Re: Logical Logs

Mike Turner wrote: > > Hello List, > > I have ten logcal log under IDS 7.30 and when I take backup through > ontape -a and when I see the status of logical logs using onstat -l> the percentage used does not change however I get a backup flage B > additional. > > But Is it not that the %used should become Zero ? No. In versions 5.xx this was true but in 7.xx it was changed that the log file is not actually freed until immediately before it is reused so you will almost never see logs that are Zero or status 'F'. The exceptions are: New log files after the first level zero backup are length zero and status 'F'. Also immediately after starting the engine under certain, esotheric, circumstances all logs are marked free except the current logs. Art S. Kagel