IBM Software Hub online backup and restore

Cluster administrators or users with a similar role can create online backups of a IBM® Software Hub instance and restore a backup to the same cluster or to a different cluster.

Options What to do
You want to create backups. Create backups with one of the following products:
  1. The IBM Software Hub OADP backup and restore utility
  2. IBM Fusion
  3. 5.1.0-5.1.1 NetApp Astra Control Center
  4. 5.1.2 and later NetApp Trident protect
You want to restore a backup to the same cluster. Restore backups to the same cluster with one of the following products:
  1. The IBM Software Hub OADP backup and restore utility
  2. IBM Fusion
  3. 5.1.0-5.1.1 NetApp Astra Control Center
  4. 5.1.2 and later NetApp Trident protect
You want to restore a backup to a different cluster. Restore an online backup with one of the following products:
  1. IBM Fusion
  2. 5.1.0-5.1.1 NetApp Astra Control Center
  3. 5.1.2 and later NetApp Trident protect
  4. Portworx

Backing up Db2, Db2 Warehouse, and dependent services

To ensure data consistency when online backups are taken, all Db2 databases are write-suspended when volume snapshots are created. Write suspending Db2 databases impacts the following dependent services:

  • Db2 Big SQL
  • Data Virtualization
  • IBM Knowledge Catalog
Note: Online backups of Db2 and Db2 Warehouse instances with circular logging enabled is supported.