Using the IBM WebSphere MQ Taskbar application ( Windows only)
The IBM® WebSphere® MQ Taskbar application displays an icon in the Windows system tray on the server. The icon provides you with the current status of IBM WebSphere MQ and a menu from which you can perform some simple actions.
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
- Working correctly; 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
To display the menu, right-click the
WebSphere MQ
icon. From the menu you can perform the following actions:
- Click Open to open the WebSphere MQ Alert Monitor
- Click Exit to exit the WebSphere MQ Taskbar application
- Click WebSphere MQ Explorer to start the IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer
- Click Stop WebSphere MQ to stop WebSphere MQ
- Click About WebSphere MQ to display information about the WebSphere MQ Alert Monitor