How do you set up archiving mode in DB2?

In DB2 database, you can set up archive mode by following these steps:

  1. Firstly, log in to the command-line interface or graphical interface of the DB2 database.
  2. Login to the database instance with administrative privileges.
  3. Use the following command to set the archive mode:
  4. Update the database configuration for by specifying the log archive method using LOGARCHMETH1.
  5. In this case, is the name of the database where archiving mode needs to be set, and is the method used for storing archived logs. Common methods for storing archived logs include:
  6. Disable archive logs.
  7. LOGRETAIN: Keep archived logs but do not archive to a specific location.
  8. LOGARCHMETH1: archives the archive logs to a specified directory.
  9. Execute the following command to restart the database instance and apply the settings.
  10. stop the db2 database
    start the db2 database
  11. Or execute the following command to reload the database configuration:
  12. Set the DB2_RESTART parameter in the db2set configuration.

After setting archive mode, the DB2 database will manage the generation and storage of archive logs based on the specified archive log storage method.

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