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Preface
DB2 Recovery Expert is one of the most recent IBM Data Management Tools for
Multiplatforms. It provides an easy-to-use environment that even less
experienced DBAs can successfully use, to complete highly sophisticated and
efficient recovery techniques in minimal time. Built-in SMART (Self-Managing
and Resource Tuning) features provide an intelligent analysis of altered, incorrect
or missing database assets — including tables, indexes, or data — and automate
the process of rebuilding those assets to a correct point in time, often without
taking the database or business operations offline.
This IBM Redbook describes how to recover database objects safely, precisely,
and quickly by usi ...