Archiving log records

For online systems, you can automatically or manually initiate archiving log records from the OLDS to the SLDS.

Automatic archiving
If you have a large system with a lot of activity, you can minimize your intervention in the archiving process by using automatic archiving. It will eliminate the need to continually monitor logging to determine when to archive.
Manual archiving
If you archive infrequently or at irregular intervals, you can initiate archiving yourself. Use the Log Archive utility (DFSUARC0) to archive logs manually.
Copying an SLDS or an RLDS
You can use the Log Archive utility to copy an SLDS or RLDS to a new data set; however, you cannot use the GENJCL.ARCHIVE command to generate JCL to copy these data sets.
Customizing archiving
You can write user exit routines to process log records and copy certain log records to user data sets. For example, you can copy all records required for restarting Batch Message Processing programs (BMPs) to a user data set.

Parent topic: Logging