START QMGR

Use the MQSC command START QMGR to initialize the queue manager.

Using MQSC commands

For information on how you use MQSC commands, see Performing local administration tasks using MQSC commands.

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Usage notes
Parameter descriptions for START QMGR

Synonym: STA QMGR

START QMGR

Notes:

¹ MSTR is accepted as a synonym for ENVPARM

Usage notes

When the command has been completed, the queue manager is active and available to CICS®, IMS, batch, and TSO applications.

Parameter descriptions for START QMGR

These are optional.

ENVPARM( jcl-substitution )

The parameters and values to be substituted in the JCL procedure (xxxxMSTR, where xxxx is the queue manager name) that is used to start the queue manager address space.

jcl-substitution

One or more character strings of the form:


keyword=value

enclosed in single quotation marks. If you use more than one character string, separate the strings by commas and enclose the entire list in single quotation marks, for example ENVPARM('HLQ=CSQ,VER=520').

MSTR is accepted as a synonym for ENVPARM

PARM( member-name )

The load module that contains the queue manager initialization parameters. member-name is the name of a load module provided by the installation.

The default is CSQZPARM, which is provided by IBM MQ.