Obviously, transactions that were in process at the moment the write suspend was issued will
not complete. They will be backed out when the database copy is started. Nevertheless, this
process can be useful for creating snapshots of the database. One example would be when
you want to offload intensive query/reporting activities that did not rely on up-to-the-second
information.
A DB2 backup of this copied database can be restored to the production system, however
ALL log records generated after the FlashCopy completed are no longer usable. This will
essentially provide a “version” level backup and it is not recommended that it be restored to
the production system.
7.4.8 Using the FlashCopy as a backup ...
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