Backup and Recovery products for Db2 customization tasks

This section describes the customization tasks that you must complete for the Backup and Recovery products for Db2.

The Backup and Recovery products for Db2 include the following products:

  • BMC AMI Copy for Db2

  • BMC AMI Recover for Db2

  • BMC AMI Log Master for Db2

  • PACLOG for Db2

  • R+/CHANGE ACCUM

  • BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2

You must complete the customization tasks described in the following topics for the Backup and Recovery products for Db2.


Summary of generic customization tasks for Backup and Recovery products

Customization task

Description and link

Controlling access and setting user authorizations

Before you run the IVP jobs for the products that you are installing, you should grant the appropriate Db2 and data set authorizations to your users.

After you have granted the appropriate authorizations, complete any additional customization tasks for your installed products before verifying your installation.

See the Required user authorizations table.

Completing tasks specific to BMC AMI Recovery Manager

You must customize BMC AMI Recovery Managerto operate in your environment.

See the BMC AMI Recovery Manager customization tasks table.

Executing BCSS commands for PACLOG

You must initialize the product in PACLOGprocessing only (PPO) mode.

See BCSS commands for PACLOG.

(optional) Enabling interaction between products

You might need to enable interaction between the following products:

Setting the MEMLIMIT system parameter

See Setting the MEMLIMIT system parameter.

Verifying product installation

The Installation System generates an installation verification procedure (IVP) job for each installed Backup and Recovery or Utility product. To help ensure that a product installed properly, BMC strongly recommends that you run the corresponding IVP job.

See Verifying Backup and Recovery product and Utility product installation.

Required user authorizations

Customization task

Description and link

Specifying authorization verification mechanisms for the Backup and Recovery products and Utility products

See Authorization verification mechanisms for the Backup and Recovery products and Utility products.

Specifying BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2user authorizations

See BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 user authorizations.

Specifying BMC AMI Copyuser authorizations

See BMC AMI Copy for Db2 user authorizations.

Specifying BMC AMI Recoveruser authorizations

See BMC AMI Recover for Db2 user authorizations.

Specifying BMC AMI Log Master for Db2user authorizations

See BMC AMI Log Master for Db2 user authorizations.

Specifying PACLOG for Db2user authorizations

See PACLOG for Db2 user authorizations.

Specifying R+/CHANGE ACCUMuser authorizations

See R+/CHANGE ACCUM user authorizations.

Specifying High-speed Apply Engine user authorizations

See High-speed Apply Engine user authorizations.

Specifying DBC authorizations

See the section about the required authorizations for user IDs in Common mainframe infrastructure documentation Open link .

You must customize BMC AMI Recovery Manager to operate in your environment.

BMC AMI Recovery Managercustomization tasks

Customization task

Description and link

Required temporary tables for BMC AMI Recovery Manager

BMC AMI Recovery Managerrequires declared Db2 global temporary tables.

See Required temporary tables for BMC AMI Recovery Manager.

Preparing for archive logs greater than 64 KB tracks

To successfully use archive logs greater than 64 KB tracks, you must set up some SMS rules.

See Preparing for archive logs greater than 64 KB tracks.

Migrating from an earlier version of BMC AMI Recovery Manager

Additional tasks, which are dependent on the versions you are updating from and to, are necessary if you migrating from an earlier version of BMC AMI Recovery Manager.

See Migrating from an earlier version of BMC AMI Recovery Manager.

Setting up data sharing for BMC AMI Recovery Manager

This is required if you have installed BMC AMI Recovery Manager for some of your Db2 subsystems and are now preparing to migrate to data sharing.

See Setting up data sharing for BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2.

BMC AMI Recovery Managerarchive history file

You should create an archive history file for each Db2 subsystem on which disaster recovery procedures will be generated.

See BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 archive history file.

BMC AMI Recovery Manageroption set

The ARM$OPTS, which is the default option set, contains information for all subsystems that share the BMC AMI Recovery Manager load libraries and control files.

See BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 option set.

BMC AMI Recovery Managerpackages

SYSPACKAGE in the Db2 catalog will need to be cleaned up by using the FREE command because each release of BMC AMI Recovery Manager introduces a new version of each package.

See BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 packages.

BMC AMI Recovery Managerrepository

A repository is required for each Db2 subsystem. In a data sharing environment, one repository is required for each data sharing group.

See BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 repository.


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