Recover a damaged journal receiver

If a journal receiver becomes damaged, the system sends message CPF8136 or message CPF8137 to the system operator and the job log.

If a journal receiver becomes damaged, there are two ways you can recover from it:

Recover from a damaged receiver manually
Recover from a damaged receiver with the Work with Journal (WRKJRN) command. It is recommended that you use the WRKJRN command.

Recover from a damaged receiver manually

If the damaged receiver is currently attached to a journal, swap the journal receiver to attach a new receiver and detach the damaged receiver.
If the journal receiver is not currently attached to a journal and you have a complete saved copy of the receiver (that is, one that was saved after the receiver was detached), then delete the journal receiver and restore a previously saved copy. If no complete saved copy of the journal receiver exits, then you may wish to read as many entries as possible before deleting the journal receiver.
If the journal receiver was never attached to a journal, delete the receiver and create it again or restore it.

If the journal receiver is partially damaged, all journal entries except those in the damaged portion of the journal receiver can be viewed using the Display Journal (DSPJRN) command. Using this list, you can determine what you need to do to recover your objects. Applying or removing journal changes cannot be done with a partially damaged journal receiver.

Recover from a damaged receiver with the WRKJRN command

To use the Work with Journals display to recover damaged journal receivers, use Option 7 (Recover damaged journal receivers). Option 7 checks to determine which journal receivers that are associated with the specified journal are damaged. If none are damaged, a message appears.

If there are damaged journal receivers associated with the specified journal, the Recover Damaged Journal Receivers display appears and lists those receivers.

The status fields initially show a value of Damaged. After recovery has been successfully completed, the status shows a value of Recovered (receiver recovered).

To view the online help, type WRKJRN at a command line, and press F1. The online help also contains a description of the journal menus.

Recovery for a damaged journal receiver guides you through the following steps:

If the attached receiver is damaged, you must run a Change Journal (CHGJRN) command to attach a new receiver.
Indicate that you want to create a new receiver. The system presents the Create Journal Receiver (CRTJRNRCV) command prompt for receiver name and attributes. After you create the new receiver, the system shows the CHGJRN command prompt.

If the attached receiver is not damaged, the preceding step is omitted.
The damaged journal receiver is deleted.
A prompt for the restore of the damaged journal receiver is shown. Any of the values on the prompt can be changed except the receiver name. Save information in the prompt is provided by the system.