JournalCloseAction

String

Move

Purpose

The JournalCloseAction parameter specifies what to do for transaction abort processing or restart recovery processing when a journal file that is no longer required is closed and released.

When archival recovery is enabled, the close actions that you can specify are listed in the following table.

Journal Close Action	Processing
None	No action taken.
Remove	Removes the journal file.
Copy	Uses the operating system to copy the file to the archive directory.
Move	Uses the operating system to move the file to the archive directory.
CopyAndCompress	Programmatically creates a compressed copy of the file in the archive directory (using ZLIB compression mechanisms).
MoveAndCompress	Programmatically creates a compressed copy of the file in the archive directory (using ZLIB compression mechanisms) and then removes it.

Parameter is read when …

The database server node is initialized; for example, when you restart the database server.