Manage journals

Journal management allows you to record all the data changes that occur to one or more database files. You can then use the journal for recovery.

If a database file is destroyed or becomes unusable and you are using journals, you can reconstruct most of the activity for the file. The journal also allows you to remove revisions made to the file.

• Journals
  When a change is made to a file and you are using journals, the system records the change in a journal receiver and writes the receiver to auxiliary storage before it is recorded in the file. Therefore, the journal receiver always has the latest database information.
• Work with journals
  This topic discusses what control language (CL) commands and iSeries™ Navigator functions you can use to work with journals.