This chapter describes how to perform recovery after a disk crash on the Data Links server and the backup strategies that the administrator must undertake to support such disaster recovery scenarios.
Unless otherwise noted, the information in this chapter is common to Data Links servers running on AIX and Windows NT operating systems.
In the case of a machine crash on a Data Links server, DB2 applications interacting with the Data Links File Manager can hang. Use the force application command to force DB2 applications off the system. In the case of a machine crash on a DB2 server, the affected Data Links File Managers should also be shut down, using the dlfm stop command and then restarted.