BMC COPY PLUS for DB2

Copy DB2 for z/OS databases instantaneously

DB2 data is growing, and IT budgets are shrinking. Continuous availability requirements make it difficult to take an outage to copy data. But you need to take frequent copies so that you can recover from failures quickly and without errors. How can you protect DB2 data, ensure a fast, accurate recovery, and keep DB2 online?

BMC solution

BMC COPY PLUS for DB2 backs up data faster and uses fewer resources than the native DB2 copy utility. It copies all related data sets automatically, and it can quiesce groups of table spaces related to application recovery. BMC COPY PLUS for DB2 can collect RUNSTATS during the copy, so you don’t need to run a separate job. 

Features and benefits

• Provides instant snapshot copies – back up with no outage
• Provides incremental copies to shorten backup window and speed recovery
• Can write compressed copies to save on storage for of image copy tapes and can write copies to DASD and tape simultaneously
• Can dynamically stack image copy data sets for faster recovery and ensures that a failed copy will be automatically recovered and restarted
• Creates online consistent copies – full set of consistent copies without any outage

Key differentiators

• Creates encrypted image copies - improves security for full and incremental image copies and protects enterprise data against unauthorized access
• Ensures that all copies are in sync with DB2 and cleans up old copies automatically

Related Products

• BMC Database Administration for DB2
• BMC Recovery Management for DB2