Plan to use the DFSMSrmm utilities EDGBKUP and EDGHSKP to back up the journal. You can automatically back up the journal as part of inventory management if you use EDGHSKP which also clears the journal. You can also use the parmlib OPTION JOURNALFULL to automatically start a backup procedure. DFSMSrmm uses IDCAMS to back up the journal.

Back up the journal to DASD. Once the backup is complete, you can move or copy the backup file to any storage medium. Be sure to maintain multiple generations of the journal.