DB2 Version 7.1 for Linux HOWTO
Dan Scott
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 1.2.7 | 2003-12-05 | Revised by: dbs |
| Add pointers to DB2 Version 8 information as a stop-gap measure until a real HOWTO is available. | ||
| Revision 1.2.6 | 2002-09-21 | Revised by: dbs |
| Add Mandrake 8.1, SuSE 7.3 install instructions from contributor Mykola Buryak. | ||
| Revision 1.2.5 | 2002-07-16 | Revised by: dbs |
| Fixed or removed some broken links, added a few new resources. | ||
| Revision 1.2.4 | 2001-06-02 | Revised by: dbs |
| Running JDK 1.1.8 on Red Hat 7.1 | ||
| Revision 1.2.3 | 2001-04-25 | Revised by: dbs |
| Red Hat 7.1 install instructions, more DB2 on Debian info, connecting to AS/400 databases, buffer pool memory limits, converted to DocBook XML. | ||
| Revision 1.2.1 | 2000-10-25 | Revised by: dbs |
| Basic Red Hat 7.0 info, additional Debian instructions. | ||
| Revision 1.2 | 2000-09-25 | Revised by: dbs |
| IBM JDK 1.3 works! More troubleshooting. | ||
| Revision 1.1 | 2000-07-28 | Revised by: dbs |
| Documented _SHM_ID_BITS kernel parameter tuning for increasing number of available connections. Added basic indexing. | ||
| Revision 1.0 | 2000-07-06 | Revised by: dbs |
| Added basic Debian instructions. Corrected some factual, stylistic, and grammatical mistakes. Licensed document under GNU GPL. Submitted document to LDP. | ||
| Revision 0.7 | 2000-04-26 | Revised by: dbs |
| Based on DB2 V7.1 beta release, wrote install instructions for Caldera 2.4, Red Hat 6.2, SuSE 6.2, SuSE 6.3, and TurboLinux 6.0. | ||
This HOWTO gives you explicit instructions on installing DB2 Universal Database Version 7.1 for Linux on the following Intel x86-based distributions: Caldera OpenLinux 2.4, Debian, Mandrake Linux 7.2 and 8.1, Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.1, SuSE Linux 6.2, 6.3, 7.0, and 7.3, and TurboLinux 6.0. After installing DB2, you can work with a sample database, connect to your DB2 server from a remote machine, and administer DB2 using the DB2 Control Center.
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
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- 1.1. Why a DB2 installation HOWTO?
- 1.2. Who should read this HOWTO?
- 1.3. New versions of this document
- 1.4. Copyright and License
- 1.5. Credits
- 1.6. About the author
- 2. Prerequisites
- 3. Preparing your distribution for DB2
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- 3.1. Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
- 3.2. Mandrake Linux 7.2
- 3.3. Mandrake Linux 8.1
- 3.4. Red Hat Linux 6.2
- 3.5. Red Hat Linux 7.1
- 3.6. SuSE Linux
- 3.7. TurboLinux 6.0
- 4. Installing DB2 using db2setup
- 5. Installing DB2 on other Linux distributions
- 6. Creating DB2 instances
- 7. Removing DB2
- 8. Using DB2
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- 8.1. DB2 Control Center
- 8.2. DB2 Information Center
- 8.3. The DB2 command line
- 9. Troubleshooting
- 10. Improving DB2 Version 7.1 performance on Linux
- 11. Installing the IBM Developer Kit for Java
- 12. Using the 2.4 kernel with DB2 Version 7.1
- A. Resources
- B. GNU General Public License
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- B.1. Preamble
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| Introduction |
