Db2 snapshots

The snapshot component (also called the SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE (SUF)) of XBM for Db2  is designed to work with certain BMC high-performance utilities to allow you to run the utilities against your data while that data remains available for updates.

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The BMC utilities for Db2 that can use the snapshot component are:

  • CHECK PLUS for DB2
  • BMC AMI Copy for Db2 
  • LOADPLUS for DB2
  • BMC AMI Recover for Db2
  • REORG PLUS for DB2
  • UNLOAD PLUS for DB2

In addition to enabling online utility functionality, the snapshot component provides the following functionality for the utilities:

Utility

Feature

Description

BMC AMI Copy

Restartable snapshot copies

This feature allows you to restart failed BMC AMI Copy Snapshot Copy jobs while maintaining the original quiesce point.

Space map page update monitoring

This feature enables native support for the SHRLEVEL CHANGE RESETMOD YES option.

LOADPLUS

Referential constraint checking

This feature allows you to check referential constraints during your load job.

For basic instructions about how to perform snapshots, see Enabling-software-snapshots or Enabling-hardware-snapshots.

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