Part VI: DB2 Utilities and Commands

DB2 has a comprehensive collection of utility programs to help you organize and administer DB2 databases. You can use these utilities, for example, to ensure the proper physical data structure, to back up and recover application data, and to gather current statistical information about DB2 databases. A host of commands is also available to enable you to actively monitor and support your DB2 database structures and DB2 access from multiple environments.

Part VI introduces you to these utility programs and the operator commands provided with DB2. And, as you have seen throughout this book, guideline sections are included. Guidelines for each utility and command as well as general utility usage guidelines are presented. Other useful features of Part VI are the descriptions of DB2 pending states and DB2 contingency planning guidelines.