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.