About the NetBackup for DB2 components
Table: NetBackup for DB2 component descriptions describes the main NetBackup components in a NetBackup for DB2 environment.
Table: NetBackup for DB2 component descriptions
Component | Description |
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NBDB2 vendor I/O library | The DB2 BACKUP and RESTORE commands use the NBDB2 vendor I/O library to send data buffers between a DB2 database and NetBackup. You specify the library as the argument to the LOAD parameter of the DB2 BACKUP and RESTORE commands. The installation program installs the vendor library in the following location: On Windows: On UNIX: On UNIX, the name of the vendor library differs, depending on your platform as follows:
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User exit program | The NetBackup for DB2 user exit program, db2uext2, provides one method for backing up and restoring the DB2 archive log files. Use this method at the following times:
The user exit program backs up and restores the archive logs as files. The file is called db2uext2.64. NetBackup for DB2 supports this method for protecting the archive logs on all supported DB2 releases. The user exit program resides in the following location: On Windows: %DB2_INSTANCE%\bin\db2uext2.exe On UNIX: $DB2_INSTANCE/sqllib/adm/db2uext2. Other methods are available for backing up archive log files. |
Sample configuration file (db2.conf) and script files | The installation software installs the following sample files:
The installation software writes these sample files to the following location: On Windows: On UNIX: To use the sample files, copy the sample files to working directories and modify them for your own use. |