Restore To | |
Original Location: | [Default] Restores files to the original location from which they were backed up. |
Alternate Location: | Click this radio button to specify an alternate destination for the restore items. Click >> to select an alternate server. |
Dump to | This box shows the location for the database dump. Click >> to change the specified path. This brings up the Select Directory dialog box. |
Archive Log Path | This box only appears if the backup set was created with the DB2 “Online Backup” option selected (Set Properties Options Tab dialog box). • This is the path where the DB2 Archive Log files (that you are about to restore) will be retrieved by the ‘User Exit’ program. • Click [...] to specify the path. This opens the Select Directory dialog box. |
Database Mapping List | Shows a list of the selected databases for restore, and their restore destination(s). • If you select the “Restore as Pure Files” option, you can change the restore destination by modifying the appropriate column. |
• Icon - Shows an icon to indicate whether the restore item is a database. • Source - Shows the source database's name. • Destination - Shows the database where the backup will be restored. Double Click on this cell to open a drop down list of all the available databases on the specified restore database server. • Destination (Restore as Pure Files) - Shows the available shares where the dump can be restored. • Restore to (Restore as Pure Files) - Shows the path on the destination share where the dump will be restored. | |
Restore as Pure Files | This option will only restore the dump file to the specified location. The dump will not be loaded to the database. |
Notes | |
1 | See the Knowledge Base article in “Backup / restore of DB2 database servers”. |