HP XP7 Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe Systems User Guide (TK911-96001)

Removing journals from an EXCTG
You can release journals as follows:
• Single, multiple, or all journals from an EXCTG or from all EXCTGs.
• All journals in the system or LDKC.
You can also forcibly remove journal that could not be removed normally.
Prerequisite information
• Journal attributes must be Master, Restore, or Updating.
• You must be logged in to the supervisor DKC to remove a journal.
• You can remove journals from an EXCTG at any time, regardless of the status of the journals.
• If you delete all data volumes from a journal in an EXCTG, the journal is automatically removed
from the EXCTG.
• Removal of one or more journals from an EXCTG does not stop remote copy operations.
Update sequencing by the EXCTG is affected for the journals, though not for others in the
EXCTG.
Procedure 2 To remove journals from an EXCTG
1. In the Storage System tree, click Replication > Journal.
2. Select the EXCTGs tab.
3. Select the EXCTG in which you delete the journal.
4. Click Remove Journals.
5. In the Remove Journals window, from the Journals table, select a journal then click Remove.
To remove all journals within a specific storage system, click the Remove check box above
the storage system.
6. Click Finish.
7. In the Confirm window, check your settings and enter a task name in Task Name.
8. Click Apply.
Removing all journals from an EXCTG
You can delete all journals in an EXCTG at one time.
Prerequisite information
• Journal attributes must be Master, Restore, or Updating.
• You must be logged in to the supervisor DKC to remove a journal.
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