Setting the SEGMENTSIZE parameter for large databases

Environments that contain large databases that rapidly increase in size might encounter problems when data is transferred to the IBM Storage Protect™ server. For example, you might encounter the following problems when you back up or restore large databases:

• Canceling a running backup session takes an unacceptably long time. This behavior is because of multiple internal processing activities on the IBM Storage Protect server.
• The recovery log for the IBM Storage Protect internal database might become unavailable when large databases are processed. This unavailability prevents immediate access to important recovery data.

To avoid potential problems that are related to transferring large objects, use the Data Protection for SAP SEGMENTSIZE profile keyword. This keyword specifies the upper bound of the segments that are split from large backup objects during backup and restore processing.