3.1.22 Set archive log failover retry limit

Information

The numarchretry parameter determines how many times a database will try to archive the log file to the primary or the secondary archive destination before trying the failover directory. It is recommended that this parameter be set to 5.

Solution

1. Connect to the DB2 database
db2 => connect to $DB2DATABASE user $USERNAME using $PASSWORD
2. Run the following command from the DB2 command window-
db2 => update database configuration using numarchretry 5

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/162

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CSCv6|3.1

Plugin: Unix

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