Journaling behavior when a DFRID is specified on a restore

Journal behavior changes when DFRID is specified on the Restore Library (RSTLIB), Restore Object (RSTOBJ), Restore Deferred Object (RSTDFROBJ) commands or GO RESTORE Option 21.

If the same DFRID parameter is used to both defer the restore of logical files and defer start journaling requests, when the Restore deferred object (RSTDFROBJ) command is run for that DFRID, an attempt will be made to both restore the deferred logical files and start journaling objects which deferred journaling. In previous releases, only an attempt to restore the logical files was made.

When a deferred start journal request is processed, a journal entry is recorded for the start journal operation, but no journal entries are recorded for the restore object or create object operations. This behavior change would be most noted in the case of a restore of all system and user data with option 21.

If a Defer ID is specified when restoring an object into a journaled library that has a *RESTORE inherit rule defined, the Defer ID takes precedence. That is, if the journal that the object was journaled to when it was saved does not exist, the start journal request will be deferred, and the *RESTORE inherit rule will not be used.