With Veritas NetBackup, you can perform high performance, online (hot) backups of databases that must be available on a 24x7 basis. NetBackup supports the Extended Edition (EE) and the Enterprise Extended Edition (EEE) environments. NetBackup also supports DPF for DB2 8.1 and higher.

Veritas NetBackup lets you back up and restore database files and directories. You can set up schedules for automatic, unattended database backup, as well as full or incremental backup. These backups are managed entirely by the NetBackup server. You can also manually back up database files from any of the NetBackup clients. Client users can perform database backups and restores from their client systems on demand. The topics below summarize NetBackup's backup and restore capabilities for DB2. More information on backup and restore procedures and supported EE and EEE versions is available in the system administrator's guide.

See 'Using NetBackup for DB2 on UNIX' in the Veritas NetBackup for DB2 System Administrator's Guide for UNIX.