DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Upgrade to DB2 Version 10.5

Upgrading your DB2® database product to a new release might require upgrading your DB2 environment components.

Your DB2 environment has several components such as DB2 servers, DB2 clients, database applications, routines, tools and, scripts. Upgrading these components requires an understanding of DB2 database products and their upgrade concepts.

The upgrade process includes the following tasks that you must perform to run your DB2 environment successfully on a new release:

The upgrade task for each of the component in your DB2 environment includes the following information: :

In the upgrade tasks, the term pre-DB2 Version 10.5 releases refers to DB2 Version 10.1, DB2 Version 9.8 or DB2 Version 9.7.