For most production environments, IBM® recommends that you install DB2® Warehouse by
using the launchpads. The launchpads help simplify the process of
installing the product on multiple computers.
Before you begin
Starting with DB2 Warehouse, Version 10.5 Fix Pack 4, you can no longer install DB2 database software using the DB2 Warehouse installer. DB2 database software is installed with a separate installer. In addition, DB2 database software must be installed before you install DB2 Warehouse software. For more information on installing DB2 database software, see the Installing topic.
The DB2 Warehouse installation program can create an unencrypted database for you or you can create one yourself. If you require an encrypted database, you must create it manually before beginning the installation. For more information on creating encrypted databases, see the Creating Databases topic.
The DB2 Warehouse launchpad is browser based and can be viewed from any Web browser.
Certain prerequisites are checked during the initialization
of the installer. The results of this test, are written to logs in
the following directories:
- On Linux and UNIX
- /opt/IBM/ISWarehouse10/logs
- On Windows
- C:\Program Files\IBM\ISWarehouse10\logs
During the installation of the warehouse server
components of DB2 Warehouse,
you are prompted to enter the connection information for the metadata
database. The installation program stores this information in a properties
file and uses it to test the connection to the metadata database.
You can proceed with the installation only after the connection is
verified.
- To install the data server components and the application
server components, from the directory of the server image run the
launchpad for the servers by issuing the following command:
- On Linux and UNIX, 32-bit: server_image_path/server/isw/launchpad.sh
- On Windows, 32-bit: server_image_path\server\isw\launchpad.exe
- On Linux and UNIX, 64-bit: server_image_path/server/isw/launchpad64.sh
- On Windows, 64-bit:
: server_image_path\server\isw\launchpad64.exe
where server_image_path is the path to the
server installation image.
- To install the client components, from the directory of
the client image, run the launchpad for the client by issuing the
following command:
- On Linux, 32-bit: client_image_path/client/isw/launchpad.sh
- On Windows, 32-bit: client_image_path\client\isw\launchpad.exe
- On Linux, 64-bit: client_image_path/client/isw/launchpad64.sh
- On Windows, 64-bit: client_image_path\client\isw\launchpad64.exe
where client_image_path is the path to the
client installation image.
What to do next
After
you finish the installation, you can verify that it was successful
by checking the installation log files. If you are satisfied that
the installation was successful, you can begin configuring the product.