Re: DB2 Backup offline on Winnt

2004-11-03 Thread Sandra
also i have started to hear about ESS where i'll have to take flashcopy into consideration and Server free backupss hhh !!! Will be bugging you guys on this too later .. i wish after 1 week or so !! and not earlier ! Sandra ! Sandra wrote: > yes you ar

Re: DB2 Backup offline on Winnt

2004-11-03 Thread Sandra
yes you are right !! and not only that .. but also Lotus .. just about to post one question on the policy .. i am confusd in policy for retention. Right now .. i want to just take backups of the backups taken by their application. LAter on i will automate using TSM. Can anyone kindly give me th

Re: DB2 Backup offline on Winnt

2004-11-02 Thread Steve Harris
Sandra, You really have jumped in at the deep end haven't you? DB2, Oracle, offsite all at once. There is no need to shy away from DB2. Its interface is reasonably straightforward, and there is a redbook to tell you exactly how to set it up. http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246247.

DB2 Backup offline on Winnt

2004-11-01 Thread Sandra
Dear All, Since we don't have any DB2 Administrator therefore I am not going into taking online backups of DB2. The application that is using DB2 taking DB2 backups by first shutting doen the database and then taking backups using DB2 commands and then starting the database. They keep this backedup