Figure 2-4 Summary of the installation settings

8.A log file is created by the DB2 Setup wizard at same time. It is used to log the installations steps that DB2 Setup wizard has undergone, and its results. The default path of the log file is /tmp/db2setup.log for root installation. Log file of a non-root installation is /tmp/db2setup_userID.log, where user ID is the user account that executes the installation.

On Windows, the installation log file can be located in the path, “My Documents\DB2LOG\”. The installation log file uses the format, DB2-ProductAbbrev-DateTime.log (for example, DB2-ESE-Tues May 27 12_04_45 2008.log).

2.2.2db2_install

The db2_install utility is a command line based installer commonly used by expert users for installing DB2 on larger, more complex multiple-partition systems. Tasks such as setup of user IDs and groups, instance creation, tools catalog database creation, and notification setup, have to be performed manually after the installation.

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