DB2 Cold backup

[Santhosh]

Dear All

Please help me asap

I have DB2 production installations.. I need to take a cold backup of
the Db2 database. Version is 8.1.7.. So can I have whare are the
folders that I need to take the backup after shutting down the DB2?

Thanks in advance
Regards
Santhosh

[Knut Stolze]

Santhosh wrote:

Dear All

Please help me asap

I have DB2 production installations.. I need to take a cold backup of
the Db2 database. Version is 8.1.7.. So can I have whare are the
folders that I need to take the backup after shutting down the DB2?

When you take a backup, you'll have to specify the location where the backup
image shall be written.

--
Knut Stolze
DB2 Information Integration Development
IBM Germany

[Mark A]

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Dear All

Please help me asap

I have DB2 production installations.. I need to take a cold backup of
the Db2 database. Version is 8.1.7.. So can I have whare are the
folders that I need to take the backup after shutting down the DB2?

Thanks in advance

Regards
Santhosh

You cannot simply copy the file systems. You must use the DB2 backup
command. This does not backup the DB2 binaries or the instance, which must
be recreated manually on another machine if you have a disaster (unless you
backup the entire machine).

[Pierre Saint-Jacques]

If you use Google to do a search on:
db2relocatedb and db2 inidb as standby, you will find how and what to file
copy to another system and how to indicate to the db2 sysyem on that target
to identify and locate the copies.
This si not something you do for fun!
If you need a cold copy of your database, use the db2 backup command with an
offline and quiesce parm. This will ensure that the backup is offline, i.e.
cold.

HTH, Pierre.

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Pierre Saint-Jacques
SES Consultants Inc.
514-737-4515
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"Santhosh" <ko******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Dear All

Please help me asap

I have DB2 production installations.. I need to take a cold backup of
the Db2 database. Version is 8.1.7.. So can I have whare are the
folders that I need to take the backup after shutting down the DB2?

Thanks in advance

Regards
Santhosh

You cannot simply copy the file systems. You must use the DB2 backup
command. This does not backup the DB2 binaries or the instance, which must
be recreated manually on another machine if you have a disaster (unless
you backup the entire machine).