Manage JMS servers in a deployment manager cell

Use this task to manage JMS servers on nodes in a WebSphere Application Server deployment manager cell.

 

Overview

In a WebSphere Application Server deployment manager cell, each node can have at most one JMS server, and any appserver within the cell can access JMS resources served by any of those JMS servers.

You can use the WebSphere administrative console to display a list of all JMS servers, to show and control their runtime status. You can also configure a general set of JMS server properties, which add to the default values of WebSphere MQ properties configured automatically for the embedded WebSphere JMS provider.

Note: In general, the default values of WebSphere MQ properties are adequate for WebSphere internal JMS servers. However, if you are running high messaging loads, you may need to change some WebSphere MQ properties; for example, WebSphere MQ properties for log file locations, file pages, and buffer pages. For more information about configuring WebSphere MQ properties, see the WebSphere MQ System Administration book, SC33-1873, which is available from the Target can be accessed only when this topic is linked to the World Wide Web   IBM Publications Center or from the WebSphere MQ collection kit, SK2T-0730.

To manage a WebSphere internal JMS server, use the administrative console to complete the following steps:

  1. In the navigation pane, select Servers-> JMS Servers This displays a table of the JMS servers, showing their runtime status.

  2. If you want to change the runtime status of a JMS server, complete the following steps:

    1. In the table of JMS servers, select the JMS servers that you want to act on.

      • To act on one or more specific JMS servers, select the checkbox next to the JMS server name.

      • To act on all JMS servers, select the checkbox next to the JMS servers title of the table.

    2. Click one of the actions displayed to change the status of the JMS servers; for example, click Stop to stop a JMS server.
    The status of the JMS servers that you have acted on is updated to show the result of your actions.

  3. If you want to change the properties of a JMS server, click the name of the JMS server.This displays the properties of the JMS server in the content pane.

  4. Specify appropriate properties for the JMS server.

    If you want to add a new queue to be hosted by the JMS server, add the administrative name of the queue to the Queue Names field. (The name must match the name of a WebSphere Queue administrative object, including the use of upper- and lowercase.) Similarly, if you want to remove a queue from the JMS server, remove its name from that field.

  5. Click OK.

  6. To save your configuration, click Save on the task bar of the Administrative console window.

  7. To have the changed configuration take effect, stop then restart the JMS Server.
Related tasks
Configuring JMS provider resources
Configuring authorization security for the embedded WebSphere JMS provider
Administering WebSphere JMS support
Related reference
JMS server settings