NetBackup™ for DB2 Administrator's Guide
- Introduction to NetBackup for DB2
- Installing NetBackup for DB2
- Configuring NetBackup for DB2
- Overview of NetBackup for DB2 configuration
- About permissions for NetBackup for DB2 log files (UNIX)
- About configuring a backup policy for DB2
- About adding backup selections to a DB2 policy
- Configuring an application backup schedule
- Example application backup schedule
- Configuring automatic backup schedules
- Example automatic backup schedule
- About schedule properties
- NetBackup for DB2 backup types
- Performing a manual backup
- Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings in Host Management
- About backing up archive log files with the user exit program
- Configuring the run-time environment
- Creating a db2.conf file for use with the user exit program
- Creating a db2.conf file (vendor method)
- Configuring bp.conf files in a cluster environment
- Keywords for the db2.conf file
- NetBackup for DB2 environment variables
- Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service for NetBackup for DB2
- About NetBackup for DB2 shell scripts
- Performing backups and restores of DB2
- Using Snapshot Client with NetBackup for DB2
- NetBackup for DB2 with Snapshot Client features
- About NetBackup for DB2 with Snapshot Client operations
- About the sequence of a NetBackup for DB2 backup operation with Snapshot Client methods
- About the sequence of a NetBackup for DB2 restore operation with Snapshot Client methods
- About database objects supported by advanced backup methods
- About multistreaming and DB2 snapshot backups
- About symbolic links and DB2 backups and restores (UNIX)
- NetBackup for DB2 stream-based operations
- NetBackup for DB2 file-based operations
- Example: multiple sessions for a DB2 snapshot backup
- About configuring Snapshot Client with NetBackup for DB2
- Configuration requirements for snapshot backups with NetBackup for DB2
- Configuring a snapshot policy for NetBackup for DB2
- About configuring the db2.conf for a snapshot policy
- Restoring NetBackup for DB2 from a snapshot backup
- About restoring individual files from a NetBackup for DB2 snapshot backup
- About NetBackup for DB2 restores of volumes and file systems using snapshot rollback
- Performing a NetBackup for DB2 point-in-time rollback restore from a SnapVault backup (UNIX)
- Performing a snapshot rollback restore from the command line
- Troubleshooting NetBackup for DB2 rollback restores
- About configuring NetBackup for DB2 block-level incremental backups on UNIX
- How BLI works with NetBackup for DB2 (UNIX)
- About the Storage Checkpoint facility and NetBackup for DB2
- Configuration requirements for BLI backups with NetBackup for DB2
- Storage Checkpoint configuration on the NetBackup for DB2 client
- Configuring policies for BLI backups with NetBackup for DB2
- BLI incremental backup options using NetBackup for DB2
- About Snapshot Client effects
- Performing NetBackup for DB2 backups with Snapshot Client methods
- Performing NetBackup for DB2 restores with Snapshot Client methods
- Troubleshooting NetBackup for DB2
- NetBackup debug logs and reports
- Enabling the debug logs for a NetBackup for DB2 client automatically (Windows)
- Enabling the debug logs manually (Windows)
- Enabling the debug logs manually (UNIX)
- About the NetBackup for DB2 log files
- Setting the debug level on a Windows client
- Setting the debug level on a UNIX client
- Minimizing timeout failures on large database restores
- Minimizing the loading and unloading of tapes for database backups
- Use the NET_BUFFER_SZ file to speed up a slow restore
- About false restore failures reported in the activity monitor
- About the error message codes
- Appendix A. Configuration for a DB2 EEE (DPF) environment
- Appendix B. Using NetBackup for DB2 with SAP®
- Appendix C. Register authorized locations
Configuring policies for BLI backups with NetBackup for DB2
This topic explains how to configure BLI backups for DB2 policies. BLI backups do not back up the transaction logs. Include policies or schedules to perform file-based or stream-based backups.
Your backup configuration must ensure that the entire database can be successfully restored.
To configure a policy for BLI backups, configure the following:
An Automatic Backup schedule to perform full and incremental snapshot backups of the data files. These backups automatically include the history file.
An Application Backup schedule to perform an initial stream-based backup of the database. Then, conditionally, perform a stream-based backup of transaction logs. Specify this schedule if you use the VENDOR method for backing up the transaction logs. These files are backed up with the standard NetBackup for DB2 operations.
(Conditional) A Standard or MS-Windows policy with a User Backup schedule to perform a file-based backup of transaction logs. Specify this policy and schedule if you use the user exit program to back up the transaction logs.
To configure a policy for BLI backups
- Open the policy you want to configure.
- Click the Attributes tab.
- From the Policy Type list, choose DB2.
- Select a Policy storage.
- Select Perform block level incremental backups.
- To configure schedules, click the Schedules tab.
DB2 does not support proxy backups of transaction logs.
To perform a whole database proxy backup, configure the following:
One or more Automatic Backup schedules to perform BLI backups of the data files.
This backup automatically includes a backup of the history file.
An Application Backup schedule type for the initial backup of the database and transaction log backups using the VENDOR method.
- On the Clients tab, specify clients to be backed up with this policy.
- On the Backup Selections tab, specify the script.
See About the types of NetBackup for DB2 BLI backups.
See How BLI works with NetBackup for DB2 (UNIX).
See Configuration requirements for BLI backups with NetBackup for DB2.