Overview of online backup and restore procedures for Security Verify Directory

You can have an overview of online backup and restore procedures for Security Verify Directory through the information provided here.

When a Security Verify Directory database is created, only circular logging is enabled for it. This means that log files are reused in a circular fashion, and are not saved or archived. With circular logging, rollforward recovery is not possible but crash recovery is possible. The directory server must be stopped and should be offline when backups are taken. Before performing online backups, administrators must plan a strategy to manage the DB2® log files that will be needed to perform a restore from an online backup.