Dear

We have a server with around 20 DB2 databases on it. They are all running in archive mode , so Online backups are possible and are being made daily.

However , every week we also make an offline backup. Since I'm new to DB2 I'm not sure that I can delete the \ARCHIVELOG directory after such a offline backup.

So : Can I delete all the archivelogs (not circulars) of a certain database after making an offline backup, and then still be able to fully restore it without the archivelogs ?

Sorry if this questions is stupid , but I'm completely new to DB2

an offline can always be restored without logfiles
the restore is valid till the point of the offline backup
if rollforward is needed, to recover as much as possible the pogs are needed
if online backup is taken, specify : include logs
log files needed for this restore are included in the backup image
otherwise the restore is unusable if log files are unavailable
db is in rollforward mode pending
always keep the log files as long as possible to be able to rollforward and recover as much as possible
move them to tape- or other disk/filesystem...

Thanks a lot ! You've made it clearer