xarfile -t online|backup -a physical-XAR-file-name

This command specifies the name of the physical XAR file used for the XA resource service.

There are two types of physical XAR files, for online and for backup, and you need to specify both.

You cannot specify multiple online XAR files and multiple backup XAR files.

The online XAR file and the backup XAR file must have the same number of records and the same record length. The number of records must be greater than the value specified in the trn_tran_process_count operand in the transaction service definition.

-t online|backup

Specify the type of the XAR file.

online

Online XAR file

backup

Backup XAR file

-a physical-XAR-file-name~<path name of 1 - 63 characters>

Specify the name of a physical XAR file.