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Deploy your database applications and projects on the cloud

Using IBM DB2 data server and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Rav Ahuja (rsahuja@ca.ibm.com), Senior Product Manager, IBM
Rav Ahuja is a Senior Product Manager for Data Management at IBM and is based in the Toronto Lab. He has been working with DB2 since version 1, and he has held various roles in DB2 development, technical support, marketing, and product management. In addition to product strategy and evangelism, Rav spends his time helping customers and business partners around the globe benefit from DB2 solutions using emerging technologies and cloud computing. He is a frequent presenter at events in many countries, and he has written numerous papers, articles and books related to DB2. In his spare time, Rav helps maintain ChannelDB2.com, a social network that aggregates DB2 related videos, blogs, podcasts, and so on. Rav holds a Computer Engineering degree from McGill University and an MBA from University of Western Ontario.
Bradley Steinfeld (bsteinfe@ca.ibm.com), Software Developer, IBM
Bradley Steinfeld is a software developer and an open-source-software evangelist based out of the IBM Toronto Lab. He is one of the first IBMers to work with DB2 on the cloud, and he has become an expert on various cloud technologies (Amazon EC2, CloudBurst, Eucalyptus, and so on). He has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.

Summary:  Cloud computing is an increasingly popular paradigm that can significantly accelerate development and prototyping cycles. In this tutorial you will learn how you can easily deploy your database applications and projects on the cloud in just minutes using IBM® DB2® data server and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). No prior cloud computing or DB2 experience is necessary.

Date:  28 Jan 2010
Level:  Intermediate PDF:  A4 and Letter (2313 KB | 39 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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F. Creating a snapshot of your database volumes on Elastic Block Storage (EBS)

Follow these steps to create a snapshot of your database volumes on Elastic Block Storage (EBS).

  1. Open the Amazon Management Console Web page, and select Volumes, as shown in Figure 59.

Figure 59. Management console
Shows Management Console options
  1. Select the volume, as shown in Figure 60.

Figure 60. EBS volumes
list of volumes
  1. Click Create Snapshot.
  2. Click Yes, Create, as shown in Figure 61.

Figure 61. Create snapshot
Are you sure you want to make a backup of this volume?
  1. Click your snapshot to view it, as shown in Figure 62.

Figure 62. EBS snapshots
Shows view of snapshots

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