206 DB2 Recovery Expert for Multiplatforms
2. Depending on the type of data you want to clone, whether or not it has to be
consistent with other tables or external data, you want to use a slightly
different approach.
a. When dealing with multiple tables that have to be consistent with other
processes, you schedule a QUIESCE for the table (or set of tables) at the
end of the business day. This way you create a consistency point for the
table (or set). The QUIESCE is recorded in the recovery history file, so it is
easy to find at what time the consistency point occurred. After a successful
quiesce, people can start using the table again. So the window of
unavailability extremely small, and when you have “well behaved”
applications, people will ...