Minimum version of DB2?

[Brad Baker]

Hello All,

What is the minimum version of DB2 that I would need to have a hot
spare? I am concerned with ANY down time for the DB and need a way to
have a second Server take over, immediately, if the first one fails.
Needless to say I would like to ovoid the $32,500 per CPU of the ESE
version with DPF, for just a hot spare.

Thank you for your info,
Brad

[Larry Edelstein]

Brad,

The DPF is not designed to provide HA ... it is designed to provide
scalability. There are many factors that would go into a determination as
to whether or not DPF is necessary ... examples are total raw data
volumes, SQL complexity, table sizes, etc.

In terms of HA, DB2 UDB has supported HACMP and like products for as long
as I can remember ... possibly back to V5. Log shipping is another option
.... it was added in V7.2.

Larry Edelstein

Brad Baker wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> What is the minimum version of DB2 that I would need to have a hot
> spare? I am concerned with ANY down time for the DB and need a way to
> have a second Server take over, immediately, if the first one fails.
> Needless to say I would like to ovoid the $32,500 per CPU of the ESE
> version with DPF, for just a hot spare.
>
> Thank you for your info,
> Brad

[Ian]

Brad Baker wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> What is the minimum version of DB2 that I would need to have a hot
> spare? I am concerned with ANY down time for the DB and need a way to
> have a second Server take over, immediately, if the first one fails.
> Needless to say I would like to ovoid the $32,500 per CPU of the ESE
> version with DPF, for just a hot spare.

With V8, my understanding is that you are only required to license 1 CPU
on a hot standby server, not all of the CPUs.







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[Blair Adamache]

I believe Ian is write, if you read the announcement letter:
[url]http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_202-214:[/url]

"Licensing of Standby Servers

In idle standby or active standby, you must acquire correct number of
server installs and the correct number of users. "

Ian wrote:

> Brad Baker wrote:
>

>> Hello All,
>>
>> What is the minimum version of DB2 that I would need to have a hot
>> spare? I am concerned with ANY down time for the DB and need a way to
>> have a second Server take over, immediately, if the first one fails.
>> Needless to say I would like to ovoid the $32,500 per CPU of the ESE
>> version with DPF, for just a hot spare.

>
>
> With V8, my understanding is that you are only required to license 1 CPU
> on a hot standby server, not all of the CPUs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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