The journal cannot, strictly speaking, be moved. You move it by allocating a new journal data set and later deleting the old one.

To move your journal to a different device, follow this procedure:

1. Allocate a new journal data set.
2. Stop or quiesce the DFSMSrmm procedure to prevent any further updates to the control data set and journal.
3. With DFSMSrmm stopped or quiesced, run EDGBKUP,PARM='BACKUP' to backup both the control data set and journal as shown in Figure 1.
   Figure 1. JCL example for backing up the control data set and journal

    // EXEC PGM=EDGBKUP,PARM='BACKUP'
    //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
    //MASTER   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=cds name
    //JOURNAL  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=journal name
    //BACKUP   DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=cds backup(+1),UNIT=SYSALLDA,
    //         SPACE=(CYL,(ppp,sss),RLSE),RECFM=VB,LRECL=9216
    //JRNLBKUP DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN= journal backup(+1),UNIT=SYSALLDA,
    //         SPACE=(CYL,(ppp,sss),RLSE),RECFM=VB,LRECL=9248

   This provides you with a valid point-in-time backup of the control data set and the old journal data set. After this step, if you need to recover the control data set, you can use this control data set backup, and the new journal data set.

   Optionally you can back up just the journal by removing the BACKUP DD statement. Because you are only moving the journal, you only need to back up the journal.
4. Implement the journal by using one of these techniques:
   • Use IDCAMS ALTER command to rename the new journal, having first renamed the old data set, or
   • Create a new EDGRMMxx parmlib member, or
   • Update the current parmlib member to include the name of the new journal.
5. If DFSMSrmm was stopped, start the DFSMSrmm procedure, using the current, updated, or the new parmlib member. If DFSMSrmm was quiesced, use the MODIFY command to specify the parmlib member suffix to be used. Doing so, uses the unmoved control data set and the newly allocated journal.
6. Delete the old journal.