Chapter 5. Installing DB2 servers using the DB2 Setup wizard
(Linux)
This task describes how to start the DB2 Setup wizard on Linux operating systems.
The DB2 Setup wizard is used to define your installation preferences and to install
your DB2 database product on your system.
Before you begin
Before you start the DB2 Setup wizard:
v Ensure that your system meets installation, memory, and disk requirements.
v Ensure you have a supported browser installed.
v You can install a DB2 database server using either root or non-root authority. For
more information about non-root installation, see “Non-root installation
overview (Linux and UNIX)” in Installing DB2 Servers.
v The DB2 database product image must be available. You can obtain a DB2
installation image either by purchasing a physical DB2 database product DVD,
or by downloading an installation image from Passport Advantage.
v If you are installing a non-English version of a DB2 database product, you must
have the appropriate National Language Packages.
v The DB2 Setup wizard is a graphical installer. You must have X windows
software capable of rendering a graphical user interface for the DB2 Setup
wizard to run on your machine. Ensure that the X windows server is running.
Ensure that you have properly exported your display. For example, export
DISPLAY=9.26.163.144:0.
v If you are using security software in your environment, you must manually
create required DB2 users before you start the DB2 Setup wizard.
Restrictions
v You cannot have more than one instance of the DB2 Setup wizard running in
any user account.
v The use of XML features is restricted to a database that is defined with the code
set UTF-8 and has only one database partition.
v The DB2 Setup wizard fields do not accept non-English characters.
v For HP-UX 11i V2 on Itanium based HP Integrity Series Systems, users created
with Setup Wizard for DB2 instance owner, fenced user, or DAS cannot be
accessed with the password specified on DB2 Setup Wizard. After the setup
wizard is finished, you need to reset the password of those users. This does not
affect the instance or DAS creation with the setup wizard, therefore, you do not
need to re-create the instance or DAS.
Procedure
To start the DB2 Setup wizard:
1. If you have a physical DB2 database product DVD, change to the directory
where the DB2 database product DVD is mounted by entering the following
command:
cd /dvdrom
where /dvdrom represents the mount point of the DB2 database product DVD.