DB2 Recovery Expert for z/OS

• Can you recover corrupt or missing data easily?

• Are you interested in the fastest and least costly recovery method?

• Can you recover related sets of tables relevant to dropped objects to preserve data integrity?

• Are you looking for reliable point-in-time recovery?

Recovering a database is not an everyday activity -- when you need to perform a recovery, this simple, self-managing tool comes to your rescue quickly and easily, with minimal disruption to your system, allowing you to maintain high availability. DB2 Recovery Expert’s capability to recommend options so that you can select the fastest, least costly method most appropriate for your operation enhances your ability to make the best decision when time is of the essence.

DB2 Recovery Expert also provides the following features:

• Ability to backup and recover data using DASD fast copy (flash copy)

• Extends the capabilities of the DB2 V8 and DB2 9 backup and restore system utilities

• Helps with disaster recovery by building assets that can be moved to a disaster site for rebuilding DB2.

• Clear, straightforward GUI interface enhances ease of use

• Menus make point-in-time recovery easy to perform and help you understand when to choose options like rolling data forward or backward

• Versioning repository inspects version levels available for restoration; this includes related dependent objects even if they no longer exist in the DB2 catalog

• Jobs are submitted to restore the application—resulting in a complete, proper recovery

• The Restore System feature in DB2 for z/OS Version 8 is fully supported

• Object profiles developed with DB2 Automation Tool can be used to recover a set of objects

• A log analysis function helps you determine 'quiet time' to ensure that recovered objects do not have activity happening against them

• Data object types stored in the DB2 catalog are supported, including database, table space, views, and table recovery

• Recovery of object types implemented in SQL (for example, procedures and user-defined functions) are supported