Contents

About this book . . . . . . . . . . . v

Part 1. Getting started with DB2 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 1. Installation prerequisites. . . 3

Disk and memory requirements . . . . . . . . 3 Getting started with database authorities . . . . . 3 Windows installation prerequisites . . . . . . . 5

Installation requirements for DB2 clients and

servers (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Security issues when installing the DB2 database manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Granting user rights (Windows) . . . . . . . 9 DB2 system administrator group considerations (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Extending the directory schema (Windows). . . 10

Linux installation prerequisites . . . . . . . . 11 Installation requirements for DB2 clients and servers (Linux) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Centralized user-management considerations (Linux) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . 17

Installing DB2 servers (Windows) . . . . . . . 17 Installing DB2 servers (Linux) . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 3. Verifying your installation

23

Verifying the installation of DB2 servers using First Steps (Linux and Windows) . . . . . . . . . 23 Verifying the installation using the command line processor (CLP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 4. DB2 product licensing . . . 25

DB2 product license files . . . . . . . . . . 25 Registering a DB2 product or feature license key using the License Center . . . . . . . . . . 25 Checking DB2 license compliance . . . . . . . 26 Upgrading a Try and Buy license . . . . . . . 27

Part 2. Getting started with DB2 administration . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 5. Basic administration . . .

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31

Creating your own database

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31

Database basics

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31

Creating your own database using the Create Database with the Automatic Maintenance

wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Verifying your new database

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. 32

Chapter 6. Automatic maintenance.

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. 35

Automatic database backup . . . . . . . . . 35 Automatic statistics collection . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 7. DB2 administration and development tools. . . . . . . . . . 39

Basic GUI navigation concepts . . . . . . . . 39 Getting started with the Control Center . . . . . 42

Setting up notification and contact lists . . . .

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46

Getting started with the Command Editor . . .

. 46

Getting started with the Health Center . . . .

. 49

Getting started with the Task Center

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50

Getting started with the Journal

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52

Getting started with the Configuration Assistant .

. 54

Getting started with the Replication Center . . . . 55

Getting started with the Web Command Center .

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56

Getting started with the Web Health Center . .

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57

Part 3. Appendixes

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Appendix A. Installing DB2 servers

 

 

using response files

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Response file installation basics

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. 61

Response file considerations

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. 61

Creating a response file using the DB2 Setup wizard 62

Appendix B. Language support . . . . 65 Changing the DB2 interface language (Windows) . . 65 Changing the DB2 interface language (Linux) . . . 66

Supported DB2 interface languages

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Language identifiers for running the DB2 Setup

 

 

wizard in another language

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67

Displaying the db2setup command in your national language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Appendix C. Installing DB2 fix packs

71

Applying fix packs

. 71

Appendix D. Uninstalling your DB2 product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Uninstalling your DB2 product (Windows) . . .

. 73

Uninstalling your DB2 products (Linux) . . . .

. 74

Removing DB2 products using the db2_deinstall

 

or doce_deinstall command (Linux) . . . .

. 74

Stopping DB2 instances (Linux)

. 75

Stopping the DB2 administration server (Linux)

75

Removing the DB2 administration server (Linux)

76

Removing DB2 instances (Linux)

. 76

Appendix E. DB2 Database technical information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Overview of the DB2 technical information . . . . 79

Documentation feedback . . . . . . . . . 79 DB2 technical library in hardcopy or PDF format . . 80

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