Release Notes (FixPak 3)

dasdrop limitation in multiple FixPak environments

Alternate FixPaks install their own version of the dasdrop command. On AIX, it is installed in the /usr/opt/db2_08_FPn/ path. On other UNIX systems, it is installed in the /opt/IBM/db2/V8.FPn/ path. In both cases, n is the number of the FixPak.

In a multiple FixPak Environment, you can only have one DAS set up at any one time. You can create the DAS against version 8.1 of the product, or against any of the Alternate FixPaks. To drop a DAS that was created against version 8.1 of the product, you can use any version of dasdrop to drop it. However, to drop a DAS that was created against an Alternate FixPak, you must use an Alternate FixPak version of dasdrop.

For example, consider the following scenario on the AIX operating system:

• You install DB2 Universal Database Version 8.1.
• You install Alternate FixPak 1 installed.
• You create a DAS using the version 8.1 code, with the following command:

  /usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance/dascrt dasusr1
  

• You want to drop the DAS.

You can drop this DAS by using either of the following commands:

/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance/dasdrop

/usr/opt/db2_08_FP1/instance/dasdrop

Both will work properly.

However, in this example:

• You install DB2 Universal Database Version 8.1.
• You install the Alternate FixPak 1.
• You create a DAS using the Alternate FixPak 1 code, with the following command:

  /usr/opt/db2_08_FP1/instance/dascrt dasusr1
  

• You want to drop this DAS

You must use the Alternate FixPak 1 dasdrop command:

/usr/opt/db2_08_FP1/instance/dasdrop

Trying to use the version 8.1 dasdrop command will cause an error.

This limitation only applied to version 8.1 of the product, and not to any of the regular FixPaks. For example:

• You install DB2 Universal Database Version 8.1.
• You apply regular FixPak 1, which corrects the problem with the version 8.1 dasdrop.
• You install the Alternate FixPak 1.
• You create a DAS using the Alternate FixPak 1 code, with the following command:

  /usr/opt/db2_08_FP1/instance/dascrt dasusr1
  

• You want to drop this DAS

You can drop this DAS by using either of the following commands:

/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance/dasdrop

/usr/opt/db2_08_FP1/instance/dasdrop

Both will work properly because the version of dasdrop in the /usr/opt/db2_08_01/ path was corrected when you applied the regular FixPak.