About Veritas NetBackup (optional)

Veritas NetBackup provides backup, archive, and restore capabilities for database files and directories contained on client systems in a client-server network. NetBackup server software resides on platforms that manage physical backup storage devices. The NetBackup server provides robotic control, media management, error handling, scheduling, and a repository of all client backup images.

Administrators can set up schedules for automatic, unattended full and incremental backups. These backups are managed entirely by the NetBackup server. The administrator can also manually back up clients. Client users can perform backups, archives, and restores from their client system, and once started, these operations also run under the control of the NetBackup server.

Veritas NetBackup can be configured for DB2 in an Extended Edition (EE) or Extended-Enterprise Edition (EEE) environment. For detailed information and instructions on configuring DB2 for EEE, see "Configuring for a DB2 EEE (DPF) Environment" in the Veritas NetBackup for DB2 System Administrator's Guide for UNIX.

Veritas NetBackup, while not a shipped component of Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2, can be purchased separately.