Getting started with the Control Center, Help

Infopops are disabled or re-enabled from the Documentation tab of the Tools Settings notebook. To disable or enable infopops for the Configuration Assistant, select the Display Infopops checkbox menu in the Help menu from the Configuration Assistant tool.

Mandatory fields:

Mandatory fields are fields for which you must supply information. Mandatory fields are displayed with thick red borders around the field. When information is entered in the mandatory field, the red border is no longer displayed.

Help:

Help is available from icons on the toolbar or by using the Help menu.

displays help for getting started with the Control Center.

The Help menu displays menu items for displaying the online help index, general information about the Control Center, and keyboard help. The menu also displays the list of tutorials available with the DB2 product.

Related concepts:

v“Getting started with the Control Center” on page 42

v“Getting started with the Health Center” on page 49

Getting started with the Control Center

You can start the Control Center in the following ways:

vEnter the db2cc command.

vOn Windows systems, click Start and select Programs —> IBM DB2 —> [DB2 copy name]—> General Administration Tools —> Control Center.

vOn Linux systems, open the IBM DB2 folder on the desktop and select Control Center. The first time you invoke the Control Center, you will be prompted to select the view you want to display. The options are basic, advanced, and custom. You can uncheck the Show this window box at startup time so this windows does not appear every time you invoke the Control Center.

vSelect Control Center from the Tools menu of another tool.

v Click the Control Center icon

from the toolbar of another tool.

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