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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ for DB2 Administrator's Guide
  5. Using Snapshot Client with NetBackup for DB2
  7. Performing NetBackup for DB2 backups with Snapshot Client methods
Veritas NetBackup™ for DB2 Administrator's Guide

Performing NetBackup for DB2 backups with Snapshot Client methods

After configuration is complete, performing NetBackup for DB2 with Snapshot Client backups and restores is similar to conventional NetBackup for DB2 operations. The following sections describe some of the differences.

NetBackup for DB2 performs backups with Snapshot Client in the following ways:

  • User-directed, by template creation and execution on the client

  • User-directed, from the command line or the script as a DB2 user (with the bpdb2proxy command)

  • Server-directed, from an automatic schedule on the master server

All of these methods require a DB2 policy with Snapshot Client configuration.

User-directed backups using templates

To perform a backup from the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface, run a template through DB2 Template Administration (click Actions > Administer Templates > DB2). You can also create a new template using the DB2 Backup Wizard, and run the template from the Template Complete screen.

The backup that results from the template is a Snapshot Client backup if the policy is configured for Snapshot Client methods. Be sure to add the client to that policy on the master server.

You also must specify a policy in the db2.conf file on the client.

User-directed backups using bpdb2proxy

Use the bpdb2proxy command to perform a Snapshot Client backup of your DB2 database from the command line. You must be the DB2 user to use the bpdb2proxy command. For backups, specify the -backup option with bpdb2proxy.

Use the bpdb2proxy command in the following format to back up a DB2 database with a Snapshot Client method:

Windows:install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpdb2proxy -backup -d dbalias -u user -p password

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdb2proxy -backup -d dbalias -u user -p password

Server-directed backups

The following describes the process for configuring policies for DB2 backups with Snapshot Client.

These policies specify Snapshot Client backups for the DB2 database.

More Information

Configuring a snapshot policy for NetBackup for DB2

Performing NetBackup for DB2 restores with Snapshot Client methods

How Snapshot Client software affects backup types

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