it was back then) was one of the very first MQ platforms and it has always integrated closely with OS features like commit control and journals. Whilst MQ Advanced Message Security does link out to call into OpenSSL libraries in PASE, all other MQ binaries (*PGM and *SRVPGM) continue to run natively.

Hi Luc-Michel, 

MQ Binaries does exist on 9.1 onwards in "/QIBM/Proddata/mqm/bin"

You may find the mqrc there for example. 

IBMi normally follows AIX binaries (in this case my assumption here is that they do enable it via PASE) . 

Give that a try and let me know. 

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.

On LUW platforms, the mqrc command displays the text value of an MQ return code.
I haven't found the equivalent on MQ for IBM i.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you.