High Availability Guide for DB2 (paperback)

CHRIS EATON is an IBM Product Manager for DB2, responsible for planning and strategy for DB2's future direction. He has worked with DB2 in roles ranging from customer service analyst to development manager, and now spends much of his time working with customers in high availability environments. ENZO CIALINI is responsible for managing the DB2 UDB System Verification Test Department, with a focus on High Availability. He has authored many papers on DB2 UDB high availability configurations. Eaton and Cialini have each worked with DB2 at IBM's Toronto Laboratory for over a decade.

Preface.


1. Introduction.


Types of Outages. Cost of Outages. Types of Recovery Processes Covered in this Book.



2. Minimizing Unplanned Outages.


Recovery Processing. How Database Logging Works. Types of Logging. Crash Recovery. Backup Processing. Database Recovery. Summary.



3. Minimizing Unplanned Outages.


Increasing Availability During Planned Outages.



4. Setting Up a Standby Database.


What is a Standby Database? Recap of Log Archiving and Roll Forward Recovery. Log Shipping to a Standby Database. Other Considerations for Log Shipping. Replication as a Standby Database. Summarizing your Standby Database Options.



5. Disk-Based Availability Options.


Disk-Based Availability Options.



6. Setting up Failover Software.


Failover Software.



7.Using Shared-Disk for Greater Availability.


Using Shared Disks for Greater Availability.



Index.