Support is now available for database backup to (and database
restore from) local named pipes on UNIX operating
systems.
Before you begin
Both the writer and the reader of the named pipe must
be on the same machine. The pipe must exist on a local file system.
Because the named pipe is treated as a local device, there is no need
to specify that the target is a named pipe.
Procedure
- Create a named pipe. The following is an AIX® example:
mkfifo /u/dmcinnis/mypipe
- If this backup image is going to be used by the restore
utility, the restore operation must be invoked before the backup
operation, so that it does not miss any data:
db2 restore db sample from /u/dmcinnis/mypipe into mynewdb
- Use this pipe as the target for a database backup operation:
db2 backup db sample to /u/dmcinnis/mypipe