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Note: If you are using Microsoft Windows and you have already created a system control group to which
you want to add the Domino server user, add the Domino server user to that group.
After creating the Domino server user account, create a Domino server user group named DB2DOM and
add the Domino server user to that group. You must then manually define DB2DOM as a system control
group in DB2. The system control group parameter assigns system control (SYSCTRL) authority to the
group name. The Domino server user account is a member of the DB2DOM group that has SYSCTRL
authority; and as such, the Domino server user account has the right to allow Domino to access the DB2
server. The Domino server user has complete authorization over the DB2 database and its contents. This
server user acts on behalf of all Notes users.
Note: If you have a Windows user account that you want to use as the Domino server user, begin this
process with Step 3 of the procedure in the topic Manually creating the Domino server user account and
the DB2DOM group.
Activating the SYSCTRL_GROUP setting
This information applies regardless of whether you use the Server Enablement Tool or you manually
create the Domino server user and DB2DOM group. If the SYSCTRL_GROUP is set up for the first time
in DB2, stop and start the DB2 server by issuing the following commands from the DB2 Command Line
Processor (CLP):
DB2STOP
DB2START
Enabling a Domino server to communicate with a DB2 server
The DB2 Server Enablement Tool enables DB2 as a data store for Domino, which enables Domino to use
DB2. After DB2 server enablement occurs, the fact that DB2 is used as a data store is transparent to Notes
client users. Only administrators are aware of this. Notes users use Domino Notes as usual; Domino uses
DB2.
During the DB2 server enablement process, the DB2 database is created. Domino uses the administration
process to create that database, and the administration process requires that the administration server is
running. After the database is created, the default schemas, domino.catalog, and other objects are created.
Several NOTES.INI variables are automatically set by the DB2 Server Enablement Tool, using information
that you provide.
CAUTION:
The DB2 database name that you enter in this procedure is automatically stored in the NOTES.INI
variable DB2DATABASE. If you later delete or modify this value, Domino’s DB2 capabilities are
effectively disabled. The name stored in DB2DATABASE is used as the basis for the names of the
database, buffer pool, tablespaces, and schema.
In this procedure, all of the steps apply to all supported platforms unless there is a notation at the
beginning of the step that indicates it is for IBM AIX only or Microsoft Windows only. If a step does not
apply to your configuration, just omit that step and proceed to the next step.
Prerequisites
1. From the Domino Administrator, point to the server you are enabling.
2. Have this information available before you begin the procedure:
v The name of the DB2 instance that you created when you installed DB2. If you are using Microsoft
Windows, the default instance name is DB2; on AIX, it is whatever you named it.
v The Domino server account name and password. This is a user name created at the OS level that
will be used by the Domino server to access the DB2 server. This user account must have at least
SYSCTRL_GROUP access in DB2 or it must be a member of the group, DB2DOM.
v The server ID that you created for the DB2 Access server.
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