Quiescing a data sharing member

Quiescing a member of a data sharing group temporarily or indefinitely removes the member from the group. A quiesced member can be restarted at any time.

Procedure

Begin general-use programming interface information.To quiesce a member of a data sharing group:

  1. Stop the member you are going to quiesce.
    This example assumes that you want to quiesce member DB3A: 
    -DB3A STOP DB2 MODE(QUIESCE)
  2. From another member, enter the following commands: 
    DISPLAY GROUP
DISPLAY UTILITY (*) MEMBER(member-name)
DISPLAY DATABASE(*) RESTRICT

    If there is no unresolved work, you can stop now. However, if you want to create an archive log, continue to the next step.

  3. If there is unresolved work, or if you want to create a disaster recovery archive log (as in step 4), start the quiesced member with ACCESS(MAINT). 
    -DB3A START DB2 ACCESS(MAINT)

    If there is unresolved work, resolve any remaining activity for the member, such as resolving indoubt threads, finishing or stopping utility work, and so on.

  4. Optional: To create an archive log that can be sent to a disaster recovery site, archive the log for the member by entering the following command: 
    -DB3A ARCHIVE LOG
  5. Stop the member again with MODE(QUIESCE). 
    -DB3A STOP DB2 MODE(QUIESCE)

    End general-use programming interface information.