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VMS Help SET, FILE, /AI_JOURNAL, Keywords *Conan The Librarian |
Four keywords are used as parameters to the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL
command: ALLOCATION, [NO]CREATE, EXTENSION, and FILE. You must
always use the FILE keyword; you can also use any, all, or none
of the other three keywords.
Use an equal sign (=) immediately after the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL
command to use a keyword. If you use more than one of the
keywords, enclose the list in parentheses and separate the items
in the list with commas.
ALLOCATION=n
Specifies the initial size, in blocks, of the journal. The
ALLOCATION keyword is meaningful only when the CREATE keyword
is also used.
The default allocation is 0 blocks.
CREATE
Specifies that a new journal is to be created. If no journal
exists, using this keyword creates a new one. If a journal (with
the file specification given in this command) already exists,
using this keyword creates a new version of the journal. In the
latter instance, the data file named in this SET FILE command
is journaled to the new journal. Any other files that are being
journaled to the previous version of the journal will continue to
be journaled to that previous version.
If a journal does not already exist, be sure to use the CREATE
keyword with the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command. If you do not
specify the CREATE keyword and the file that you specify with
the FILE keyword does not exist, a journal will not automatically
be created and an error message is displayed.
When you create a journal for after-image journaling, the file
protection for the journal is determined as follows:
o If a version of the journal that you specify with the CREATE
keyword already exists, then the new version of the journal
has the same file protection and access control list (ACL) as
the most recent version.
o If there is no existing journal (that is, if you are creating
version 1 of the journal), then the file protection and
ACL of the journal are the default file protection for the
process that creates the journal, except that none of the four
ownership categories (system, owner, group, world) is given
delete access.
Also, every time that you use the CREATE keyword, be sure to make
a backup copy of the data file. (If it is the first time that
the data file is marked for after-image journaling, then you must
make a backup copy of the data file, regardless of whether the
CREATE keyword is used.)
NOTE
To be able to recover the data file at a later time, you
must mark the file for journaling, and then make a backup
copy of the data file, even if it contains no data.
In most cases (in particular, when you are using after-image
journaling to protect against loss of data from a device
failure), you should keep the backup copy on a different volume
from the data file. If recovery becomes necessary, you will be
able to perform after-image recovery only if a backup copy of the
data file is available.
If you want to use a single journal for both after-image and
before-image journaling, do not use the CREATE keyword with both
the /AI_JOURNAL and /BI_JOURNAL qualifiers, because that will
create two separate journals. When you create a journal that
will be used for more than one data file or more than one type
of journaling (after-image or before-image), you should first
use a SET FILE command to create the journal for a single type
of journaling and for a single data file. After the journal is
created, then you can use a single SET FILE command for multiple
data files and both after-image and before-image journaling. For
example, you might use the following sequence of commands:
$ SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL=(FILE=JNL_DISK:,CREATE) [WEEKLY]SALES.DAT
$ SET FILE/BI_JOURNAL=(FILE=JNL_DISK:[WEEKLY]SALES) -
_$INVOICES.DAT,COMMISSIONS.DAT
EXTENSION=n
Specifies the default extension quantity, in blocks, for the
journal. You can specify a value from 0 to 65,535.
The EXTENSION keyword is meaningful only when you use the CREATE
keyword. If the file is extended, the value that you specify is
used. If you do not use the EXTENSION keyword when you create a
journal, RMS calculates its own EXTENSION value for the journal.
FILE=journal-filespec
Specifies the journal where all modifications to the named data
file will be recorded. The default file specification for the
journal is the file specification of the data file that you name,
but with a file type of RMS$JOURNAL. If you provide a partial
file specification for the journal, any unspecified portions are
taken from the default file specification. The FILE keyword is
required when you use the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command.
If you are using after-image journaling to protect against the
loss of data due to a device failure (such as a head crash),
you should keep the journal on a different volume from the
one on which the data file is kept. Only by keeping the data
file and journals on separate volumes can you use after-image
recovery to restore the data file if its recording medium becomes
corrupted (for example, by a disk head crash). If you issue the
SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command and the journal is on the same volume
as the data file being marked for after-image journaling, the
INVAIJDEV warning message is issued.
The file specification cannot include a node name, since the SET
FILE command is not valid for network access.
You can use a single journal for multiple data files for after-
image journaling, and you can also use a single journal for both
after-image and before-image journaling.
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