Ralph, my db2 guru suggests: 1. make sure there is no other active thread trying to connect to the SAMPLE database you can do that by : db2 force applications; only after no thread is connecting to the db, then you can start back up it.
2. then issue backup database command : db2 backup db sample ===== Jim Sibley RHCT, Implementor of Linux on zSeries "Computer are useless.They can only give answers." Pablo Picasso __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
