backup image compatibility between different versions

[jagdip]

hi all,

right now, i can recover offline backups from version 6 or 7 to version
8. i want to keep my version 8 backups for next 7 years. does anyone
know how far in the future i will be able to recover my V8 backups.
will i be able to recover my V8 backups to say V12 in the future?

regards,
jag

[Mark A]

<ja****@gmail.com> wrote in message
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hi all,

right now, i can recover offline backups from version 6 or 7 to version
8. i want to keep my version 8 backups for next 7 years. does anyone
know how far in the future i will be able to recover my V8 backups.
will i be able to recover my V8 backups to say V12 in the future?

regards,
jag

I would stay with the V8. The V12 gets terrible gas mileage.

[Darin McBride]

ja****@gmail.com wrote:

hi all,

right now, i can recover offline backups from version 6 or 7 to version
8. i want to keep my version 8 backups for next 7 years. does anyone
know how far in the future i will be able to recover my V8 backups.
will i be able to recover my V8 backups to say V12 in the future?

No, no one can know that until v12 is released. However, I would
highly doubt that v8 to v12 migration would be supported.

You will need to keep DB2 version 8 itself backed up for those 7 years,
and then formulate a migration plan should the data backups be required
as you move to newer versions of DB2.

[Mark A]

"Darin McBride" <dm******@naboo.to.org.no.spam.for.me> wrote in message
news:nlJue.1784400

No, no one can know that until v12 is released. However, I would
highly doubt that v8 to v12 migration would be supported.

You will need to keep DB2 version 8 itself backed up for those 7 years,
and then formulate a migration plan should the data backups be required
as you move to newer versions of DB2.

Current policy is that they support up to 2 release back. So version 6 can
be restored on version 8.

[Matt Emmerton]

"Darin McBride" <dm******@naboo.to.org.no.spam.for.me> wrote in message
news:nlJue.1784400$Xk.1302159@pd7tw3no...

ja****@gmail.com wrote:

hi all,

right now, i can recover offline backups from version 6 or 7 to version
8. i want to keep my version 8 backups for next 7 years. does anyone
know how far in the future i will be able to recover my V8 backups.
will i be able to recover my V8 backups to say V12 in the future?

No, no one can know that until v12 is released. However, I would
highly doubt that v8 to v12 migration would be supported.

You will need to keep DB2 version 8 itself backed up for those 7 years,
and then formulate a migration plan should the data backups be required
as you move to newer versions of DB2.

Or formulate a data retention plan that involves exporting the content of
the database into a textual format which is then database-independent, and
would require minimal effort to place back into a database form in the
future.

--
Matt Emmerton

[Gert van der Kooij]

In article <iI********************@rogers.com>, Matt Emmerton
(me******@nospam.yahoo.com) says...

You will need to keep DB2 version 8 itself backed up for those 7 years,
and then formulate a migration plan should the data backups be required
as you move to newer versions of DB2.

Or formulate a data retention plan that involves exporting the content of
the database into a textual format which is then database-independent, and
would require minimal effort to place back into a database form in the
future.

Or restore the backups on the next higher version (which migrates it
allready) and make a new backup.