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Most companies do not use option 42. I do installations & support of HA software and have only seen it used a couple of times. If you have a heavy batch application and notice high paging faults after starting journaling then option 42 may help.
 
 
Since you are using journals to protect you in case of a system crash you could use       Minimize entry specific data . . MINENTDTA      *FILE. This would save disk space.
 
 
You may also want to consider creating a CL that on an hourly basis does a CHGJRN, save the new receiver(s) to a SAVF and then FTP the SAVF to either an external disk or PC. This would add protection in case of a disk crash.
 
    
Jim

----- Original Message ----
From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:46:17 PM
Subject: Journaling newbie - questions

All,

I'm just getting started with journaling.  I have a history
(deficiency?) of not being able to find what I want in the Infocenter. 
There is a ton of reference material in there on journaling, but not
what I would call a programmer's guide or how-to.  There is a getting
started list, but it doesn't discuss the whys, only the whats.  And the
redbook is centered on the performance aspect.

1) Is there anyone out there who is journaling and does NOT have  "HA
Journal Performance" installed? (On V5R4 it's 5722-ss1 option 41.)

2) I'm looking for a detailed discussion of this:  If I set a journal as
MNGRCV(*SYSTEM) and DLTRCV(*YES), how specifically does the system
determine when a journal receiver ("JR") can be deleted?  Once the JR is
saved somewhere?  A successful save of each and every object being
journaled?

3) Expansion of #2.  What I have in mind is MNGRCV(*SYSTEM) and
DLTRCV(*YES), and, a couple of times during the day, save journal
receivers to tape.  The journal and JR are in the same library and are
the only objects in that library. (Should they be in separate libs?) 
The ideal would be at a predetermined time do a SAVLIB of the JR library
which would automajically save any detached receivers and then the
system "would just know" that JR can be deleted.  Should the *JRN object
be saved then too?  Shouldn't I be doing a CHGJRN just prior to saving
the JR?  How does one determine the name of a just detached JR?  How
does one determine the name of a detached JR if the system did a CHGJRN
45 minutes earlier?

We do a save of the entire system every day at 12:01am.  What I guess
I'm looking for is best practices of keeping the database changes (and
eventually IFS) saved via journaling until the next save.  There is no
DR or HA site.  I do store tapes offsite as well as onsite.

Thanks.


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