"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1130202123.507528.283630_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I'm curious: since the maximum file size in, say, an ext3 file system
> in RHAS is 64Gb, are you saying DB2 backup can only handle a
> maximum database size of that calibre? What happens then to the
> claimed multi-Tb dbs it's supposed to handle? Or is it only the
> "same" mainframe version that can do that? Does it backup a multi-Tb
> db to a single file? How? Can it do a partial backup then?
>
A DB2 database backup can be split into multiple files if multiple paths are
specified in the backup command. Individual tablespaces can also be backed
up instead of the entire database if circular logging is not used..
Received on Mon Oct 24 2005 - 22:25:53 CDT
