Managing journals

 

Journal management allows you to record all the data changes that occur to one or more database files. You can then use the journal for recovery.

If a database file is destroyed or becomes unusable and you are using journals, you can reconstruct most of the activity for the file. The journal also allows you to remove revisions made to the file.

• Journals
  When a change is made to a file and you are using journals, the system records the change in a journal receiver and writes the receiver to auxiliary storage before the change is recorded in the file. Therefore, the journal receiver always has the latest database information.

• Working with journals
  You can work with journals using CL commands or iSeries™ Navigator functions.

 

Parent topic:

Recovering data in a database file

 

Related concepts

Journal management