After starting the MQ Powerpack, you may notice that Queue Manager metrics fail to report and the following error appears in the MQ Powerpack logs:
[ERROR] [com.wily.powerpack.websphereMQ.agent.MQMonitor.TracerDriverThread] MQMonitor: For configuration instance <QueueManager name>@<host name> and the drivers(manager, manager) an error occurred in sending a query to MQ. The target MQ (localhost:19100) is down. Reason code 2035 MQRC_NOT_AUTHORIZED
This error is caused when running the MQMonitor agent. It is due to the user having inadequate permissions to run the MQMonitor agent and connect to the Queue Manager. To resolve, try one of the following:
The MQ command dspmqaut (display authority command) can be used to determine the authorization a user has for a MQ object.
For additional troubleshooting steps, also review the following IBM knowledge article for MQRC_NOT_AUTHORIZED errors:
2035 MQRC_NOT_AUTHORIZED in WMQ