User Exits and Reports for Journal Management

User exits

The following table describes user exits that you can use in managing your journals:

User Exit	Description
IDMSAJNX	Can be used to collect statistics on database activities; CA IDMS/DB invokes this exit as it offloads a journal record page to the archive file
IDMSDPLX	Can be used to maintain duplicate journal files; CA IDMS/DB invokes this exit each time it writes to the disk journal or a database file;
IDMSJNL2	Can be used for duplicating journal information and statistics collection; CA IDMS/DB invokes this exit each time it writes a journal buffer to the journal file
WTOEXIT	Can be used to automatically initiate a journal offload following a switch to a new journal file. CA IDMS/DB invokes the exit each time a message is written to the operator.

Note: For more information about these user exits and how to invoke them, see the CA IDMS System Operations Guide.

Reports

The following table summarizes reports you can use to manage your journals:

Reports	Description
JREPORTs	Report on the content of the journal file as follows: Transaction summary Program termination statistics Program I/O statistics Program summary Transactions within an area Programs within an area Area summary You can also request a formatted dump of the journal file
PRINT JOURNAL utility	Reports on checkpoint information for transactions recorded on the archive file; this information is useful for rollback and rollforward operations

Reports

Description

JREPORTs

Report on the content of the journal file as follows:

You can also request a formatted dump of the journal file

PRINT JOURNAL utility

Reports on checkpoint information for transactions recorded on the archive file; this information is useful for rollback and rollforward operations

Note:

For more information about JREPORTs, see the CA IDMS Reports Guide.
For more information about the PRINT JOURNAL utility, see the CA IDMS Utilities Guide.