Fix pack installation in a DB2 pureScale environment is simplified

In DB2® Version 10.5, you can use the DB2 installFixPack command to update both the DB2 pureScale® instance and DB2 Enterprise Server Edition instance types.

The installFixPack command is used to update a DB2 pureScale instance to the latest fix pack. As of DB2 Version 9.8, updating the DB2 software with the latest fix pack on Linux and UNIX operating systems was a multistep process. The reason was that the process included updating the Tivoli® System Automation and GPFS™ software level updates in addition to the DB2 fix pack updates.

In DB2 Version 10.5 release, the DB2 installFixPack interface is enhanced to update both the DB2 pureScale instance and DB2 Enterprise Server Edition instance types in a single step process.