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You can use the Storage Checkpoint feature of Storage Foundation to create a Database Storage Checkpoint of a database by performing the following procedure.
For details, refer to vxsfadm-checkpoint(1M) and vxsfadm-db2-checkpoint(1M) man pages.
To create a Database Storage Checkpoint
$ /opt/VRTSdbed/bin/vxsfadm -s checkpoint -o create -a db2 \ --db2database proddb --checkpoint_name XYZ \ --app_mode online --removable Putting database in backup mode... Done Creating Storage Checkpoint XYZ ... Done Storage Checkpoint XYZ created Removing the database from write suspend... Done
This command creates a removable online Database Storage Checkpoint of the DB2 database of the specified name. If the checkpoint_name parameter is not specified, a name is automatically generated.