When you need to restore a table from an archive, you want the process to be as quick as possible.
With Data Restore, you can reload the table from the last archive taken and apply all the changes from the log files. This provides you with a quick way to recover a portion of the database (see Chapter 11, Restoring Logical Elements) without affecting all users of the rest of the database. The use of other unaffected tables can continue with very little or no disruption to users requiring access to the tables.
Data Restore can process DB2 Server for VSE & VM database archives directly as well as its own Data Restore archives. You will have better performance when Data Restore processes its own archives because DB2 Server for VSE & VM database archives must be processed twice instead of once. However, DB2 Server for VSE & VM database archives can be taken online while Data Restore user archives must be taken offline. If desired, a DB2 Server for VSE & VM archive may be converted to a Data Restore archive (refer to page TRANSLATE for details).
For more information on the DB2 Server for VSE & VM archive and recovery procedures, refer to the DB2 Server for VM System Administration manual.