DB2 for Linux, Unix, and

Windows
- Ravi

AGENDA!
What is a Database Manager?
Installation pre-requisites
CREATE/DROP
START/STOP
DBM Configuration
db2set command
db2 CLP history
Q&A

Definition: DBM/Instance
Logical database manager environment where we catalog databases and set configuration
parameters

Instance = Database(s) + Processes/Threads

Installation Pre-requisites (Linux!)

Operating system:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 2.0.4
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Service Pack 2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11
- Ubuntu 8.0.4.1

Disk space requirements: 500 to 1GB

Memory requirements: Minimum of 512 MB of RAM
Root (vs) Non-root installation
Users/Groups

Root (vs) Non-Root Installations

USERS/GROUPS

db2icrt - Create Instance

Only one instance can be created under a user name
Location: DB2DIR/instance directory.
Syntax:

Example: db2icrt -u db2fenc1 db2inst1

db2idrop - Drop Instance

Removes a DB2 instance that was created by db2icrt.
You can only drop instances that are listed by db2ilist command
Syntax:

Example: db2idrop db2inst1

db2ilist - List Instances

Lists all the instances that are created using the db2icrt command
Syntax:
$ db2ilist -h
$ db2ilist
db2inst1
db2inst2

Gets data from /var/db2/global.reg

db2greg -dump

db2start - Start Instance

Login as the DB2 instance owner
. $DB2_HOME/db2profile
db2start

db2stop - Stop Instance

Login as the DB2 instance owner
Make sure you have all applications disconnected (db2 list applications)
$ db2stop
$ db2stop force (= db2 force application all + db2stop)
$ db2_kill

DBM CONFIGURATION
$ db2 get instance
$ db2 ? get dbm cfg
GET DATABASE MANAGER CONFIGURATION [SHOW DETAIL]
$ db2 get dbm cfg
$ db2 get dbm cfg | grep NUMDB
$ db2 update dbm cfg using NUMDB 10
$ db2 attach to db2inst1
$ db2 get dbm cfg show detail
$ db2 reset dbm cfg

DB2SET

IBM DB2 profile registry command

Allows for centralized control of environmental variables
4 Profile registries:
- Instance level profile registry [i] (~/sqllib/profile.env)
- Global level profile registry [g] (/var/db2/global.reg)
- Instance node level profile registry [n] (~/sqllib/nodes/node_number.env)
- Instance profile registry (/var/db2/global.reg)
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registry_variable_name
registry_variable_name=
registry_variable_name=new_value
registry_variable_name=new_value -i instance_name
registry_variable_name=new_value -g
registry_variable_name=new_value -i instance_name node_number
-r registry_variable_name
-r registry_variable_name node_number

Priority of DB2 Env/registry variables:

- OS environment set with set/export
- Node instance
- Instance
- Global
SYSIBMADM.REG_VARIABLES admin view:
select substr(REG_VAR_NAME,1,35) NAME, substr(REG_VAR_VALUE,1,35) VALUE,
LEVEL from SYSIBMADM.REG_VARIABLES
REG_LIST_VARIABLES Table function:
SELECT CHAR(REG_VAR_NAME,35) AS REGVAR, CHAR(REG_VAR_VALUE,35) AS
VALUE,LEVEL FROM TABLE(REG_LIST_VARIABLES()) AS REG ORDER BY 3,1
To read global profile: db2greg -dump
Detecting DB2 products installed: /usr/local/bin/db2ls

*This internally checks global.reg file

Customizing DB2 CLP prompt:

db2set DB2_CLPPROMPT="(Instance: %i, Database: %d):"
Setting history limit:
db2set DB2_CLP_HISTSIZE=500