Optimizing for data deduplication

You can request DB2® to optimize the format of backup images for target storage devices that support data deduplication.

When backup data is stored on locations that perform data deduplication, for example IBM Storage Protect™ container storage pools, streams of unchanged data must be created in the same way for each backup. When command line option -o is passed to backom, DB2 is requested to optimize the format of the backup images for target storage devices that support data deduplication.