Db2 Advanced Copy Services (ACS) API

The Db2 Advanced Copy Services (ACS) application programming interface (API) defines a set of functions that the database manager uses to communicate with storage hardware to perform snapshot backup operations. The Db2 ACS API is only supported on Linux® and UNIX operating systems.

To perform snapshot backup and restore operations, you need one of two things:

A Db2 ACS API driver for your storage device. For a list of supported storage hardware for the integrated driver, refer to this tech note.
For storage devices that are not supported, implement a custom script that allows your storage device to perform snapshot operations.