There are tasks that are necessary and tasks that are optional
after you install a fix pack.
Deleting a Firefox browser profile
After you have run the DB2 Setup wizard
or DB2® First Steps, you might
want to delete the browser profile to prevent JavaScript from running automatically
when visiting other Web pages with this profile.
Applying DB2 licenses
To license your product, register the appropriate license
key with your DB2 database product.
Adding your user ID to the DB2ADMNS and DB2USERS user groups (Windows)
After successfully completing a DB2 installation, you now have to add users to
the DB2ADMNS or the DB2USERS groups for users that need to run local DB2 applications and tools on the
machine. The DB2 installer creates
two new groups. You can either use a new name or accept the default
names. The default group names are DB2ADMNS and DB2USERS.
Format of the DB2 node configuration file
The db2nodes.cfg file is used to define
the database partition servers that participate in a DB2 instance. The db2nodes.cfg file
is also used to specify the IP address or host name of a high-speed
interconnect, if you want to use a high-speed interconnect for database
partition server communication.
Verifying port range availability
The services file located in the /etc/services directory
contains port numbers for services available on your system. Each
service will have its own port number. The port numbers range from
0 to 65535. However, those within the lower range from 0 to 1023 are
typically used by the operating system.
Setting up notification and contact lists
For your DB2 database
product to contact you or others regarding the status of your databases,
set up notification and contact lists. If you did not do this during
the DB2 database product installation,
you can manually set up these lists.
IBM data server client connectivity using multiple copies
When using multiple DB2 copies of DB2 database
products or multiple data server driver copies, various options are
available for applications to access the DB2 databases.
Existing applications will continue to function properly.
Working with existing DB2 copies
You can install and run multiple DB2 copies on the same computer.
Each DB2 copy can either be
at the same DB2 database product
level or at a different DB2 database
product level.
First Steps interface
Launches the First Steps interface, which
contains links to the functions that you need to begin learning about
and using the DB2 product.
Checking for DB2 updates
Check for product updates to ensure that you are aware
of the available product updates and enhancements for DB2 products.
Applying fix packs
It is recommended that you keep your DB2 database environment running at the latest
fix pack level to ensure problem-free operation. To update the installed DB2 database products successfully,
perform all of the necessary preinstallation and post-installation
tasks.
DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows