Alter=(keyword,...)

    Specifies that an after-image journal object be altered.

    You can alter an after-image journal object while users are
    attached to the database. The Alter qualifier can be used
    several times within the same RMU Set After_Journal command.
    If you specify a previously suppressed .aij file with the
    Alter qualifier, that named .aij file is unsuppressed. Oracle
    RMU performs this unsuppress action as soon as the command is
    processed.

    The changes specified by the Alter qualifier are stored in the
    database root file (and thus are visible in the dump file if you
    issue an RMU Dump command), but the changes are not applied to
    the .aij file until it is re-created (or backed up, in the case
    of the Backup_File= file keyword). A new extensible .aij file is
    re-created, for example, when the following are true:

    o  Fast commit is enabled.

    o  Extensible after-image journaling is being used.

    o  Users are actively updating the database.

    o  You issue an RMU Backup After_Journal command with the
       Noquiet_Point qualifier.

    Backing up an extensible .aij file does not ensure that a new
    .aij file will be created. In most cases, the existing .aij file
    is truncated and reused.

    Specify an after-image journal object to alter by using the
    following keywords:

    o  Name=name

       Specifies the name of the after-image journal object. This
       is a required keyword that must match the name of an existing
       after-image journal object.

    o  File=file

       This option only takes effect if a journal is, or becomes,
       an extensible .aij file and only when that journal is re-
       created. This option allows you to supply a new .aij file
       specification to be used for the extensible .aij file if and
       when it is re-created. This can be used to move the re-created
       .aij file to a new location. If you do not provide a full file
       specification, and only the file name, the file is placed in
       your current directory. See the general description of the
       Alter qualifier for an example of when an extensible .aij file
       is re-created.

       This option cannot be used to move a fixed-size .aij file. To
       move a fixed-size .aij file, you must first create a new .aij
       file and then drop the existing .aij file.

       This keyword is optional.

    o  Backup_File=file

       Specifies a new file to be used for automatic backup
       operations.

       This keyword is optional.

    o  Edit_Filename=(options)

       Specifies a new edit string to apply to the backup file
       name of the named .aij file when the .aij is backed up
       automatically. This keyword is optional. See the description
       of the Edit_Filename keyword for the Backups qualifier for a
       list of the available keyword options.

    o  Allocation=number-blocks

       Specifies the initial size of the .aij file that is re-created
       if that file is, or becomes, a fixed-size .aij file.

    o  Extent=number-blocks

       Specifies the extent size of the .aij file that is re-created
       if it is, or becomes, extensible.

       See the Oracle Rdb Guide to Database Maintenance for guidance
       on setting the extent size.