The jnlsort command enables the contents of a global archive unload journal file and an unload journal file to be sorted and merged chronologically. The result of sorting and merging is output in the format of a global archive unload journal file.

Files can also be sorted and merged in the following ways:

• The journals at all nodes are sorted and merged according to the time they were output to the system journal file of an archive-journal source node.
• Only the journals of specific nodes are sorted and merged.
• Of all nodes, only the journals relating to particular global transactions are extracted, then sorted and merged according to the time they were output to the system journal file.