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