Re: Journal management -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Journal management
From: Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:22:00 -0600
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I kept DB journals on disk for 45 days (enough to go back thru prior
month-end). Detached journals were saved to tape weekly and deleted.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 9:51 AM DEnglander--- via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does anyone know of any resources or Best Practice guidelines regarding
how long to keep journal objects on the disk? We have journals that are
taking up quite alot of disk space, and I am wondering how long they
normally need to be kept online. At least weekly there are messages in
QSYSOPR indicating a journal has been detached and should be saved.
However, once the journal is saved to tape, how long is it necessary to
keep it on disk?

Thank you,

Doug

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