The task of applying fix packs to a non-root installation
is essentially the same as applying fix packs to a root installation,
with a few exceptions.
Before you begin
Before
applying fix packs to a non-root installation, you must log on with
the user ID that was used to install the non-root installation.
If
you enabled root features in your non-root installation using the db2rfe command,
you should locate the configuration file that was used when running
the db2rfe command. That configuration file will
be needed to re-enable the root features after you apply the fix pack.
Procedure
To apply a fix pack to a non-root installation:
- Apply your fix pack according to the "Applying fix packs" topic.
Note: The installFixPack command's -b option
is invalid for non-root installations.
- Optional: Run the db2rfe command. If you had root-based features enabled in your non-root installation,
and if you want to re-enable those features, the db2rfe command
must be rerun. Running this command requires root user authority.
Note: If
you edited $HOME/sqllib/instance/db2rfe.cfg when
you first enabled root features, that configuration file will not
have been overwritten when applying the fix pack, so you can reuse
that file when running the db2rfe command. However,
you should also check $HOME/sqllib/cfg/db2rfe.cfg.sample.
If the fix pack introduced any new root features available to non-root
installations, $HOME/sqllib/cfg/db2rfe.cfg.sample shows
the new features.
DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows