Hi Tony,
ESAi and UBS have a product called BCV4 for cloning FULL DB2 subystems very
quickly. Ideal user would be SAP, PeopleSoft, large DB2. Some folks also use
for DB2 or OS version upgrade testing. Link
http://www.esaigroup.com/products/bcv4.htm
If you don't want to clone the entire DB2 subsystem, but do a clone (very fast
copy) of select DB2 databases or tables, then BCV5 may be of interest. Fast
and less tedious (OBID translation, etc) when compared to unload/reload or
other commonly used utilities. See link
http://www.esaigroup.com/products/bcv5.htm
Either way, one suite for DB2 clones/copies. </EndPlug>
P.S. some people use BCV4 for full clone, then use BCV5 for regular updates to
select databases. Full subystem clones totally refresh target subsystem... so
depending on user reqs and updates to target system, running select vs. full
clones each time may be more desirable.
Thanks,
Rob
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We have a scenario where we want to be able to clone a DB2 system (using
flashcopy) and then vary off all the disks pointing at the 'original' system
and vary on the 'cloned DB2'. We then want to do some load testing against
the DB2 system. Then when we are finished we want to swap them back again
(and so be back where we started). Is this feasable???? I can see at least
one problem in that the MVS catalog might get screwed (after reverting back)
if any of the datasets extend while testing on the 'clone' system.
Any advice on this???
Thx
Tony
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Rob Barbour
Enterprise Systems Associates, Inc ("ESAi")
Central Florida Research Park
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Orlando, Florida 32826 USA
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