Journal Overview

A database journal is a object that records changes to the database by sending information to the journal receiver. This information includes the file name and schema it belongs to, the job ID, user ID, workstation ID, program name, date and time, type of activity, and relative record number of the affected record. You can also record information before and after a change takes place, giving you a more complete picture of the change being made.

i5/OS supports two types of journals:

Local journals:
Record information about the system on which they reside.

Remote journals:
Replicate information from local journals and store them on a remote system.

A journal receiver is an object on the system that contains journal entries. Journal entries are records of changes made to files and tables that are journaled and of other events that occur on the system, such as changes to a database file, changes to other journaled objects, or security-relevant events.

You can do the following things with Journals:

For more information about journals, see Journal management in the Information Center Link to Information center.