BMC (Vendor) Backup for DB2

IBM delivers Imagecopy(Backup) feature with utilities suite. But, there are some amazing innovations and obvious "should have done" features are covered in BMC Imagecopy. Some of the features (I might have really missed any, in my study) that is going to make the buyers happy for this BMC Copy Plus are:

1) Inline statistics - This is an important functionality IBM missed to cover. BMC collects/updates the information pertinent to tablespace. Sure this is going to be a rocking feature in partitioned tablespaces.

2) Copying index (Defined with COPY NO) - BMC overrides the IBM's protocol and manages to create imagecopy of index that are not copyable as per IBM/definition. Though index could be recovered by REBUILD against using naive RECOVERY, during disaster of huge objects,this is going to fasten the recovery, provided table, index copies are intact.

3) Dynamic syscopy choice - This feature is going to be loved by DBAs. By OUTSIZE and BIGDDN/BIGDSN, BMC lets the choice of syscopy file to be made dynamically at the execution time considering the size of the file to be copied. This could help DBAs to put bigger tables on Tapes and smaller ones on DASD. Think of the case when table grows in size where you do not realise a huge table being copied on DASD later. Isn't this sweet ?

4) Syscopy files according to IC Type - Are you running CHANGELIMIT (m,n) ICTYPE AUTO ? Not sure how to name incremental and full image copies differently ? With IBM, all the copies (whatever type !) gets created in similar files. FULLDDN/FULLDSN and COPYDDN/RECOVERYDDN could be used together wherein full IC (if chosen) goes to FULLDDN while incremental IC (if chosen) goes to COPYDDN.

5) Incremental copy, still changed pages intact - RESETMOD yes/no is going to tell BMC program whether DBA likes to reset the modified pages flag on taking incremental copies. In case incremental IC is corrupted/lost, he could just rerun to create another incremental one. Also, BMC lets an option (MAXINCRs) to escalate a incremental IC to Full IC if a certain number of incremental ones are done after a full IC. This would sum up the backup strategy for a week.

Twenty Rupees (INR)

Paying utilities online, purchasing through credit card, fuelling once a week and with hardly any time to step out on a working day - Life has got simple in many ways and monotonous in few ways. And, people who purchase food coupons (sodexho pass, Ticket restaurant) would run their lunches without Currency Notes. So, I never check my wallet everyday or often to see well I am running.

It was a working day. Unusually, I didn't carry a lunch to office. Food coupons left at desk itself, I was shocked to see just twenty (20) rupees in my wallet. Lunch Meal starts at Rs 40 and uncompromising peep for a Dosa shocked me. Dosas start at 25 Rs. A south indian Filter coffee is Rs 20. I,surely,can not run the rest of the day with just coffee. I nostalgically thought of the college days (1998-2002) where I bought Dosa for Rs 4 and coffe for Rs 1.75. I felt twenty has become such a denomination that a software engineer (by profession, designation varies. So, dont read between lines here) could not get a meal for lunch.

End of the day - Evening, I had to go Cathedral Road for a quick shopping - I can do that plenty with my mentioned wallet condition. I did a circumstantial traffic signal violation, to be rightly spotted by the traffic policeman stood by the signal. He held no papers to give me notice. He sidelined me to be looked down by on goers. Embarrassed by the happenings, I willed to clear the fine and move on. Started demanding Rs 200 for violation, they ended getting Rs 20 (Twenty) from me, because of the fact they could not hand over notice paper to me. I had to go through the usual police crap enquiries about my living, parents and their occupation.

When I hit bed, I was little happy twenty rupees is still a denomination when it comes to bribery.

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation

There was a family head/man who had great love on his lady/wife. They showered love on each other and by law of nature/science, they got a baby. Parents took care of the baby and persistantly, the baby received everything it would need, to have a happy childhood. But, the couple's love for each other increased and got a half dozen kids after few years. Parents had no way but, split the love and facilities among the half dozen kids. Now, the older kid could see the difference in love and facilities,it reeived. On the other hand, parents had no idea of the proceedings while the kid have no control to stop his parents making love or making its own life/money. Woman was happy seeing his man to show persistent love for her. Man was happy as his lady made love everytime he wanted.

There was a state government which got in love with multinational investors. Multinationals loved the government for its subsidiaries. Their love for each other resulted in jobs and hence migration of people towards jobs. People were happy with the growth in lifestyle, increase in economy. Persistent love of Government and MNCs for each other increased the number of jobs to an extent,there were so many jobs and hence a much greater population dependant on them. Now, the older generation job holders could start sensing the fall in facilities and convenience/care from the government.Neither they could make correction to investment policies of the government nor could they make their own way earning/living.

Chinese Proverb : "If you are planning for a year, sow rice if you are planning for a decade, plant trees if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. "

Diwali - A Well packaged Day :-)

Diwali had been a dull, "its all special programs on TV" day for me so far. Oflate, EMI lifestyles bored me to a have lavish celeberations... But,I could call Diwali '07 as the best Diwali in my life. I had all that I could wish for....My sister and in-laws coming home, some nice time with my special friend and last but not least first day show of my most awaited Tamil/Indian movie of the year... I had good emotional spectrum

That was a pretty long day spanning for almost 23 hours and those moments are sure to cherish in my life. I hope many would have had a very nice time on this Indian Festival.

I am happened to see lots of lightworks this time instead of "sound"works. This is much better way to enjoy a Diwali as it is a festival of light. This reduced noise pollution and gave a lot better ambience for my telephonic conversation especially.

After about a year...

More than a year, since I spent blogging. Really wanted to break monotony, blogging same same shits cribbing living conditions or how imperfect my part of world or the countrymen around me was. Now that I restarted writing, doesn't mean, things have changed. I wanted to break monotony now too. For a change, I thought I might well blog. People who have read Joseph Heller's Catch 22 would understand it better.

This one year had been great. Lots of travelling, learning, work, photography, music,girls. Well, I had to add few to break my complex. So, depending upon readers, pick few of them and this would be safe for me to defend when I speak to you next time.

I certainly promise I won't write music, society in near future. I swear.

So, welcome me back. :-)