IBM manual Client instance on the DB2 server, Reducing the installation image

Note: After deployment, bind the CLI and DB2 utility package using the following commands:

db2 bind @db2cli.lst blocking all grant public db2 bind @db2ubind.lst blocking all grant public

Bind has to be done only once from any one client of the same DB2 level. You do not have to perform bind with every client (of the same DB2 level) to a server during deployment.

3.2.2 Client instance on the DB2 server

If the machine already has a DB2 server product installed, it is not necessary to install a client because the DB2 server provides all the capability found in an IBM data server client. You can also create a separate client instance in the machine that has the DB2 server product installed.

To create a separate client instance, use the db2icrt command with the -soption, as shown in the following example:

db2icrt -s client <instname>

3.2.3 Reducing the installation image

Despite the small footprint associated with the DB2 Data Server Runtime Client and the DB2 Data Server Client, you can further reduce the size of the DB2 product installation image on Windows by using the new db2iprune command.

The db2iprune command line utility

The db2iprune command line utility is located in the directory, \db2\windows\utilites\db2iprune, and consists of an input file and a db2iprune executable file.

It is available for Windows platforms and has the following syntax:

Db2iprune –r <input file path> -p <root directory path> –o <destination directory path>

Where:

-r <input file path>

Specifies the full path to the input file that is to be used. The input file, or .prn file, contains a full list of removable components and is used to indicate what features and languages you would like removed from the installation image.

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