A word about the CATALOG STORAGE ACCESS command

The CATALOG STORAGE ACCESS command creates an alias for accessing remote storage on various cloud providers, including these:

• IBM SoftLayer Object Storage
• Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

The remote storage access is supported by the INGEST, LOAD, BACKUP DATABASE, or RESTORE DATABASE commands. Setting up a remote storage is a two-step process, as shown below:

Step 1: Catalog storage access (like a catalog database) through CATALOG STORAGE ACCESS command.

Step 2: Use the newly cataloged storage in native DB2 commands using the option DB2REMOTE://<CatalogAlias>/<StorageContainer>/>StorageFullPath>.

The basic command syntax for CATALOG STORAGE ACCESS command is as shown here:

    CATALOG STORAGE ACCESS ALIAS [AliasName]
    VENDOR <SOFTLAYER | S3>
    SERVER <DEFAULT | EndPoint]
    USER [StorageUserID...