Options for image copies from Db2 Recovery Expert system level backups
Db2 Automation Expert can create image copies from system level backups taken by Db2 Recovery Expert. To use this feature, you must have Db2 Recovery Expert V2.2 with APAR PM06332 or higher installed on the subsystem.
This image copy utility allows you to select a current or specific Db2 Recovery Expert system level backup and allows you to set options for the image copy.
There are several ways for Db2 Automation Expert to extract an image copy from a Db2 Recovery Expert SLB:
- Select a specific Db2 Recovery Expert system level backup from the utility profile
- Locate the current system level backup at Db2 Automation Expert build time for each object.
- Db2 Automation Expert can locate the system level backup at utility execution time.
Many of the Db2 Automation Expert features, such as user skeletons, object wildcarding, exception processing, and image copy thresholds can be used when making image copies from Db2 Recovery Expert SLBs.
Attention:
- Template and LISTDEFs are not supported for this feature and will not be generated regardless of the job options settings in the job profile.
- The system level backups taken with Db2 Recovery Expert do not allow image copies to be made at the all partition level (the DSNUM ALL keyword). Objects in Db2 Automation Expert profiles that specify PART ALL will be exploded into individual partitions and the copies taken at the individual partition level.
- If these image copies will be used for recovery, the recovery must be done at the partition level.