The DB2 Administration Server (DAS) can store a contact list that is used to notify administrators by email or pager when certain conditions arise. This contact list can be stored locally on each server, or a global contact list can be maintained by the DAS on a particular server. Remote or local contact lists can be used for global notification. Servers using the a global contact list must be able to communicate with each other. Maintaining a global contact list allows for greater control over the list. In a partitioned database environment, one global contact list should be used by all participating partitions.
Specify where the contact list will be stored.
Click Local to store the Administration contact list on the local system. This list will be used by all instance-owning partitions on the computer. This local list can be used by other servers.
Click Remote to store the Administration contact list on a different system. For example, if this is a new partition in a partitioned environment, it is recommended that the contact list on the instance-owning partition be used as a global list by the other systems in the environment.
Type the Remote DB2 Server host name of the system that contains the contact list you want to use. If you are installing a new partition in a partitioned environment this could be the instance-owning partition.
Select Enable notification to specify that you want an SMTP server to send email and pager notifications to your administration contact.
Type the TCP/IP host name of the SMTP server to use in the Notification SMTP Server name field. If you do not want to enable notification now, you can do so later. For information about enabling notification after installing DB2, refer to the UPDATE ADMIN CONFIG command in the DB2 Command Reference, or to the topic, Notification and contact list setup and configuration, in the DB2 Administration Guide: Implementation.