Veritas NetBackup™ for DB2 Administrator's Guide
- Introduction to NetBackup for DB2
- Installing NetBackup for DB2
- Configuring NetBackup for DB2
- About configuring a backup policy for DB2
- About adding backup selections to a DB2 policy
- 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
- About NetBackup for DB2 templates and shell scripts
- Performing backups and restores of DB2
- About user-directed backups
- Performing a database restore
- About an alternate restore
- Using Snapshot Client with NetBackup for DB2
- About NetBackup for DB2 with Snapshot Client operations
- Restoring NetBackup for DB2 from a snapshot backup
- About configuring NetBackup for DB2 block-level incremental backups on UNIX
- Configuring policies for BLI backups with NetBackup for DB2
- About Snapshot Client effects
- Troubleshooting NetBackup for DB2
- About the NetBackup for DB2 log files
- Appendix A. Configuration for a DB2 EEE (DPF) environment
- Appendix B. Using NetBackup for DB2 with SAP®
- Appendix C. Register authorized locations
Using the NetBackup for DB2 recovery wizard
NetBackup for DB2 includes a recovery wizard that solicits information from the user about the desired DB2 restore and recover operations. The wizard uses the information to create a template that can be used immediately or saved for later use.
The NetBackup for DB2 recovery wizard saves a recovery template locally in a user-specified location on the NetBackup client. Recovery templates are not stored on the server because recovery is always user directed, not scheduled. Under typical circumstances, a recovery template is run immediately and then deleted.
The recovery process sometimes requires passwords for DB2 database access and system user accounts. Templates store encrypted passwords that are decrypted at runtime.
Because recovery can be a complex process, it might be necessary to perform manual steps as part of the operation. For more information, see your DB2 documentation.