MSMQ messages disappear when they get to remote server - msmq

I have to create a MSMQ messaging mechanism between two servers in the same domain, SenderServer (MS Server 2012) and ReceiverServer (MS Server 2008 R2).
I created a private, transactional queue in ReceiverServer .\private$\receiver, I gave receive (and peek) message rights to system and administrators.
I then created a client application that creates and forwards messages to the queue by using the following code:
MessageQueue queue = new queue("FormatName:Direct=OS:ReceiverServer\private$\receiver");
Message message = new Message();
message.Body = "myMessage";
using (MessageQueueTransaction tx = new MessageQueueTransaction())
{
tx.Begin();
queue.Send(message, "myLabel", tx);
tx.Commit();
}
Before deploying the application, I tested it from my machine (Windows 7) that correctly creates an outgoing queue Direct=OS:ReceiverServer\private$\receiver with State:Connected and Connection History:Connection is ready to transfer messages.
The messages are correctly sent to the ReceiverServer and placed in the \private$\receiver queue. The End2End log of the ReceiverServer for every message logs two events:
Message came over network (EventId: 4)
Message with ID CN=msmq, CN=[mymachinename], CN=Computers, DC=[domain], DC=[other] was put into queue ReceiverServer\private$\receiver (EventId: 1)
Then I used the client application from within the SenderServer using the same code. The server correctly creates an outgoing queue Direct=OS:ReceiverServer\private$\receiver with State:Connected and Connection History:Connection is ready to transfer messages, I can see the message queuing up and be sent but I do not receive them in the remote ReceiverServer queue .\private$\receiver. If I check the End2End event log of the ReceiverServer I just see the first message (Message came over network (EventId: 4)) but the message is not placed in the queue.
I turned off firewalls from both machines, changed the authorization settings for the queue and tried the following endpoint for the queues:
FormatName:Direct=OS:[IPv6 address]\private$\receiver
FormatName:Direct=TCP:ReceiverServer\private$\receiver
FormatName:Direct=TCP:[IPv6 address]\private$\receiver
With no luck. The troubleshooting process and the documentation from Microsoft are really general and simplistic, therefore I decided to ask here because for me is a dead end.

The sender domain account needs to have the following permissions on the remote queue: Send, Get Permissions, Get Properties
Are these machines on the same domain? If not you may need to grant the above permissions to the local user called ANONYMOUS LOGON

I ran into a similar problem and spend a few hours resolving it, so I wanted to post an answer to save others who may fall into the same trap I did.
When the queue was created on the remote server, it was mistakenly created as a transactional queue. However the code that was posting the messages was calling send without the transaction parameter. I could see the message at the sending workstation, but once it hit the destination server, it would disappear without any logging, journaling, or events to help determine why.
Once I identified the problem, I recreated the Queue as a non-transactional queue, and the issue was fixed.

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IBM WebSphere MQ Triggering issue

I'm trying to achieve following scenario
When a new message arrives to queue manager it should automatically trigger my console application. Then it will fetch that message and write the message in to a file. I already completed this part. But I'm having problem with triggering message queue
Here is how I configured my message queue
I created two queues one is called LocalQueue and other one is InitQueue which is SYSTEM.DEFAULT.INITIATION.QUEUE.
and set "Trigger" properties in my LocalQueue
Then Created trigger monitor
In process definition object I set my console application path
So my problem is, It doesn't work as it expect and I checked my client machine
C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\WebSphere MQ\errors\AMQERR01.LOG and server machine C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\WebSphere MQ\errors log files. I couldn't find anything on them
Update
Based on Morag answer I changed my process name
You appear to have named your TriggerMonitor Service object in the queue attribute where you should put the process object name FetchMessages.
The Start Args for your trigger monitor Service object appears to be telling the trigger monitor to monitor the LocalQueue and not the InitQueue.
You need to make sure that the trigger monitor is running and has opened the initiation queue in INPUT(i.e. for GET) mode. Only then queue manager will put a trigger message into initiation queue. Here is what I did to get it working:
I did the setup just like you except for service. I manually started runmqtmc as
SET MQSERVER=<channel name>/TCP/<connname>
runmqtmc -m <qmname> -q <initq>
Put a test message on local queue. That triggered an event and my application started.

Find out which program reads from a given MSMQ queue

I have a queue that should only be read by a specific program. However, I have discovered that some other program is "stealing" messages from that queue. Is there a way to determine which program does that? I couldn't come up with anything.
For a given service account, set read-message and peek-message permissions on the queue, and then ensure that only the consumer runs under that service account.
UPDATE
On Windows server 2008 or Windows 7 or higher, MSMQ has a dedicated system event log which records everything the MSMQ subsystem does. It may be possible to see what user account is accessing the queue via this.

How to reset MSMQ permissions after changing domains

What considerations should be addressed when moving a Microsoft 2003 server with MSMQ installed to another domain?
We assigned permissions to the queue for a user account from the new domain. We still get an error "Access to Message Queing system is denied."
There are no other servers in the new domain running MSMQ. Is there an Active Directory object that gets created when MSMQ is installed on a member server?
The issue has been resolved. The problem was with a private queue created by our application. That explains why we didn't see any AD object created. Using domain admin credentials, we tried to modify the permissions on the private queue using the MMC snapin. We got an error and could not make the required change because the domain admin was not on the ACL for that queue. We found a work around to the problem. We created a new temporary private queue and assigned full control to the user account we need for our application. We located the newly created private queue configuration file in the \system32\msmq\storage\lqs directory. We opened the file and copied the entire security line. Then we opened the configuration file for the private queue we are trying to fix and pasted the security line over the same line in that file. We saved the configuration file. We restarted the MSMQ service and then started our application service. The application could now function properly. Thanks everyone for your help!
If the domain is in a different forest and you wish to make use of public queues, etc. then you will need to reinstall MSMQ so that all the MSMQ objects are created in AD.
What exact operation generates "Access to Message Queing system is denied."?
If you don't have any messages or journal history that you need to save, I would suggest uninstalling and reinstalling MSMQ.
Have you logged into the server directly using the account that is trying to send the message? This is necessary to establish a message queuing certificate, a little understood and poorly documented area of MSMQ.
We also found another easier way to reset the permissions on the private queue. Instead of modifying the private queue configuration file, we took ownership of the private queue as the domain admin, assigned full permissions to the user account needed for our application, and transfered ownership to the same user. This restored the private queue to the state it was in prior to the server move.

Diagnosing MSMQ Access Errors with NServiceBus

Does anyone know of a decent way of diagnosing MSMQ access errors. I'm using NServiceBus in a web application. There is a service running that actually creates the private queues, and the web application sends messages to that queue.
The web site uses anonymous access, and the application pool runs using the Network Service account. When my application tries to send a message to the queue (using NServiceBus), I get MSMQ access denied errors. I have tried all combinations of full control with ANONYMOUS LOGON, Everyone, etc, and still no luck. I have tried deleting the queues and letting NServiceBus recreate them, and still no luck.
When I set the IIS App Pool to run using a local administrator account, then it all works fine. How can I work out exactly what permissions I need to apply? Using the accounts/permissions that are added by default clearly isn't working.
You need to set up the queue permissions so that "everyone" can send to any queue.

MSMQ - Create and Send Message

I have a public queue created in a remote machine. I am able to access the queue, create a message and send it from my workstation. However, when I access the remote machine that hosts the message queue, I do not see any messages. Any ideas on what I am missing? Is there anything that need to be configured to receive messages?
You should check the security settings on the remote queue - the default setting for any account is "allow sending only".
I got it to work by removing MessageQueueTransactionType.Single from MessageQueue.Send(message,MessageQueueTransactionType.Single) method.
It Seems like there was a mismatch between the Transaction types. I am still not familiar how the transaction types work.