Database cloning preprocessing and postprocessing

Repetitive processing steps that occur before and after database cloning can be automated by scripts.

The required functions in the automated scripts depend on the cloning environment. Because all possible environments cannot be covered by one package, preprocessing and postprocessing must be considered outside the scope of IBM® Storage Protect Snapshot cloning.

IBM Storage Protect Snapshot provides a framework in which you can run shell scripts and component scripts on the clone system. Run the shell scripts before a clone database is unmounted and after a new clone database is created. Then, you can fully automate the cloning process.