VMS Help  —  RMU72  Server After Journal, Reopen Output, Description
    The RMU Server After_Journal Reopen_Output command allows you
    to reopen an ALS output file that was previously created with an
    RMU Server After_Journal Start command with the Output qualifier.
    (The ALS output file is opened for exclusive access by the ALS
    process.)

    Reopening the output file results in the current output file
    being closed and a new output file being created. The new output
    file has the same file name as the original output file, but its
    version number is incremented by one.

    The ALS is an optional process that flushes log data to the
    after-image journal (.aij) file. All database servers deposit
    transaction log data in a cache located in the database global
    section. If the ALS is active, it continuously flushes the log
    data to disk. Otherwise, server processes might block temporarily
    if the cache in the global section is full.
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