DB2 Version 10.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Activating DB2 Advanced Copy Services (ACS) manually

Before you can use DB2® Advanced Copy Services (ACS) to perform a snapshot backup for a given database manager instance, DB2 ACS functionality must be activated on that instance. The database manager automatically calls setup_db2.sh to activate DB2 ACS functionality during database manager instance creation and when you upgrade IBM® Data Server; however, you can also activate DB2 ACS by running the script manually.

Before you begin

Before you can activate DB2 ACS, it must already be installed (which is normally done unless a compact installation was used), and the database manager instance or instances with which you will use DB2 ACS must have been created.

About this task

The database manager automatically calls setup_db2.sh to activate DB2 ACS functionality during database manager instance creation and when you upgrade IBM Data Server. On AIX systems, it also automatically installs the embedded version of Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager; on Linux systems, you must explicitly issue the setup script to install Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager.

You can also activate DB2 ACS manually.

Procedure

To activate DB2 ACS manually, run the setup_db2.sh script as a user with root authority, and with appropriate parameters to activate DB2 ACS.

For more information about setup_db2.sh, see: setup_db2.sh script.

Results

One important result of running the setup_db2.sh script is that the ownership and permissions of DB2 ACS executable files in the sqllib/acs directory are verified.

What to do next

After you have activated DB2 ACS, you must configure DB2 ACS before you can perform snapshot backup operations.