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