Set up journaling

Provides instructions on how to set up journals and journal receivers.

After you have decided how you will use journaling, follow these steps to set up journaling on your system. If you have decided to use more than one journal, work through all the steps for one journal at a time. Then repeat the steps for the next journal.

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You can choose one of the following methods to set up journaling:

Set up journaling with iSeries™ Navigator.
Set up journaling with the character-based interface. See Example: Set up journaling for a code example of setting up journaling for character-based interface.

For information about the difference between the two methods, see iSeries Navigator versus character-based interface for object journaling.

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Example: Set up journaling
The following are three examples of setting up journaling in the character-based interface. The first example sets up journaling with the both the journal and receiver in the system disk pool. The second and third examples set up journaling with the journal and journal receiver in separate basic disk pools.

Parent topic: Local journal management

Related concepts

Plan setup for journals

iSeries Navigator versus the character-based interface for journaling objects

Start and end journaling and change journaling attributes

Prepare to use remote journals

Related reference

Create Journal Receiver (CRTJRNRCV) command

Create Journal (CRTJRN) command

Information to create the journal

The name of the journal.
The library assignment of the journal.
The journal receiver name to associate with the journal.
Which disk pool to assign storage space for the journal (only if you are using the ASP parameter in the CRTJRN command).
The journal message queue.
Whether or not to use manual or system journal-receiver management.
Whether or not to have automatic deletion of the journal receiver.
The receiver size options for the journal.
The journal object limit for the journal.
Who has authority to the journal.
Whether or not to minimize entry-specific data (character-based interface only).
Whether or not to use journal caching (character-based interface only).
Whether or not to delay the next attempt to automatically change the journal receiver (character-based interface only).
Whether or not to delay the next attempt to automatically delete the journal receiver (character-based interface only).
Whether or not to include fixed-length data in the journal entries (character-based interface only).

Set up journaling

Information you need to set up journaling

Information to create the journal receiver

Information to create the journal

Set up journaling with the character-based interface

Set up journaling with iSeries Navigator