About NetBackup for DB2 templates and shell scripts

To perform a scheduled NetBackup for DB2 backup, you must create a template or a shell script. The template or the shell script controls the backup job on the NetBackup for DB2 client. You add this template or the shell script to the Backup Selections list in the NetBackup for DB2 policy on the master server. You can also use the template or the shell script to manually start a backup on the client.

The following describes templates and shell scripts.

Templates

The NetBackup for DB2 backup wizard creates backup templates. This wizard is initiated from the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.

The NetBackup for DB2 backup wizard does not support all of the commands and options that DB2 provides. If a template does not provide all of the required functionality, you must write a script.

Shell scripts

Sample backup and recovery shell scripts are installed on the client with the NetBackup for DB2 agent. Modify these scripts to meet your individual requirements.

Shell scripts the user writes, must conform to DB2 syntax. On UNIX, they must conform to the UNIX shell syntax.

NetBackup for DB2 also provides a utility, bpdbsbdb2, that can generate a shell script from a backup wizard template. This utility lets you create a template with the wizard and then generate a shell script from it. You can then run the shell script or modify the shell script further.

More Information

Creating a backup template using the NetBackup for DB2 backup wizard

Creating DB2 scripts manually

Creating shell scripts using bpdbsbdb2

About NetBackup for DB2 templates and shell scripts

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