Db2uRestore resource

You can start a restore operation through the creation of a Db2uRestore resource. To start this restore operation, you need a Db2uCluster or Db2uInstance custom resource in a Ready state and a completed Db2uBackup resource.

Before you begin

Db2uRestore is a Db2 or Db2 Warehouse restore utility. To start a Db2uRestore operation, you first need these resources:

A Db2uCluster or Db2uInstance CR in a Ready State
A completed Db2uBackup operation

The type of Db2uBackup resource (offline, online, or incremental) determines the type of restore operation. For an incremental backup, the Db2uRestore resource sets a flag for an automatic incremental backup, which allows only one backup designation for the restore operation. To restore all of your most recent changes, specify the last incremental backup.

Important: If you have already restored a backup, do not restore another backup made before that restore operation. Doing so can result in issues such as dropping the database before the next restore and require manual intervention.

Create a Db2uRestore for a Db2 or Db2 Warehouse backup

Creating the Db2uRestore resource starts the restore operation of your Db2 backup.

You create a Db2uRestore resource through a YAML script. You can edit the YAML script in three ways:

Through the Red Hat® OpenShift® console
Through the Red Hat OpenShift command-line tool
Through the command-line tool of a Kubernetes cluster

To create a Db2uRestore resource by using the Red Hat OpenShift console, follow these steps:

Go to Installed Operators > IBM Db2.
Click the Db2uRestore tab.
On this tab page, you can create your Db2uRestore resource in two ways:
1. By following the on-screen instructions of the form view
2. By entering and running a YAML script that is completed with information about your setup:
```
apiVersion: db2ubnr.databases.ibm.com/v1alpha1
kind: Db2uRestore
metadata:
  name: <name of your db2ubackup>
spec:
  db2uCluster: <name of your existing db2uCluster>
  db2uBackup: <name of your existing db2uBackup>
```

Example of the Db2uRestore syntax

The following example shows the command syntax for running the Db2uRestore utility to recover the Db2uBackup resource mybackup:

apiVersion: db2ubnr.databases.ibm.com/v1alpha1
kind: Db2uRestore
metadata:
  name: myrestore
spec:
  db2uCluster: mycluster
  db2uBackup: mybackup

For reference on understanding the Db2uRestore command syntax, review these definitions:

metadata.name is a valid Kubernetes resource name.
Note: A restore name cannot be reused, even if the Db2uRestore resource is deleted.
spec.db2uCluster is an active db2uCluster in the same namespace as the Db2uRestore.
spec.db2uBackup is a complete db2uBackup in the same namespace as the Db2uRestore.

Db2uRestore status indicator

Check the status of the restore operation by running this command:

oc get db2urestore <mybackup>

The status indicator for a Db2uRestore operation has four possible statuses:

InProgress - The restore operation is ongoing.
Complete - The restore operation was successful.
InvalidSpec - There is something wrong with the fields of the Db2uRestore CR.
Error - The restore operation failed.

Delete a Db2uRestore resource

You can delete a Db2uRestore resource by running this command:

oc delete db2urestore <name of db2urestore>