DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Installing the DB2 Information Center using the DB2 Setup wizard (Windows)

Using the DB2 Setup wizard, you can define your installation preferences and install the DB2® Information Center on a computer that uses the Windows operating system.

About this task

DB2 database product documentation can be accessed in three ways:

at the IBM Web site
on an intranet server
on a version installed on your computer

By default, DB2 database products access DB2 documentation at the IBM Web site. If you want to access the DB2 documentation on an intranet server or on your own computer, you must install the DB2 documentation from the DB2 Information Center DVD, or from an image downloaded from Passport Advantage®, or DB2 database product documentation website.

Restrictions

To install a network version of the DB2 Information Center, you require an account with administrative privileges to install. To install a Workstation version of the DB2 Information Center, you do not need administrative privileges.
You cannot install the DB2 Information Center in a location where a DB2 database product is installed. Similarly, the DB2 Information Center cannot coexist in the same installation path of a previous version of the DB2 Information Center on the same system.
You can only install one copy of each version of the DB2 Information Center on your system. For example, you can install a copy of the DB2 Information Center Version 9.1 and DB2 Information Center Version 9.5 (or higher) on the same system, but you cannot install two copies of the DB2 Information Center Version 9.5 (or higher).
If you install the DB2 Information Center on a system with a firewall, and you plan for other systems to access the DB2 Information Center, you must open the port in your firewall setting.

Before you begin

This section lists the hardware, operating system, software, and communication requirements for installing the DB2 Information Center on Windows.

Operating system requirements

You require one of the following operating systems:

Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008

The DB2 Information Center will run on Windows and Linux on AMD/EMT 64, but it does not exploit the 64-bit architecture.

Software requirements

You require one of the following browsers:

Firefox 1.0 and higher
Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 and higher
Mozilla-based browsers 1.7 and higher
Safari 3.0
Konqueror (UI base mode only). Base mode restricts the users basic functionality such as displaying topics, locating topics in the table of contents, and searching for topics.

Communication requirements

You require TCP/IP protocol.

Procedure

To install the DB2 Information Center using the DB2 Setup wizard:

Log on to the system with the account that you have defined for the DB2 Information Center installation.
If you have the DB2 Information Center product DVD, insert your DB2 database product DVD into the drive. If enabled, the auto-run feature automatically starts the DB2 Setup launchpad. If the auto-run does not work, use Windows Explorer to browse the DB2 database product DVD.
If you downloaded the image from an online source (such as Passport Advantage, or, ibm.com®), uncompress the DB2 Information Center installation image.
Double-click the setup icon.
From the DB2 Setup Launchpad, you can view installation prerequisites and the release notes, or you can proceed directly to the installation. You should review the installation prerequisites and release notes for late-breaking information.
Click Install a Product and the Install a Product window displays.
On the Install a Product window, if you do not have an existing DB2 Information Center installed on your computer, launch the installation by clicking Install New.
On the Welcome to the DB2 Setup wizard window, click Next. The DB2 Setup wizard will guide you through the program setup process. The DB2 Setup wizard will determine the system language, and launch the setup program for that language. Online help is available to guide you through the remaining steps. To invoke the online help, click Help or press F1. You can click Cancel at any time to end the installation.

Results

Your DB2 Information Center will be installed, by default, in the Program_Files\IBM\DB2 Information Center\Version 9.7 directory, where Program_Files represents the location of the Program Files directory.

For information about errors encountered during installation, review the installation log file located, by default, in the My Documents\DB2LOG\ directory. You can specify the location of the log files. The log file uses the following format: DB2-DOCE-DateTime.log, for example, DB2-DOCE-Wed Apr 11 08_38_35 2007.log