Paul, >>>The WMQI 2.1 Admin Guide recommends backing up a specific set of >>>tables in the broker database to be used to restore in case of >>>breakage. I understand that Publication and subscription data >>>is stored there in this DB but, if I'm not using PubSub >>>applications is there any point in doing this? In case of >>>DB problems, can I not simply create a new DB, mqsicreatebroker >>>to recreate the Broker and then do a full deploy from Control >>>Centre? Will I lose anything else in this scenario? I realise >>>that the ConfigMgr and MsgRepository DBs need a full backup regardless.
If you are not doing pub/sub the approch you are thinking of will suffice. Everything can be rebuilt with a full deploy. In fact, that is a preferable approach as doing a restore of the broker database after a failure could result in the reinstatement of obsolete message flows and/or message sets. Regards, Christopher Frank Sr. I/T Specialist - IBM Software Group IBM Certified Solutions Expert - Websphere MQ & MQ Integrator -------------------------------------------- Phone: 612-397-5532 (t/l 653-5532) mobile: 612-669-3008 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive
