title: IBM Websphere MQ: Channel Message Count (deprecated)
agents: aix, linux
catalog: app/websphere_mq
license: GPLv2
distribution: check_mk
description:
 The <tt>websphere_mq</tt> plugin is deprecated. Please use the <tt>ibm_mq</tt> plugin.

 This check monitors the number of messages in a Websphere MQ Channel.
 In order to work it is necesarry to install the <tt>websphere_mq</tt> plugin
 to the server.  You might need to edit this plugin to fit your needs.

 Once installed the inventory will create one service for each queue and
 each channel (see also the check <tt>websphere_message_queues</tt>).
 This service will trigger a {WARN} or a {CRIT} state if the configured
 thresholds are reached.

item:
 The name of the channel

discovery:
 One service is created for each channel.
