Create a journal using iSeries Navigator

Creating a journal causes a new instance of a journal on your system. You must start journaling the table to a journal before it begins journaling information.

To journal the table to a journal, follow these steps:

  1. From iSeries™ Navigator, expand the system you want to use.
  2. Expand Databases.
  3. Expand the database and library that you want to create the new journal in.
  4. Right-click a library object and click New Journal.
  5. On the New Journal window, specify a name in the Name field.
  6. Specify a description in the Description field.
  7. Select a library in which to store the journal receivers.

You can now create the journal using the default values. You can edit the journal default values by clicking Advanced. To create the journal using the default values, click OK.

To edit the journal default values, first create the journal and then follow these steps:
  1. Click Advanced on the New Journal window.
  2. Select the journal message queue in the Journal message queue field. The default is the System Operator message queue. You can specify another message queue. However, if the message queue that you specify is not available when the message is sent, the message is sent to the System Operator message queue.
  3. Specify the library in which to store the journal message queue.
  4. Edit or specify a description in the Description field.
  5. Select a Receivers managed by option. Your choices are System or User.
  6. Select Minimize fixed portion of entries if you do not want to record the job, program and user profile information. This minimizes the size of each journal entry but limits the selection criteria that can be used on other journal commands.
  7. Select Remove internal entries if you want to automatically remove only the internal journal entries required for system restart recovery. Removing these entries reduces the size of the journal receiver.
  8. A new journal receiver is created at the same time as the journal. You can edit the default values of the receiver by clicking New Receiver.
  9. After you have completed the Advanced options, click OK to return to the New Journal window.
  10. Click OK to create the journal.
Parent topic: Work with journals