iSeries Navigator versus the character-based interface for journaling objects

There are two environments that you can use for journal management: iSeries™ Navigator and the character-based interface. iSeries Navigator provides a graphical interface for journaling that is easy to use and does not require the use of control language (CL) commands. The character-based interface requires the use of CL commands or APIs, but has more functionality than iSeries Navigator.

The following is a list of journaling functions that are only available with the character-based interface:

• Journal access paths.
• Specify a maximum receiver-size option.
• Specify that objects allow journal entries to have minimized entry-specific data.
• Specify the data that is included in the fixed-length portion of the journal entries.
• Specify the time to delay the next attempt to automatically attach or delete a new journal receiver with system journal-receiver management.
• Specify journal caching.
• Specify journal standby state.
• Specify the journal object limit.
• Specify the journal recovery count.
• Change the threshold for a journal receiver.
• Compare journal entries.
• Apply journaled changes.
• Remove journaled changes.
• Display journal entries.
• Look at the journal to display all object types which are journaled to that journal.
• Change the journaling attributes for a journaled object without ending journaling.

Other journaling differences between iSeries Navigator and the character-based interface are as follows:

• With iSeries Navigator, you create the journal and journal receiver together. With the character-based interface, you create the journal receiver first.
• With iSeries Navigator you set the permissions for the journal and receiver after they are created. With the character-based interface you can set permissions (authority) at creation time.

Decide which of the two interfaces to use before you set up journal management, since the character-based interface creates journal receivers and journals separately, and iSeries Navigator creates journals and receivers together. However, if you decide to use a function that iSeries Navigator does not support after you start journaling, you can do so with the character-based interface, even if you used iSeries Navigator to set up journaling.