You can configure a WebSphere MQ reader session to make multiple attempts to connect or reconnect to WebSphere MQ. If a connection attempt fails because of a network failure or if the WebSphere MQ queue manager is not running, the PowerCenter Integration Service tries to connect to the queue for a specified period of time before the session fails.

You can configure the period of time you want the PowerCenter Integration Service to attempt to connect to WebSphere MQ in a Message Queue connection. Set the Connection Retry Period property in the Message Queue connection.

When you configure resilience, also configure the following session properties:

When you run a session configured for resilience, and the PowerCenter Integration Service loses the connection to the WebSphere MQ queue, the following filter conditions continue to increment while the PowerCenter Integration Service attempts to reconnect to the queue:

For example, you configure a session with the Idle(30) filter condition. The PowerCenter Integration Service is idle for 10 seconds, and it loses the connection to the WebSphere MQ queue. While the PowerCenter Integration Service attempts to reconnect to the queue, the idle value continues to increase. After 15 seconds, the PowerCenter Integration Service reconnects to the queue. The PowerCenter Integration Service has been idle for 25 seconds. If it remains idle for five more seconds, the session ends.