System and method for message queue configuration in a network

A computer program product, comprising one or more computer readable hardware storage devices having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by a computing device to implement a method for setting a configuration of a message queuing system in a computer network, the method comprising:

• providing the message queuing system including a plurality of interconnected message queue managers each managing one or more message queues and each being connected to one or more different message queue managers via respective interfaces, wherein an interface uses one or more channels for connections between respective message queue managers;
• storing into a database, by a central server of the network, message queuing system configuration data of objects including message queue managers, message queues, channels and interfaces;
• determining, by the central server, criticality levels of different combinations of message queuing system configuration data based upon business criteria;
• periodically gathering, by the central server, information from the message queuing system, including current message queuing configuration data, current message queuing usage values and current server usage values, then storing the gathered information on the database of the central server;
• periodically analyzing, by the central server, a current message queuing system configuration by comparing the current message queuing configuration data, current message queuing usage values and current server usage values with historical data from the database;
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• providing suggestions, by the central server, of different configurations for the current message queuing system based upon the analysis and comparison of configuration and usage data.

A system, comprising a computing device, said computing device comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, and one or more computer readable hardware storage devices, said one or more hardware storage devices containing program code executable by the one or more processors via the one or more memories to implement a method for setting a configuration of a message queuing system in a computer network, the method comprising:

• providing the message queuing system including a plurality of interconnected message queue managers each managing one or more message queues and each being connected to one or more different message queue managers via respective interfaces, wherein an interface uses one or more channels for connections between respective message queue managers;
• storing into a database, by a central server of the network, message queuing system configuration data of objects including message queue managers, message queues, channels and interfaces;
• determining, by the central server, criticality levels of different combinations of message queuing system configuration data based upon business criteria;
• periodically gathering, by the central server, information from the message queuing system, including current message queuing configuration data, current message queuing usage values and current server usage values, then storing the gathered information on the database of the central server;
• periodically analyzing, by the central server, a current message queuing system configuration by comparing the current message queuing configuration data, current message queuing usage values and current server usage values with historical data from the database;
• and
• providing suggestions, by the central server, of different configurations for the current message queuing system based upon the analysis and comparison of configuration and usage data.