Setting up journaling

 

This topic provides instructions on how to set up journals and journal receivers.

Setting up journaling consists of creating a journal and a journal receiver. When you create a journal, you need the following information:

• The name of the journal.

• The library assignment of the journal.

• The journal receiver name to associate with the journal.

• Which disk pool to assign storage space for the journal (only if you are using the ASP parameter in the CRTJRN command).

• The journal message queue.

• Whether or not to use manual or system journal-receiver management.

• Whether or not to have automatic deletion of the journal receiver.

• The receiver size options for the journal.

• The journal object limit for the journal.

• Who has authority to the journal.

• Whether or not to minimize entry-specific data (character-based interface only).

• Whether or not to use journal caching (character-based interface only).

• Whether or not to delay the next attempt to automatically change the journal receiver (character-based interface only).

• Whether or not to delay the next attempt to automatically delete the journal receiver (character-based interface only).

• Whether or not to include fixed-length data in the journal entries (character-based interface only).

When you create a journal receiver, you need the following information:

• The name of the journal receiver

• The disk pool assignment for journal receiver

• The storage threshold for the journal receiver

• Who has authority to the journal receiver

You can choose one of the following methods to set up journaling. For information about the difference between the two methods, see iSeries™ Navigator versus character-based interface for object journaling.

• To set up journaling with iSeries Navigator, follow these steps.

  1. Expand Databases.

  2. Expand the local database on your system.

  3. Expand Schemas.

  4. Right click the schema in which you want to create the journal.

  5. Select New > Journals.

  6. Start journaling for each object that you plan to journal.

• To set up journaling with the character-based interface, follow these steps.

  1. Create the journal receiver using the Create Journal Receiver (CRTJRNRCV) command.

  2. Create the journal using the Create Journal (CRTJRN) command.

  3. Start journaling for each object that you plan to journal.

• Example: Setting up journaling
  This topic provides several examples of setting up journaling in the character-based interface. The first example sets up journaling with the both the journal and receiver in the system disk pool. The second and third examples set up journaling with the journal and journal receiver in separate basic disk pools.

 

Parent topic:

Local journal management

Related concepts
Planning setup for journals iSeries Navigator versus the character-based interface for journaling objects Starting and ending journaling and changing journaling attributes

Related tasks
Methods to estimate the size of a journal receiver Preparing to use remote journals

Related reference
Create Journal Receiver (CRTJRNRCV) command Create Journal (CRTJRN) command