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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 7, 2021

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Differential retention of replicated backup data coming from databases like DB2

Submitting on behalf of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. Customer would like Spectrum Protect and DB2 to cooperate on retention of backup data from databases such that it could be retained at a primary site for a longer amount of time than it is retained at a remote site supported by Spectrum Protect replication.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Jul 9, 2021

    IBM has evaluated the request, and has determined that it can not be implemented at this time or does not align with the current multi-year strategy. This request may be resubmitted for consideration after 18 months from the date of submission. The request submitter will automatically be notified by email when the request qualifies for reconsideration and resubmission.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 8, 2021

    db2 backups goes as backup objects, and it might be possible to update the node to reject deletion of backups (UPD N xx BACKDEL=NO).
    DB2 will than inactivate the backups, instead of deleting the backups.
    The statement that DB2 can only restore objects that are in active state is not true (at least in the past when we used it).
    There is a hidden environment variable one can use, that enables the feature to also view inactive objects in DB2.

    Ask IBM; they must know about this environment variable as I don't remember it anymore. Or contact me tomas.dalebjork@gmail.com so that I can help you locate this variable.

    Another possible solution is to use SPFS.
    SPFS is a filesystem for Spectrum Protect
    It works like a generic interface (agentless), so that one can protect any solution, such as DB2, using Spectrum Protect.
    It's easy, just mount spfs as either backup objects or archive

    # mount -t spfs /backup

    after mounting, it is easy to have a more easy to use interface to manage the backups
    browsing existing backups

    # ls /backup

    Both active and inactive objects are viewable.

    https://www-356.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/solutiondetails.do?&solution=56435

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