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.

To add a remote journal using iSeries™ Navigator, follow these steps:

From iSeries Navigator, expand the system you want to use.
Expand Databases.
Expand the database that you want to work with and Libraries.
Click the library that contains the journal that you want to add a remote journal to.
Right-click the journal you want to add a remote journal to and click Properties.
On the Journal Properties window, click Remote Journals.
To add (associate) a remote journal to this journal, click Add.
To display a list of relational database (RDB) directory entries, click the down arrow in the Relational database name box on the Add a Remote Journal window.
Select the journal type (Type 1 or Type 2).
To associate the remote journal receivers on the target system with a different library from that used on the source system, click Redirect receiver.
In the Target receiver library field, specify the library on the target system where the remote journal receivers are to be located
Click OK.

The remote journal type influences the redirection capabilities, journal receiver restore operations, and remote journal association characteristics.

Limited redirection (Type 1) If the remote journal being added is Type 1, the journal library name be redirected to a single different library from that of the local journal. All Type 1 remote journals associated with a given local journal must reside in the same library. A Type 1 remote journal cannot be added to a Type 2 remote journal.

Flexible redirection (Type 2) If the remote journal being added is Type 2, you can specify a redirected library that is the same as or different from the redirected library specified on previous additions of Type 2 remote journals. Subsequent additions of Type 2 remote journals can specify a different library redirection from what was specified on any previously added remote journal.

After you have added a remote journal, you must activate it.

Note: This task assumes that you have an RDB directory entry and that you have a user profile on the target system.