Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2

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3. Create a new container. In the Containers tab, click the New button. A new container is
created.
4. Then, select a container type; in this case, select Directory, as shown in Figure 3.4.
Figure 3.4 – Creating a container
In our example, since we have specified that the system will manage storage, the only
available container type is Directory.
If you have specified that the database will manage storage, you can select the device
or file container type. However, if you have selected automatic storage, you do not
need to define containers. In this case, you need to define the Initial size, Increase
size, and the Maximum size under the Size tab. Initial size will be allocated at the time
of creation and will be increased by increase size whenever more storage memory is
required until the time maximum size limit is reached.
5. Optionally, you can move the tables stored in other table spaces to this new table
space, by selecting the table names in the Tables tab as shown in Figure 3.5 below.
For this example, do not move any tables.