Starting an BMC AMI Copy job

You start the BMC AMI Copy job by submitting it for execution.

This topic describes the conditions for starting an BMC AMI Copy job.

Copy jobs for read-write databases

If the copies that you are making are for one or more spaces or partitions in a read-write database. Perform the following tasks:

Ensure all target spaces have an acceptable initial status before you start an BMC AMI Copy job (For more information, see Initial-status-considerations-for-copy-jobs).
When you are planning for point-in-time recovery and are copying DSNDB06.SYSCOPY, be sure to copy DSNDB06.SYSCOPY after copying all of the spaces whose image copies are registered in it, otherwise, the copy information in it will not be valid. The wildcard DB2CATALOG accomplishes this for you; see Example-6-Copying-the-Db2-catalog-and-directory for an example.

For jobs that use the MODIFY command, ensure that all target spaces have an acceptable initial status before you start a modified job.

Important

If your SYSIN includes commands to make copies in addition to the MODIFY command, see BMC-AMI-Copy-data-set-DD-statements.