To install a DB2® database product on an IBM® zSeries that
is running Linux, you must
make the installation image accessible to the Linux operating system.
Before you begin
You have already obtained your DB2 database product installation image.
Procedure
Using FTP to access the installation image
From
the IBM zSeries computer running Linux:
Enter the following command: ftp yourserver.com
where yourserver.com represents the FTP
server where the DB2 database
product installation image resides.
Enter your user ID and password.
Enter the following commands:
bin
get product_file
where product_file represents
the appropriate product package name.
Using the DB2 database
product DVD over NFS to access the installation image
Mount the appropriate product DVD.
Export the directory where you mounted the DVD. For example, if you mounted the DVD under /db2dvd,
then export the /db2dvd directory.
On the IBM zSeries computer running Linux, NFS mount this directory
using the following command:
mount -t nfs -o ro nfsservername:/db2dvd /local_directory_name
where nfsservername represents
the host name of the NFS server, db2dvd represents
the name of the directory being exported on the NFS server, and local_directory_name represents
the name of the local directory.
From the IBM zSeries computer running Linux, change to the directory
where the DVD is mounted. You can do this by entering
the cd /local_directory_name command,
where local_directory_name represents the mount
point of your product DVD.