Migrating an on-premises database to a Db2 Universal Container database

You can move your existing on-premises FTM database to a database in a Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform container. Before you move the existing on-premises database, Db2® must be upgraded and the database must be migrated to the latest release.

You can use the following methods to migrate your on-premises database to a Db2U database in a container.

Use the Db2U restore script

Move your database backup image file to the container where Db2U is running. Then, restore the database by using the Db2U restore script. The following example shows the syntax for the script.

/db2u/scripts/db_restore_extdb.sh --bkp-dir /mnt/backup --dblist FTMDB –replace

For more information, see Using the IBM Db2U restore script.

Use the IBM® Db2 Click-to-Containerize utility

This utility is supplied by Db2 and is not provided with your FTM offering. For more information, see IBM Db2 Click-to-Containerize.