Syntax option: SHUTDOWN TIME IS n MINUTES Specifies the number of minutes the database system will wait after a catastrophic event before it shuts down the database. The shutdown time is the period, in minutes, between the point when the after-image journaling subsystem becomes unavailable and the point when the database is shut down. During the after- image journaling shutdown period, all database update activity is stalled. If notification is enabled with the NOTIFY IS clause, operator messages will be broadcast to all enabled operator classes. To recover from the after-image journaling shutdown state and to resume normal database operations, you must make an .aij file available for use. You can do this by backing up an existing modified journal file, or, if you have a journal file reservation available, by adding a new journal file to the after-image journaling subsystem. If you do not make a journal file available before the after-image journal shutdown time expires, the database will be shut down and all active database attachments will be terminated. The after-image journaling shutdown period is only in effect when a fixed-size .aij file is used. When a single extensible .aij file is used, the default action is to shut down all database operations when the .aij file becomes unavailable. The default is 60 minutes. The minimum value is 1 minute; the maximum value is 4320 minutes (3 days).