Key concepts

This section provides an overview of the BMC AMI Log Master for Db2 product, describing the product's basic features, architecture, and operational and installation considerations. A task roadmap lists the specific tasks that you can perform and points to step-by-step instructions for completing them.

The BMC AMI Log Master for Db2 product enables you to access and use the Db2 log for purposes beyond restart and recovery. With Log Master, you can easily retrieve information stored in Db2 log records to support data migration and audit tasks. Special product features provide innovative solutions to the complex problems associated with logical backout and recovery of application transactions.

Log Master features help you:

Perform recovery tasks:
- Identify and analyze problem transactions
- Automate the recovery of dropped objects
- Generate data definition language (DDL) statements or objects
- Analyze quiet points
Migrate data between databases, systems, and platforms
Perform auditing tasks:
- Audit log information
- Create logical log files
- Get performance and statistical information
- Analyze Data Capture Changes (DCC) impact
- Support Db2 table-level security
View Db2 subsystem log status
Support Db2 data sharing environments

Important

Log Master cannot report on table types for which:

Activity is not logged, such as global temporary tables (GTT) and objects defined with LOG NO
Schema is not stored in the Db2 catalog, such as declared temporary tables (DTT) and the directory

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