WebSphere MQ High Connection Count Issue

Question

As per our configuration, we have WAS version is 8.5.5.1, IBM MQ version 7.5.0.3. We are using 2 channels to connect to WMQ, one with MAXINST set to 250 and one with 500. SHAREC

Answer 1

After doing lot more analysis and trying out different WAS and MQ settings, we ruled out any issue with configuration and code. While researching found following link http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21605479. The issue was with Wily Introscope tool used to monitor the WAS server, it was making connections with MQ and not releasing them. We removed the monitoring from the Server and it is working fine since then. Thanks everyone here for their support.