About DB2 alternate restore
Dear friends, I want to restore DB2 databases to a different client/instance, from a schedualed daily backup. and I have several questions because it's my first time to do the DB2 restore. Could you please help. [enviroment] Redhat enterprise server release 6.10, NBU v7.7.3, DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 10.5 [Server Policy] A daily DB2 type policy with 2 scheduals(application backup &Automatic Full backup) and one backup script is configured and in use. [db2.conf] In this config file, there are object identifier statements for backing up databases only, no object identifier for backing up the archive logs,or for functions. [backup scripts] In this script, “db2 backup db xxxx online load /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/lib include logs” is coded, which is schedualed to excute daily. [Documentation] I have read the topic "About an alternate restore" in Chapter 4. Performing backups and restores of DB2 of the "NetBackup? for DB2 Administrator's Guide release 7.7" [question] 1. I want to restore DBs to a specific date(ex:2022/9/1), and I can't find the info where and how to specify this date option during the restore configration in above guide. 2. Were archieve logs and active logs backed up daily in my backup configration, if not, which logs are required for this specific date restore task, or none of them is required?
New! Veritas™ Capacity Assessment Tool
We are excited to announce the NEW Veritas™ Capacity Assessment Tool. As partners and end users move to a simpler Capacity-base licensing model, the Veritas™ Capacity Assessment Tool is designed to easily and quickly identify the amount of data to protect in an environment.Google Cloud Storage vs Amazon S3 as Cloud Storage for Backup Exec 15
Now Backup Exec is offering the new cloud connectors to be able to send the backups into public cloud storage. The current offering is with Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage. So this article is to find out a bit more about which one can be more convinient for which type of customers.
