Work with journals

This topic discusses what control language (CL) commands and iSeries™ Navigator functions you can use to work with journals.

• 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.
• Create a journal receiver using iSeries Navigator
  A journal receiver is the file that contains the information the journal is recording. When you create a journal, the receiver is automatically created. However, if you want to manually swap receivers, you must first create a new journal receiver.
• Values used when creating new journals and new journal receivers
  The journal and journal receiver are created or changed using the values you specified on the Advanced Journal Attributes or the Journal Properties window. If you do not specify any values, the journal and journal receiver are created using default values.
• Add a remote journal using iSeries Navigator
  Remote journals allow you to replicate journal information to a separate system. A remote journal is associated with an existing journal. The journal on the source system can be either a local journal or another remote journal.
• Remove a remote journal using iSeries Navigator
  Removing a remote journal disassociates it from the journal on the source system; it does not delete the journal or the journal receivers. You must deactivate a remote journal before you can remove it.
• Activate a remote journal using iSeries Navigator
  After you add a remote journal, you must activate it.
• Deactivate a remote journal using iSeries Navigator
  When you deactivate a remote journal, the collection of data is stopped.
• Display journal information for a table using iSeries Navigator
  This topic includes a procedure for displaying journal information for a table using iSeries Navigator.
• Swap receivers using iSeries Navigator
  Swapping journal receivers replaces the current journal receiver with a new journal receiver that is automatically created and attached to the journal by the system. There are two methods that you can use to swap receivers for journaling. The first method does not allow you to change the attributes of the new receiver; the second does.
• Start or stop a journal for a table (file) using iSeries Navigator
  After a journal is created, it must be started for a table. If you want to delete a journal, it must be stopped.