diff --git a/docs/playbooks/backup-restore.md b/docs/playbooks/backup-restore.md
index e254780a2..f702de754 100644
--- a/docs/playbooks/backup-restore.md
+++ b/docs/playbooks/backup-restore.md
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ This playbook `ibm.mas_devops.br_manage` will backup the following components th
 
 - `MAS_INSTANCE_ID` **Required**. This playbook only supports backing up components belong to a specific MAS instance at a time. If you have multiple MAS instances in the cluster to be backed up, you need to run this playbook multiple times with different value of this environment variable.
 - `MAS_WORKSPACE_ID` **Required**. This playbook only supports backing up components belong to a specific MAS workspace at a time. If you have multiple MAS workspaces in the cluster to be backed up, you need to run this playbook multiple times with different value of this environment variable.
-- `DB2_INSTANCE_NAME` **Required**. This playbook will backup the the Db2 instance used by Manage, you need to set the correct Db2 instance name for this environment variable.
+- `DB2_INSTANCE_NAME` **Optional**. When defined, this playbook will backup the Db2 instance used by Manage. DB2 role is skipped when environment variable is not defined..
 
 ### Examples
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ export MASBR_STORAGE_TYPE=local
 export MASBR_STORAGE_LOCAL_FOLDER=/tmp/backup
 export MAS_INSTANCE_ID=dev1
 export MAS_WORKSPACE_ID=ws1
-export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage
+export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage # set this to execute db2 backup role
 ansible-playbook ibm.mas_devops.br_manage
 
 # Incremental backup all manage data for the dev1 instance and ws1 workspace
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export MASBR_STORAGE_TYPE=local
 export MASBR_STORAGE_LOCAL_FOLDER=/tmp/backup
 export MAS_INSTANCE_ID=dev1
 export MAS_WORKSPACE_ID=ws1
-export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage
+export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage # set this to execute db2 backup role
 ansible-playbook ibm.mas_devops.br_manage
 
 # Restore all manage data for the dev1 instance and ws1 workspace
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ export MASBR_STORAGE_LOCAL_FOLDER=/tmp/backup
 export MASBR_RESTORE_FROM_VERSION=20240630132439
 export MAS_INSTANCE_ID=dev1
 export MAS_WORKSPACE_ID=ws1
-export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage
+export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage # set this to execute db2 restore role
 ansible-playbook ibm.mas_devops.br_manage
 
 # Create a scheduled backup of all manage data for the dev1 instance and ws1 workspace
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export MASBR_STORAGE_TYPE=local
 export MASBR_STORAGE_LOCAL_FOLDER=/tmp/backup
 export MAS_INSTANCE_ID=dev1
 export MAS_WORKSPACE_ID=ws1
-export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage
+export DB2_INSTANCE_NAME=mas-dev1-ws1-manage # set this to execute db2 backup role
 ansible-playbook ibm.mas_devops.br_manage
 ```
 
diff --git a/ibm/mas_devops/playbooks/br_manage.yml b/ibm/mas_devops/playbooks/br_manage.yml
index c4fa4c012..baef19832 100644
--- a/ibm/mas_devops/playbooks/br_manage.yml
+++ b/ibm/mas_devops/playbooks/br_manage.yml
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@
         that: mas_workspace_id is defined and mas_workspace_id != ""
         fail_msg: "mas_workspace_id is required"
 
-    - name: "Fail if db2_instance_id is not provided"
-      assert:
-        that: db2_instance_id is defined and db2_instance_id != ""
-        fail_msg: "db2_instance_id is required"
-
     - name: "Fail if masbr_action is not set to backup|restore"
       assert:
         that: masbr_action in ["backup", "restore"]
@@ -91,6 +86,7 @@
             name: ibm.mas_devops.db2
           vars:
             db2_action: "{{ masbr_action }}"
+          when: db2_instance_id is defined and db2_instance_id != ""
 
         - name: "MAS Core namespace: {{ masbr_action }}"
           include_role: