DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Installing DB2 products using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)

With Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), you can install DB2® products across a network, and set up the installation from a central location. An SMS installation will minimize the amount of work users perform. This installation method is ideal if you want to roll out an installation based on the same setup on a large number of clients.

About this task

When you are using SMS, you have control over which response file you will use. You can have several different installation options, resulting in several different response files. When you configure the SMS install package, you can specify which response file to use.

To install DB2 products using SMS:

Before you begin

Important: Distributed installation support using SMS is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. Microsoft has ended support of SMS. Starting with Version 9.7 Fix Pack 4, you can perform distributed installations of DB2 products using Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). For details, see the SCCM documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507089.aspx.
You must have at least SMS Version 2.0 installed and configured on your network for both your SMS server and SMS workstation. Refer to Microsoft's Systems Management Server Administrator's Guide for your platform for more details on how to:
  • Set up SMS (including setting up primary and secondary sites).
  • Add clients to the SMS system.
  • Set up inventory collection for clients.

Procedure

  1. Import the DB2 install file into SMS
  2. Create the SMS package on the SMS server
  3. Distribute the DB2 installation package across your network
Parent topic: Response file installation of DB2 overview (Windows)