AS/400 Message Queue Monitoring

ECS/ie can be configured to monitor any number of AS/400 message queues and will send alerting emails or SMS messages to GSM mobile phones. Any number of recipients can be configured for each Message queue defined with independently configured severity levels or specific error messages.

• To add a message queue to be monitored select "Message Queue Monitoring" from the "Monitoring" menu in the "ECS/integrated email" panel.

• The "Message Queue Maintenance" window will now be displayed.

• Click the "Add" button to define a new message queue.

Note: ECS/ie will not create the output queue. This must already exist on the AS/400.

• The "Edit Message Queue" window will now be displayed.

• Enter the message queue, it's library location, and the email subject given to all emails sent from this message queue.

• Click the "OK" button

• To add an email recipient to the distribution list select the required Message queue with a single left hand mouse click.

• Click the "Add email" button.

• The "Add Message Queue email Address" window will now be displayed.

• Define the minimum error severity level or specific error message to be monitored for.

• Click the "OK" button to add the email address to the distribution list for this message queue.

• Repeat the process until you have entered all the email addresses that you wish to receive emails from the selected message queue.

There are five reserved email extensions used within ECS/ie that do not result in an email being generated, using the reserved email extensions causes ECS/ie to perform other functions. 

• "SMS" - GSM Mobile Phone Short Messaging Service messages or messages to compatible pagers. The address format should be xxxxx@yyyyy.SMS where xxxxx is the GSM/Pager number, yyyyy is the messaging service centre followed by ".SMS". See the specific section for more information.
• "FTP" - File Transfer Protocol. Using the extension ".FTP" causes any attached spool files to be FTP'd to a local or remote server. Each server must be defined as an FTP Server. See the specific section for more information. 
• "OUTQ" - Spool file Management. Using the extension ".OUTQ" enables the automated transfer of spool files between output queues on the AS/400. The email format for moving spool files is OUTQ@LIBRARY.OUTQ.    
• "MSGQ" - Send AS/400 Message. Using the extension ".MSGQ" causes ECS/ie to send AS/400 text messages up to 512 characters long to an AS/400 based Message queue. The email format for AS/400 messaging is MSGQ@LIBRARY.MSGQ
•  "BRKM" - Send an AS/400 Break Message using the command SNDBRKMSG. Using the extension ".BRKM" causes ECS/ie to send AS/400 text messages up to 512 characters long to an AS/400 green screen user that will break on their screen. The email format for AS/400 break messaging is;  USER@DELTYPE.BRKM. Where "USER" is the AS/400 User profile name, "DELTYPE" is the delivery type, permissible values are "INF" and "INQ". Setting the value to "INF" will send the message as an Information break message. Setting the value to "INQ" will send the message as an Inquiry break message, forcing the user to enter a reply.

Note:  Extensions  "FTP" and "OUTQ" are reserved for Spool file processing only. Extensions "SMS", "MSGQ" and "BRKM" can process  the body of email text only, not attachments. 

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