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- Several Windows services are created.
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B.3.2 Installation on Linux
DB2 installation on Linux is straight-forward and requires the following basic steps:
1. Log on as the Root user to install DB2.
2. After downloading DB2 Express-C for Linux from ibm.com/db2/express, look for
the file db2setup, and execute it: ./db2setup
3. Follow the self-explanatory instructions from the wizard. Choosing default values is
normally sufficient.
4. The following is performed by default during installation:
- DB2 is installed in /opt/ibm/db2/V9.7
- Three user IDs are created. The default values are listed below:
db2inst1 (instance owner)
db2fenc1 (Fenced user for fenced routines)
dasusr1 (DAS user)
- Three user groups are created corresponding to the above user IDs:
db2iadm1
db2fadm1
dasadm1
- Instance db2inst1 is created
- The DAS dasusr1 is created
- Installation logs are stored in:
/tmp/db2setup.his
/tmp/db2setup.log
/tmp/db2setup.err
B.4 DB2 tools
There are several tools that are included with a DB2 data server such as the DB2 Control
Center, the DB2 Command Editor, and so on. Starting with DB2 version 9.7 however; most
of these tools are deprecated (that is, they are still supported but no longer enhanced) in
favor of IBM Data Studio. IBM Data Studio is provided as a separate package not included
with DB2. Refer to the ebook Getting started with IBM Data Studio for DB2 for more details.
B.4.1 Control Center
Prior to DB2 9.7, the primary DB2 tool for database administration was the Control Center,
as illustrated in Figure B.4. This tool is now deprecated, but still included with DB2 servers.