DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Manually updating the DB2 Information Center installed on your computer or intranet server

If you have installed the DB2® Information Center locally, you can obtain and install documentation updates from IBM.

About this task

Updating your locally installed DB2 Information Center manually requires that you:

Stop the DB2 Information Center on your computer, and restart the Information Center in stand-alone mode. Running the Information Center in stand-alone mode prevents other users on your network from accessing the Information Center, and allows you to apply updates. The Workstation version of the DB2 Information Center always runs in stand-alone mode. Refer to Updating the Workstation version of the DB2 Information Centers.
Use the Update feature to see what updates are available. If there are updates that you must install, you can use the Update feature to obtain and install them
Note: If your environment requires installing the DB2 Information Center updates on a machine that is not connected to the internet, mirror the update site to a local file system by using a machine that is connected to the internet and has the DB2 Information Center installed. If many users on your network will be installing the documentation updates, you can reduce the time required for individuals to perform the updates by also mirroring the update site locally and creating a proxy for the update site.
If update packages are available, use the Update feature to get the packages. However, the Update feature is only available in stand-alone mode.
Stop the stand-alone Information Center, and restart the DB2 Information Center on your computer.

Note: On Windows operating system, the commands listed later in this section must be run as an administrator. To open a command prompt or graphical tool with full administrator privileges, right-click the shortcut and then select Run as administrator.

Procedure

To update the DB2 Information Center installed on your computer or intranet server:

Stop the DB2 Information Center.
- On Windows, click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. Then right-click DB2 Information Center service and select Stop.
- On Linux, enter the following command:
```
/etc/init.d/db2icdv105 stop
```
Start the Information Center in stand-alone mode.
- On Windows:
  1. Open a command window.
  2. Navigate to the path where the Information Center is installed. By default, the DB2 Information Center is installed in the Program_Files\IBM\DB2 Information Center\Version 10.5 directory, where Program_Files represents the location of the Program Files directory.
  3. Navigate from the installation directory to the doc\bin directory.
  4. Run the help_start.bat file:
```
help_start.bat
```
- On Linux:
  1. Navigate to the path where the Information Center is installed. By default, the DB2 Information Center is installed in the /opt/ibm/db2ic/V10.5 directory.
  2. Navigate from the installation directory to the doc/bin directory.
  3. Run the help_start script:
```
help_start
```
The systems default Web browser opens to display the stand-alone Information Center.
Click the Update button (). (JavaScript must be enabled in your browser.) On the right panel of the Information Center, click Find Updates. A list of updates for existing documentation displays.
To initiate the installation process, check that the selections you want to install, then click Install Updates.
After the installation process has completed, click Finish.
Stop the stand-alone Information Center:
- On Windows, navigate to the doc\bin directory within the installation directory, and run the help_end.bat file:
```
help_end.bat
```
  Note: The help_end batch file contains the commands required to safely stop the processes that were started with the help_start batch file. Do not use Ctrl-C or any other method to stop help_start.bat.
- On Linux, navigate to the doc/bin directory within the installation directory, and run the help_end script:
```
help_end
```
  Note: The help_end script contains the commands required to safely stop the processes that were started with the help_start script. Do not use any other method to stop the help_start script.
Restart the DB2 Information Center.
- On Windows, click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. Then right-click DB2 Information Center service and select Start.
- On Linux, enter the following command:
```
/etc/init.d/db2icdv105 start
```

Results

The updated DB2 Information Center displays the new and updated topics.