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Backup
and Recovery: Backup Overview (DB2 UDB for UNIX and Windows) 
You can access the Overview screen by calling the DBA Cockpit and choosing Backup and Recovery ®Backup Overview in the navigation frame of the DBA Cockpit.
The following information is displayed:
|
Tab |
Description |
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Database Backups |
Contains information on database backups. The screen is divided into two frames. The left frame provides information on database backups done in the past. If you want to display detailed information on a database backup, double-click the field. The details are displayed in the right frame. |
|
User Exit |
Contains information on log files that have been moved from the log directory to the log archive or to a storage product, such as Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).
This information is only displayed for RFC-monitored systems. |
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brarchive |
Contains information on log files that have been moved from the log archive directory to tape or a storage product, such as Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).
This information is only displayed for RFC-monitored systems. |
If you want to display older information on database backups, change the value in the Display Days field in the Backup and Recovery: Overview group box.

The location of the log archive directory is specified in the user environment or in the environment file /global/init<SID>.db6 by parameter DB2DB6_ARCHIVE_PATH.
