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Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover

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DB2_BAR_STATS table view

Add a table view for the bar stats output
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Inclusion of Load Copy Images into the B/U image

DB2 includes the require logs but forgot about the load copy images required by roll forward to make the backup image complete for disaster recovery.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

VLDB Strategy for historcal databases using RP for time segmentation

We have many VLDB (100tb) databases that are created in a historical design using RPs. We would like to just backup and restore the latest dates or tablespaces. It a diaster recovery scnario, we would like to restore the latest TS's in a descendin...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Logical Backup

Create “loadable” files foe objects rather than table space dumps. Only base table contents, no indexes
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Faster TSP recovery

TS recovery is doable but not trusted due to cross TS dependecies and various log related dependencies. A TS recovery is not as isolated as it appers and is complicated at restore time as you then find out all the interdependencies of a TS restore...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Ability to recover an individual table

We need the ability to recover an individual table faster. HPU does not work weel on VLDB databases as it does not support pipes and there is no indexing of tables within a TS in a backup image.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Read access during offline backup

Read access during offline backup
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

create new TS type called staging or workarea

Create a new Tablespace type called staging. Any objects in this TS will not be backed up or logged.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Avoid SQL1246N for incremental backup

This sqlcode SQL1246N is send by DB2 during an incremental backup each time a new tablespace has been created and no full backup of this tablespace has been done. It shoud be more interesting to switch automatically for this tablespace from the in...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Restore only data

It should be allowed to restore only the data of a table if the data and indexes of a table are stored in different tablespaces.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration