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db2icrt fails with DBI1295E

Troubleshooting


Problem

Creation of a new instance, by using 'db2icrt' command fails with, DBI1295E The instance list could not be updated.

Symptom

'db2icrt' is being executed with the ROOT privileges.

'db2icrt' calls 'db2iset' to add the instance to the global registry. This fails, as can be seen in from the debug traces,


+ /db2test/software/ibm/db2/V10.1/instance/db2iset -a db2inst1
+ [ 255 -ne 0 ]
+ display_msg
/db2test/software/ibm/db2/V10.1/msg/en_US.iso88591/db2install.cat 295
DBI1295E The instance list could not updated.

Diagnosing The Problem

If LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set in the '.profile' file of the ROOT user, it can be commented out, and 'db2icrt' should be executed again.

Related Information

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEPGG","label":"Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"Install\/Migrate\/Upgrade - Instance","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"9.7;10.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21640590