MQ sender- receiver channel issue - ibm-mq

I have two PCs both running Windows7 connected via LAN wire ( as homegroup network). In both PCs, I have installed MQ7.0. Let me name them: A and B
On A, I defined a queue manager QMA. On B, I created a queue manager QMB. Now I created a sender channel at system A: QMA.QMB and created a receiver channel at system B: QMA.QMB. This set up working fine. Both channel shows running. I have configured a sample remote queue defintion at system A and checked trace route message.
Now issue is reverse configuration. I want to create sender-receiver channel from B to A. So I followed similar steps to configured channel QMB.QMA. On system B, sender channel (QMB.QMA) keeps retrying. and at system A, receiver channel(QMA.QMB), it shows always inactive.
I have been trying couple of hours but no luck. Please help.
Pining ip address from both machines working fine. I am using tcp with default 1414 port. Listeners are up on both system. One strange thing, when I try display chstatus(QMB.QMA) on system A, it says "Channel status not found". and on system B,same command display channel status with status stopped. I have tried multiple times deleting-recreating channels. But no luck.

The first thing to do is to see whether the connection request is even getting to QMA from QMB. Check the AMQERR01.LOG file in {WMQ Install Dir}/errors and {WMQ Install Dir}/QMgrs/QMA/errors for indications of any failures. If the connection request is getting to QMA but failing you should see it in the QMA/errors/AMQERR01.LOG file. If it is getting to WMQ but not to QMA then you will find it in the WMQ global logs in {WMQ Install Dir}/errors.
If you are seeing the error in one of these logs, it should tell you what the problem is. If there's a log entry and it doesn't resolve the issue, post the error log entry as an append to this question.
If you are not seeing it in one of these logs then look for configuration errors. Make sure that the listener is running and on the port you think it should be. Make sure the CONNAME points to the right IP address and port. Make sure to use IP address and not the host name of QMA to take name resolution out of the equation. Make sure that the Windows firewall is open for the port that is listening. Go to QMB host and try top telnet to QMA host on the WMQ port. If the connection is refused immediately or closes after a second or two then it is likely a firewall issue.

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How to differentiate between closed and filtered remote ports

I am setting up port scanner for remote server in my application using Go. I am using DialTimeout function in Go net package to check whether a remote host port is opened or not. The result is fine with success case. But, if i/o timeout happens, I need to identify whether
The port is closed (No service is running) or
Port is blocked (Firewall filtered) or
Due to internet connectivity down in local system where the application is running.
Have tried nmap cli command, I can able to differentiate those failure 3 cases exactly.
nmap command tried: nmap -sA -p port_number host_ip
I found a Go 3rd party libray to use nmap.
But, I don't want to use nmap in my application. Are there any other alternatives in Go to exactly differentiate those 3 cases?
In the simple world
Lets assume you want to scan a Linux system.
If you get an ICMP message type 3 code 3, the firewall explicitly told you:
Hi, I am the firewall of your target host. The host is running. I hereby inform you that you (potentially amongst others) can not access this port. So now that you know you should quit your connection attempts. However, I won't tell you wether it is because there is no service running behind it (in which case my response is simply a courtesy) or because I was told to deny you access. Goodbye!
The port is closed if you do not get above answer and can not make a connection. I hence strongly advice to use context.WithTimeout to make a connection.
In the real world
However, this only applies if the admin of the target host did not change the ICMP message type to respond with - or chose just to drop any packets coming from sources which are not allowed to access the respective service. In the latter case, there is no way for you to know wether the port is closed or filtered.
All of the above only applies if we are talking of an iptables based firewall on the target system with default settings.
Now assume something which is by far more likely: A border firewall plus a local firewall. The border firewall might send other ICMP messages (or, again, simply drop your packages). Those rules apply additionally to the rules of the local firewall. So it is a misconception that you are actually scanning a host. It is more accurate to say that you scan the services reachable via a specific IP.
EDIT
Why would one send an ICMP message explicitly rejecting connection attempts?
There are various reasons to come to that decision. There is a good answer on serverfault.com

Websphere mq listener available but showing not found error

we have facing error, application unable to connect to queue manager,with reason
code mqrc 2538,
webspher MQ version v7.0.1.2.
operating system "Solaris".
I have started the listener manually through
runmqlsr -m qmname -t tcp -p port
after i have checked status of listener through command,
display lsstatus(listener name)
"listener is available but when I try to display the status of this listener it is showing MQ object not found."
we have checked error logs but there is no information for related client fails we have started listener manually, listener information only available in error logs.
Also we have checked "/var/mqm/error" we found the FDC files "probe ID: XY132002" we have contact with sysadmin they mount the disk space.
After mounting /var/mqm/ disc space still we are facing the same issue.
i have already given "start lstr(lstr name)" in script mode, but i its accepting the request, while I try to display the status of this listener it is showing MQ object not found."
i have checked qmgr error logs and fdc error logs"
can you please find the below errors written in /var/mqm/errors/AMQERR01.LOG
Explanation: 1. An attempt hasbeen made to run the brker(SFMSICREQMGR) but the brker has ended for reason '6119:xecF_E_UNEXPECTED_SYSTEM_RC'.
error: AMQ6119:An internal WebSphere MQ error has occured(failed to get memory segment:shmget(0x00000000, 16384) [rc =1 errno=28] no space left on device.
++below error written in queue manger level error:++
AMQ5008: An essential websphere MQ process 10063 (amqfgpub) cannot be found is assumed to be terminated.
these are errors written in queue manager level error logs and system level error logs:
we have added below values
process.max-file-descriptor=(basic,10000,deny)
project.max-sem-ids=(priv,1024,deny)
project.max-shm-ids=(priv,1024,deny)
project.max-shm-memory=(priv,4294967296,deny)
after adding this parameters we restarted the queue manager's,
we have four queue managers in server, three queue managers and listeners are in running state, fourth queue manager facing same error.
we have stopped one queue manager and we have run the fourth queue manager,the fourth queue manager is running and listener also in running state.
one queue manager is not allowing to start. we are facing same error for this queue manager.
All queue managers and listeners running fine.
we have created local queue,
queue name(error_local_queue).but while application tried get msg from this queue his getting error
Mqrc 2033.
Kindly help for this issue
thank you so much to all issue got resolved.
If you start a listener using the following command (as per your question):-
runmqlsr -m qmname -t tcp -p port
Then you have not specified a name for the listener anywhere (because this command does not have that capability).
It will however still show up in a DISPLAY LSSTATUS command with a system generated name. If you use the following command:-
DISPLAY LSSTATUS(*)
that will show all running listeners, and you will see that there is one with a name something like SYSTEM.LISTENER.TCP.1 which is your runmqlsr one.
Alternatively, if you want to give your listener a specific name, then you must define a listener as follows (replacing nnnn with your port number):-
DEFINE LISTENER(TCP.LSTR) TRPTYPE(TCP) CONTROL(QMGR) PORT(nnnn)
Then you are able to start it as follows:-
START LISTENER(TCP.LSTR)
and show it's status as follows:-
DISPLAY LSSTATUS(TCP.LSTR) ALL
N.B. I used the name TCP.LSTR but you may choose any name you wish.
The errors you mention at the end of your question are unrelated to listeners. Please open a separate question for those.
MQ v7.0 has been out of support since September 30th 2015.
The errors you found indicate the queue manager is short on shared memory, this could cause the entire queue manager to have issues including your listener. The current values along with IBM's recommendations can by found using the mqconfig script.
MQ v7.0 did not come with the mqconfig script. Download the script and verify which kernel settings are not correct, the download site is "How to configure UNIX and Linux systems for IBM MQ".
You can find more information on setting these in the IBM MQ v7 Knowledge Center page "Resource limit configuration".
The values in the Knowledge center are recommended values for a average server with a couple of queue managers and should be treated as a minimum value. If you can't run 4 queue managers then I would suggest going to higher values. I would start with setting max-sem-ids and max-shm-ids to 10240 and see if that solves it, if not then attempt to add 50% to the max-shm-memory value.

Indusoft Web Studio Error Messages?

Apologies if this is a pretty simple question, but I'm pretty new to IWS.
When ever I startup IWS (it's running on Microsoft Server that I remote desktop into) and enter my login details I get this message:
Failed to start TCP/IP Server, please check if the TCP port is already in use
During this same session I will also get the message below whenever I try to change tags in my trend sheets:
WARNING: Tag changes in any trend group will only take place in the next day history file.
It seems any changes I make in relation to tags and driver sheets are ignored and I want to know if this is related to the above error messages and how do I go about debugging/fixing this?
Note: I do not get these messages in other IWS sessions on other servers and I don't experience these problems.
Projects running the TCP/IP Server task use a TCP Port that is defined in the InduSoft Project Settings - Communication tab. By default, InduSoft uses port 1234. The error message you mention can occur if another process binds to that port before InduSoft has started the TCP/IP Server task.
Change the TCP Port. 1234 is the standard Port for Indusoft.
Try to Map your useds Ports before chosing some.
Or kill the process that are using the Port 1234, as explained in the link.
https://receitasdecodigo.com.br/java/listar-e-matar-processo-pela-porta-em-uso-no-windows-pelo-cmd

IBM Websphere MQ FTE (File Transfer Edition) - Agent cannot be published

I am quite new to MQ FTE and having issues to getting it work. Basically, I want to setup a simple environment between two queue managers that I can use to transfer files. Here is what i did:
One the first machine, I set up a queue manager and called it CMQ. Create a local queue called RECEIVED.MESSAGES and a remote queue SENT.MESSAGES. Also created a transmission queue.
Defined a transmission channels needed to communicate with the second queue manager.
One the second queue manager (SMQ), repeated the same process for creating local and remote queues, channels etc.
At this point, if I can both send and receive messages between the two Queue managers.
Next, on the first machine running queue manager CMQ, I carried out the following:
ran fteSetupCoordinate specifying the queue manager, host, port and channel SYSTEM.ADMIN.CONN
ran fteSetupCommand with the same details and specified host, port, channel (SYSTEM.ADMIN.CONN)
Ran the mqsc scipt file generated by fteSetupCoordinate.
Ran fteCreateAgent with QMgrName as CMQ, host, port and channel as SYSTEM.ADMIN.CONN
This is where the problem starts. The fteCreateAgent command end up with a message saying Agent was created successfully but could not registered with CMQ. The exact error is:
"BFGMQ1007I: The coordination queue manager cannot be contacted or has refused a connection attempt.
The WebSphere MQ reason code was 2058. The agent's presence will not be published.
I've tried every possible solution in forums and IBM's site including the troubleshooting found on this link:
But nothing works. As a result, the agent is never seen in MQ explorer. I also do not see the agent when I issue ftListAgent ..
Any ideas guys? Is there something I'm missing?
Thanks in advance
Get to know the mqrc command. It is your friend.
mqrc 2058
2058 0x0000080a MQRC_Q_MGR_NAME_ERROR
The error code you are getting back indicates that a connection was made to a QMgr but that it wasn't the one that was expected. That means either you have a typo in the QMgr name when you ran fteCreateAgent or you pointed the agent to the wrong QMgr.

Can only connect to local MQ but not remote MQ

My problem is that I have two servers, one running MQ Server and one running service which will get MQ messages from the former. However easily it sounds, I cannot make the latter to connect to the queue manager on the first server. I tried the following actions:
Ping the first server from the second one: it works just fine
Telnet the first server from the second one, using specific port used to connect MQ Manager on the first server (1416): it also works find
Now it comes the weird part: I created one Queue Manager on the second server (there is also a MQ Server running on that machine), with the same name with the MQ Manager on the first server that I want to connect, then I can only connect to this queue, although in the ChannelInfo I specify exactly the first server's IP address, not the second's.
After deleting the MQ Manager on the second server, it just gives me error 2058: MQRC_Q_MGR_NAME_ERROR. I checked the MQ Mananer name on the first server, it was correct.
It is possible to connect from other servers to the first server's MQ Manager.
More information that I doubt it is the source of my problem: the first server running Windows 32 bits and the second one is running Windows 64 bits. Moreover the second one is fresh installed, so I think it might have problem with some sorts of permissions. However searching around didn't help me so far.
I really appreciate if someone here could shed some lights on my problem. It made my project overdue deadline for a week already.
Thanks in advance!
No the error is not due to 32/64 bit Windows platform.
On both 32 bit as well as 64 bit Windows platforms queue manager runs as a 32 bit process.
So that's not the issue.
Obvious things to verify on the first server:
Have you defined a listener for the queue manager to listen on port 1416? If yes, is it running?
Have you defined a server connection (SVRCONN) channel on the queue manager?
How does your service(running on second server) attempt to connect to the queue manager? Is it bindings or client mode? In bindings mode, an application can connect only to the queue managers running on the same machine. In client mode, applications can connect to queue manager running on the same machine or a different machine. Your service must use a client mode connection to connect to remote machine.
To connect to remote queue manager, the application must specify the host name, port and channel name.

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