DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
You can now apply online fix pack updates to your DB2® pureScale® environment while your DB2 instance remains available. You can use online fix pack updates to apply a fix pack release or a special build.
Starting with DB2 Version 10.5, when you apply an online fix pack update, you can update one host in the cluster at a time while the remaining database servers continue to process transactions. After a host is updated, it can resume processing. This new procedure to apply fix packs provides a way to update your DB2 pureScale instance while maintaining continuous availability.
To apply a fix pack in previous releases, the DB2 pureScale instance had to be offline. In DB2 Version 10.5, offline fix pack updates are also supported.
Use the new ENV_GET_INSTANCE_CODE_LEVELS table function to obtain information about an online fix pack update in progress such as the state, the architecture level, and the code level of instances, members, and CFs.