vxsfadm is a command line utility that can be used to perform point-in-time copy operations such as FlashSnap and Database Storage Checkpoints for DB2 databases. This utility uses the underlying features of Storage Foundation to perform these operations. The vxsfadm command can be run by DB2 instance owner only.
The vxsfadm utility is supported in multiple database configurations including:
DB2 single-partition database in a standalone setup
DB2 single-partition database with off-host
DB2 single-partition database in a highly available setup (VCS cluster)
DB2 single-partition database with Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability
The syntax of the vxsfadm command is as follows:
vxsfadm -s <service_type> -a <application-name> -o <operation> [ -c config-file ] [ -r repository-host ] [ service-specific parameters ] [ application-specific parameters ] vxsfadm -s <service-type> -a application-name> -o list [ service-specific parameters ] [ application-specific parameters ] vxsfadm -s <service-type> -a application-name> -o setdefaults [ service-specific parameters ] [ application-specific parameters ]
The following are the vxsfadm parameters.
You can use vxsfadm logs and error messages for troubleshooting.
See Resources for troubleshooting SFDB tools.
For more information, refer to the following man pages:
vxsfadm-flashsnap(1M), vxsfadm-checkpoint(1M)
vxsfadm-db2-flashsnap(1M), vxsfadm-db2-checkpoint(1M)