Snapshot status details

To view snapshot status information from the command line, use the db2ed_vmchecksnap command with the -o list option to list all available snapplans for a specified database. Snapshot status information is displayed in the command output under the column heading SNAP_STATUS.

Table: Snapshot status values shows detailed information about each snapshot status (SNAP_STATUS) value.

Table: Snapshot status values

SNAP_STATUS

Completed operations

Allowed operations

init_full

  • db2ed_vmchecksnap -o validate (successful)

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o resync (successful)

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_commit (successful)

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o snapshot

init_db

  • db2ed_vmchecksnap -o validate -f snapplan (failed)

  • db2ed_vmchecksnap -o validate | list -f snapplan

    Ensure that your storage configuration has been set up correctly.

invalid

  • db2ed_vmchecksnap -o validate (failed)

  • db2ed_vmchecksnap -o validate

snapshot_start

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o snapshot (failed)

  • Contact your system administrator for help. Use Veritas Volume Manager commands to resynchronize the snapshot volumes, and use db2ed_vmsnap -o snapshot -F to force snapshot creation.

snapshot_end

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o snapshot (successful)

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_abort (successful)

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o resync

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_begin

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o mount|mountdb|recoverdb

snapshot_vol_start

snapshot_vol_end

resync_dg_start

resync_dg_end

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o snapshot (failed)

  • Re-run db2ed_vmsnap -o snapshot

resync_vol_start

resync_vol_end

snapshot_dg_start

snapshot_dg_end

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o resync (failed)

  • Re-run db2ed_vmsnap -o resync

resync_start

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o resync (failed)

  • Contact your system administrator for help. Use Veritas Volume Manager commands to resynchronize the snapshot volumes, and use db2ed_vmsnap -o snapshot -F to force snapshot creation.

reverse_resync_begin_start

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_begin (failed)

  • Contact Veritas support.

reverse_resync_begin_end

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_begin (successful)

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_abort

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_commit

reverse_resync_commit_start

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_commit (failed)

  • Contact Veritas support.

mount_end

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o mount (successful)

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o umount

restartdb_start

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o restartdb (failed)

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o umount

  • Start the snapshot database manually.

restartdb_end

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o restartdb (successful)

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o umount

recoverdb_start

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o recoverdb (failed)

  • Recover the snapshot database manually, then run db2ed_vmclonedb -o update_status

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o umount

recoverdb_end

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o recoverdb (successful)

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o umount

umount_start

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o umount (failed)

  • Verify that your file system(s) are not busy and retry the command.

umount_end

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o umount (successful)

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o mount

  • db2ed_vmclonedb -o restartdb

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o resync

  • db2ed_vmsnap -o reverse_resync_begin