Veritas 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 templates and shell scripts
- Performing backups and restores of DB2
- NetBackup for DB2 backup overview
- About backups from the NetBackup master server
- About user-directed backups
- Using the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface to browse DB2 resources
- About browsing DB2 backup images with bplist
- Performing a database restore
- About an alternate restore
- 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 Java or Windows interface
- 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
- About NetBackup server reports
- 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
- Delays in completion of backup jobs
- Appendix A. Configuration for a DB2 EEE (DPF) environment
- Appendix B. Using NetBackup for DB2 with SAP®
- Appendix C. Register authorized locations
- Index
Creating a backup template using the NetBackup for DB2 backup wizard
The following procedure shows you how to browse the DB2 environment from the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface on the NetBackup for DB2 client. You can use the interface to select database objects for backup. Then it shows how to access the backup wizard to create the backup template. Before you create a template on the master server the client must exist in a policy or in the NetBackup image catalog.
Note:
The Backup, Archive, and Restore interface only displays local or resident partitions. Any templates that are created on the local client do not back up partitions on remote hosts. Create additional templates for the other remote partitions by running the wizard on those clients. To back up the entire EEE/DPF configuration, specify multiple templates in the policy backup selections list.
To create a backup template by using the NetBackup for DB2 backup wizard
- Start the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface:
On the Windows Start menu, choose All Programs > Veritas NetBackup > Backup, Archive, and Restore.
On UNIX, issue the following command:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/jbpSA &
- On Windows, click Select for Backup.
On UNIX, click the Backup Files tab.
- In the left pane, expand the DB2 resource to view a DB2 instance hierarchy.
- Select a node in the left pane to view details in the right pane.
When you select any parent database object, NetBackup for DB2 automatically selects all the child objects beneath it. A description is available of the database object types in the backup window.
- After you select the DB2 objects to back up, use the NetBackup for DB2 Backup Wizard to create a backup template for that DB2 element.
Click Actions > Backup.
The NetBackup for DB2 backup wizard displays the following screens for you to enter information about the backup operation you want to perform:
Welcome
Database Login
Initial Settings
Backup Options
Template Summary
Click Help on the wizard panel for more information.
- When you complete the wizard, the Template Complete screen appears. You can save the template for later use, run the template immediately, or both.
Click Help for details about saving and running the template you created.
- When you are satisfied with the template, click Finish to save, run, or save and run the template you created.
When you run a backup template from the wizard, NetBackup performs a full backup.