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I need some help with DB2 database. I am new to DB2 and would like to perform a backup of log files. I right-clicked on a specific database and selected &quot;Configure Parameters&quot; and under &quot;LOGS&quot; &nbsp;there is an option &quot;LOGARCHMETH1&quot; and its value can be changed. Could somebody help me understand the meaning of these values and its purpose:<br />
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1. Userexit<br />
2. Logretain<br />
3. Disk<br />
4. TSM<br />
5. Vendor<br />
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In DB2, how many important/critical log files are generated during transactions and what are the names of these log files?<br />
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I need some help with DB2 database. I am new to DB2 and would like to perform a backup of log files. I right-clicked on a specific database and selected "Configure Parameters" and under "LOGS"  there is an option "LOGARCHMETH1" and its value can be changed. Could somebody help me understand the meaning of these values and its purpose:

1. Userexit
2. Logretain
3. Disk
4. TSM
5. Vendor


In DB2, how many important/critical log files are generated during transactions and what are the names of these log files?



DB2 Log Files

IBM DB2 is a family of relational database server products developed by IBM that have been extended to support object-relational features and non-relational structures like JSON and XML. There are three main products in the DB2 family: DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (informally known as DB2 LUW), DB2 for z/OS (mainframe), and DB2 for i (formerly OS/400), plus a version for IBM's Virtual Storage Extended (VSE) operating system.