Journaling Procedures

Journaling Procedures

This section contains the following topics:

Journaling Overview

Journal Files

Formatting Journal Files

Offloading Disk Journal Files

User Exits and Reports for Journal Management

Influencing Journaling Performance

Journaling Overview

Journals Log Database Activity:

Journals log database activity. Specifically, journals log:

• Before and after images of modified records and rows
• Status of transactions accessing the database

Note: Throughout the remainder of this chapter, the term record is used to mean both record and row